Category: January 2020–Experiences That Changed Us

Fostering Perseverance By: Heather Kretschmer Think back to a time in your childhood where you struggled to succeed at something. Maybe it was solving a challenging puzzle, singing in harmony

The ADHD Friendly Classroom By: Trenton Flanigan Jones It’s the first day of school and when you enter the classroom several students are already chatting loudly with peers, running around

A Guide to ADHD in the Classroom and Two Case Studies for You to Solve By: Curtis Kelly & Heather Kretschmer What might ADHD look like in the classroom? Let’s

A Tsunami of Gaming Ideas from our Readers By: Think Tank Readers Editors: At our request, a number of language teachers sent us their comments on gaming and suggestions for

Learning and Bonding through Games By: Heather Kretschmer As a freshly minted MA TESL graduate, my first teaching job in Germany involved working with a group of unemployed adults trying

AI is on Track to Take us One Billion Meters from Today By: Bob Cvitkovic In the end, Naro’s passion for language and culture was not enough to save the

Becoming a Friend and a Teacher: ELT is a “Non-Neutral” Practice By: Skye Playsted Editor’s note: Skye, one of our frequent contributors, wrote a chapter for a Routledge book on

Fostering the Prosocial Neural Network Through Gratitude By: Mohammad Khari “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.” Cicero Roman Statesman Since this issue

2020, the Year of Change By: Curtis Kelly This was the year we both hunkered down and reached out. The pandemic forced us to teach from home, but the tools

“We’re All in This Together” By: Mohammad Khari (click here before continuing)  “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”— Confucius Going over the existing literature on well-being in