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May 28, 2011

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Google: Features and Potentials for Classroom Language Learning April 5, 2011

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Google is probably one of the most ubiquitous and well-rounded website that offers various services in many forms. Most Internet users are of course familiar with the basic feature of Google as a powerful search engine and Gmail as a reliable email provider, but not many users are familiar with other services.

In this handout, we are going to discuss some of its features, both the famous and lesser known ones, and see the potentials of those features for teaching and learning languages. Ideas how to use them in your class is the ones with light bulb symbol.

Download the handout here.

New Direction: Melbourne, Australia March 19, 2011

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I’ve been delaying my plan to continue my education further for the past five years to focus on my family, and as the result, some of my classmates in the Master program have either completed their PhD program or in the process of writing their dissertations. I didn’t regret my decision to delay it, nor was I envious of my classmates. There were benefits and blessings that I experienced during my time with my family. I saw myself not ready yet for the ordeal of writing a dissertation and I could see that I was improving as a teacher during my delay.

But this is the time for a new direction.

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Using Microsoft Office Applications for teaching languages March 5, 2011

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Microsoft Office is ubiquitous; it is installed in most computers that use Windows Operating System, and hence most computer users are familiar with the applications in Microsoft Office. For countries with less advanced technology, it can become a choice of a relatively cheaper and more available technology for teaching languages.  What are some features in Microsoft Office 2007 that you can use? Do you need some ideas for classroom activities?

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Grammatical Mistakes and Technology: What Can’t Kill You Makes You Stronger November 30, 2010

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I’m currently correcting my students’ essays and I’m not happy. Not at all.

As I mentioned elsewhere in this blog, evaluating students’ works is not the aspect of being a teacher that I enjoy doing, particularly correcting essays. It’s painful. Very.

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10 successful back-to-school tips for FBS students August 15, 2010

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OK, the new semester starts tomorrow and you are either anxious or excited about it. Either way, I’m compiling these 10 successful back-to-school tips for you, so that you are prepared for what’s coming and you can be sure to gain success by the end of the semester. (more…)

Double Guilt June 12, 2010

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As a teacher I often have a worried feeling every time my students undergo a test. I was afraid that I didn’t teach them well and train them hard enough to pass the test. I was worried that when they failed, it reflected the quality of my teaching.

As a parent I always want my children to perform well in their tests. I want to be sure that my children are academically well. I want them to be successful as a student. I want their success to reflect that we have done anything we could do as parents to make them successful academically, that the endless hours of tutoring we committed to help our children at home really worked.

Well, imagine the feeling I had as both a teacher and a parent when my son’s teacher sent me a text message, requesting a meeting to talk about my son’s academic performance. If such meeting had been called two weeks ago, I would not have been worried sick. The meeting was called today, just a week before his school report is going to be distributed. That is not a good timing for meeting. Such meeting only means one thing: he fails his grades and has to repeat the year. (more…)