This morning's walk to classes was a half-hour battle with an umbrella against icy rain and I can safely say that winter is now upon us...

...was the smart retort from one of my professors, Gary , today when I gave a reason for not being able to do my required Blackboard discu...

(guest post by Susan Taylor) Vacationing in a foreign country is wonderful, but it isn't always fulfilling enough. You may visit a n...

Today was a beautiful day in Manchester: the trees are just beginning to add touches of yellow in their edges and the sun battles to provid...

"Sleep with one eye open" was the quickly emailed advice from my Dad the night before Jake, my internet procured van driver, turn...

Many English Language teachers, when deciding to work with a video clip in their classrooms, make a false assumption that for an ...

by email.   I recently discovered one of my "best" articles ( Speaking Tips for Teaching with TED ) had disappeared... ...

Super excited to relay that in less than a month, Voxy for Portuguese-speaking English-language-learners is the number #1 education app...

 Recently, after teaching a group of teachers with another teacher, I had some not-so-great feedback: "The 2nd teacher didn't gi...

This fun and useful exercise really works well as a filler or after you've taught a number of lessons and want to check your student...

The other day, while eating lunch, I asked a fellow teacher what she would do about all this Pearson trouble... what she'd do if she...