Category: January 2020–Experiences That Changed Us

Strong Is the Force With Older Learners By: Heather Kretschmer A long time ago, in a classroom far, far away . . .  . . . I was teaching English

The Funny Thing About Humor By: Curtis Kelly The conundrum of humor across cultures Catchy title, I think. But actually, there really is something funny about humor: its utter lack

Decisions, Decisions: Thoughts about Integrating Social and Emotional Learning Opportunities in the Language Classroom By: Heather Kretschmer Imagine the following scenario in a second-grade classroom: Charlotte Schollmeyer recently started working

AI in Education: Friend, Foe, or Filing Clerk? By: Nicky De Proost Imagine summoning a teaching assistant by snapping your fingers. That’s the dream, right? One moment you’re staring at

Public Speaking and Self-Efficacy in the Language Classroom By: Heather Kretschmer The woman sat in the first row of the large lecture hall full of fellow faculty members and listened

Look Deeper to Appreciate Differences By: Heather Kretschmer When I was working towards my MA TESL in a rural, sparsely populated, predominantly white university town in the US, I tutored

Small Wins and Big Wins: Supporting Neuroplasticity and Changing Perceptions By: Heather Kretschmer Some years ago, I worked at a vocational school in Germany, and one of the last groups

The Four Pillars of Learning: A Teacher’s Guide to Cognitive Success By: Afon (Mohammad) Khari & Julia Daley Introduction: Teaching with the Brain in Mind Every day, language teachers make

Retrieval Practice or How to Never Throw Your Old Worksheets Away By: Leah Goldberg, EDD Unlike the boundless capacity of long-term memory storage in the brain, which is primarily located