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Getting Through
Today’s Perfect Moment, this time, comes from my teaching day. I spend quite a bit of time encouraging the students as well as teaching them things. This comes in the form of feedback, and comes in the form of little … Continue reading
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Tagged books, ESL, getting through, Harry Potter, making progress, noticing, participle clauses, reading, students, teaching
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Giving Away Some Clutter
Being back in the classroom has definitely added to the dynamic of my interactions with students. Owing to physical distancing recommendations, I am not physically close to my students, but just being in their presence has made some differences. One … Continue reading
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Tagged boots, classroom, clutter, decluttering, ESL, giving away stuff, helping a student, students, teaching, winter
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A Moment Away from the Class
If you’ve never done it, and by it I mean teaching, you might not identify with all aspects of it. You might understand the joy of getting through to that notoriously difficult or rather uninspired student. It’s happened in enough … Continue reading
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Tagged a moment away, anger, camera, classroom, Covid 19, difficult, ESL, eye rolling, frustration, learning, microphone, microsoft teams, online, students, teaching, uncooperative
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Tales from the ESL (virtual) Classroom.
I could easily have chosen to write about my bike ride today. It wasn’t epic, but I was out on the bike, and if you love riding a bike (and you should) you would understand how awesome it really is. … Continue reading
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Tagged classes, ESL, monitoring, reaction, reactions, silence, students, teaching, teaching in the virtual classroom, teaching in the virtual ESL classroom, themes, topics
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Test Results
Way back in December, I concluded teaching a group of students who were studying for a proficiency exam. Some were studying for the FCE and some were studying for the CAE. Some were a bit shaky and took both exams. … Continue reading
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Tagged CAE test results, Cambridge tests, ESL, FCE test results, marks, students, success, teaching, tests
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From My Students
As an ESL teacher, I am generally good at building rapport with my classes and with individual students. This is especially true when I teach an exam preparation course because the same students are with me for a longer time. … Continue reading
A Novel Way to Catch Some Shuteye
If you sit in the teacher’s room, you might think that the students’ goals, besides learning, are to frustrate and confuse the teacher. The truth is, more often than not, I really think they are trying to entertain me. If … Continue reading
Posted in adversity, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, characters, class, confrontation, entertainment, ESL, netflix, sleep, students, teaching
Tagged binge watching, break time, breaks, catching a few zzz's, coat, ESL, eye roll, learning, netflix, paltry, pillow, series, shrug, shuteye, sleep, sleeping, smidgen, students, suffocation risk, tad, teaching
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Where Can I Drive Your Glasses?
On the eve of Weed Day (I’m not sure if I should even capitalize that…after tomorrow, a whole bunch of lazy people aren’t going to bother….) I am blessed with choices for Today’s Perfect Moment. From them all, I choose … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, cars, class, cute, ESL, perspective, students, teaching
Tagged Canada, car, classroom, cute, fashion, glasses, glasses case, legal canabis, marijuana, pot, students, style, teaching, trend, weed, weed day
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Peeling Back Time
Several years ago I was at the Sunfest (a fantastic free world music festival) in London, Ontario and spotted one of my favourite professors. I wanted to go and talk to him, tell him about his great teaching, and how … Continue reading
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Tagged Carmichael, correcting students, English, ESL, incredible, London, memory, nostalgia, Ontario, recognition, remembering, reminisce, students, Sunfest, teacher's room, teaching
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