A Few Thoughts on Task-Based Instruction
I appreciate Belgar and Hunt’s (2002) attempts to integrate a task-based syllabus into the English as a Foreign Language curriculum […]
Curriculum, Instruction
Curriculum, Instruction
Focus on Grammar
Although the field of language education has seen many advances during the last two decades, especially when it comes to
Learning to Teach
Left: Richard preparing a “lesson” for great aunt Evelyn (October, 1980: Beckley, West Virginia) Right: Richard and sister Crissy working
Fluency, Instruction, Pronunciation
Focus on Pronunciation and Fluency
When I studied phonetics and phonology for the first time in the early 1990s, the academic focus was almost entirely
Assessment, Instruction, Language
The Dilemmas of Language Assessment
I would like to share my experiences with language assessment in my current instructional context–an intensive English program for international
Curriculum, Language Teaching Methodologies
Analyzing the Process of Course Development
Barbara Fujiwara went through a very contemplative, deliberate and introspective process to develop her advanced listening course for second-year EFL
Culture, Teachers
Richard McDorman’s Cultural Autoethnography
My Family Most of my family was born and raised in the mostly poor, small coal mining towns of southern West Virginia. Many
Culture, English Language Learners
Cultural Biography of Cecilia J. (ELL)
Notes: Both interviews were conducted in Spanish. All quotations included in this cultural biography were translated from Spanish into English by
Culture, English Language Learners
Cultural Biography of ESL Teacher Francisco R.
Self and Cultural and Language Learning History Francisco was born in Havana, Cuba. During the famed Operation “Peter Pan” in
English, English Language Learners, Language, Teachers
Understanding Communication in Second Language Classrooms
That which is public in second language classrooms includes everything that we can perceive, including our students’ use of language,