While journeying through the boundless literature of countless prescriptions for a happy and fulfilling life, most preach the value of a healthy work-life balance. My current position makes that difficult at times. Between lesson preparation, classes, workshops, and supplementary activities, JIEI invites ample grind time. The demands of this job made living near work a … Continue reading Living At Work
Category: School Life
Downtime In The Dead of December
If you're reading this now, I'm already dead. Just kidding. Fate willing. But if you're reading this, Christmas is right around the corner and I'm back in the classroom. Session 2 has begun and the trainees and I are discussing and demonstrating activities and techniques in listening and speaking methodology. It also means I survived … Continue reading Downtime In The Dead of December
9 Improv Activities For Your ESL Classroom
As the listening and speaking instructor at JIEI, I see great value in improv. We can warm-up our listening and speaking faculties. We have some fun. We engage in divergent thinking. We stretch our creative abilities. I'm no improv expert. While I have three classes and countless weekly workshops under my belt, I've never joined … Continue reading 9 Improv Activities For Your ESL Classroom
Homeroom Community – Paid to Play
As I grow more comfortable and confident in my role as a teacher-trainer and office member, I've begun to appreciate the more fun aspects of work. Never in my life did I foresee a job where I would bowl, shoot pool, sing karaoke, and picnic with the learners I teach. And yet here I sit … Continue reading Homeroom Community – Paid to Play
Orientation Presentations – Finding Perspective
I recently gave my second presentation to incoming native teachers about the benefits and processes of lesson planning. Such orientation talks not only helped me meet and encourage fresh foreign English teachers, but also provided a well-timed shift in perspective. This second presentation proved to be a more intimate affair. JLP rushed nine instructors to … Continue reading Orientation Presentations – Finding Perspective
New Trainees Arrive. Ian Learns Teaching All Over Again
The real work has begun. A new class of trainees arrived - a class who only know Ian as the speaking and listening instructor. It was my turn to stamp my mark on this program and step up as a true contributor. For the past two weeks, I graduated from being an outsider to being … Continue reading New Trainees Arrive. Ian Learns Teaching All Over Again
How To Download Your TED Talk Video to Study Offline
Welcome to my blog! For our first formal assessment, we will give a summary speech on a TED Talk of your choice. Once you choose your topic, it can help to download the video so you can study it without the use of the internet. There are two methods to save your videos. 1 - … Continue reading How To Download Your TED Talk Video to Study Offline
