As an educator, I have been watching ChatGPT with great interest. The opportunities for learning from AI are quite boundless, when used effectively.
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Response: Reflective Journaling for Teaching and Learning
This post is from a course that I took. I had to make blog posts for the course and I decided to move the posts over here when the course finished. Porter, P., Goldstein, L., Leatherman, J., & Conrad, S. (1990). An ongoing dialogue: Learning logs for teacher preparation. In...
Continue reading...Final Reflection on Course on Language Learning
This post is from a course that I took. I had to make blog posts for the course and I decided to move the posts over here when the course finished. 1. Goal: Bilingual Competence, Not Native-Level Competence I realized that the goal for second language learning should be bilingualism...
Continue reading...Using Drama, Music, and Video
This post is from a course that I took. I had to make blog posts for the course and I decided to move the posts over here when the course finished. I do not have a lot to say about the articles on using drama, music, and video in the...
Continue reading...Response to Crozet (2003): A Conceptual Framework
This post is from a course that I took. I had to make blog posts for the course and I decided to move the posts over here when the course finished. Chapter 3 of: Lo Bianco, J., & Crozet, C. (Eds.). (2003). Teaching invisible culture: Classroom practice and theory. Melbourne:...
Continue reading...Response to Singleton (1997): Learning and Processing L2 Vocabulary
This post is from a course that I took. I had to make blog posts for the course and I decided to move the posts over here when the course finished. Singleton, D. (1997). Learning and processing L2 vocabulary. Language Teaching, 30(4), 213-25. I am currently teaching an after-school program...
Continue reading...Feedback on Unit Plan: Teaching Cultural Features of a Language
This post is from a course that I took. I had to make blog posts for the course and I decided to move the posts over here when the course finished. I received some good feedback on my unit plan on teaching the cultural features of a language from my...
Continue reading...Unit Plan: Teaching Cultural Features of a Language
This post is from a course that I took. I had to make blog posts for the course and I decided to move the posts over here when the course finished. Here is my idea for how to teach a cultural feature of Japanese using some of the resources I...
Continue reading...Response to Chen (1995): In Search of an Effective Grammar Teaching Model
This post is from a course that I took. I had to make blog posts for the course and I decided to move the posts over here when the course finished. Chen, T-Y. (1995). In search of an effective grammar teaching model. English Teaching Forum, 33(3), 58-60. I love grammar,...
Continue reading...Response to Crawford (1999): Should We Be Talking Languages Up or Talking Them Down?
This post is from a course that I took. I had to make blog posts for the course and I decided to move the posts over here when the course finished. Crawford, J. (1999). Should we be talking languages up or talking them down? Australian Language Matters, 7(4), 9-10. This...
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