Attempting to bridge the research-practice gap in English language teaching with a focus on curriculum, instructional technology, and intercultural communication. How to Grade Essays Meticulously. I Left My Heart in Brazil. The loveliness of Iowa seems somehow sadly gray. The purpose of this .

A New England Expat in Japan. On Taking Pictures in Kathmandu. It was my liminal phase. I took these photos in Kathmandu in 2013. Looking through pictures of the disaster in Nepal, many of them have been transformed into piles of smashed brick and dust. The city had always felt precarious, its bricks laid on top of bri.

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Musings of a teacher always in training. Image courtesy of the U. So what was the problem? One comment so far. In the fable The Vain Jackdaw. Social media is full of jackdaws, strutting around trying desperately to gain the attention of others. While this may seem a bit harsh, in reality it happens far too much for my liking.

Reflecting on language teaching and learning. Notes from a mini study break. In June I spent 3 weeks studying German in Berlin.

Getting rid of the native speaker concept. OC English by the numbers, pt. The Ideal L2 Self, detained at the airport. Grammatical changes in English loanwords. International marriage in Japan a correlation broken in South America. Houses, hair, Engrish, and normality.