About
Please look at the sidebar on the right to see the sites I have made (3,400+ lessons).
After that…
… a bit about the guy whose head this stuff comes from:
Father of the most wonderful two children in the world, husband to the best wife in the world, British, Master’s (distinction) in TEFL/TESL, Apple iMac lover, Arsenal Football Club supporter, gardener, visitor to 45 countries, early riser, long-distance swimmer, kayaker and cyclist.
Also… Newbie blogger, keen tryer-outerer of Web 2.0 in the EFL classroom, keen on using Twitter as a PLN (Personal Learning Network), trying to keep up with my students’ knowledge & awareness of social media, trying to keep up with my kids, trying to keep up with my diet and exercise schedule, trying to keep up with cool, new stuff on the web…
The story of how I got here is here: Part I, Part II and Part III.
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Webmaster of the sites you see on the right. There are lots more to come.
(But not the ones in the Blogroll – that’s real cool stuff from real cool bloggers.
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ISTEK 2010 – Istanbul, Turkey
Here are my Powerpoint presentations on “What’s News? Current Events in the Classroom” and “Making Recordings to Help You and Your Students in the Classroom“.
(Thank you to everyone who attended these sessions)
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My Dissertation (From a real long time ago, way back in 2003)
If you are interested in communicative language teaching and pronunciation, you might like to take a look at my dissertation (downloadable as PDF):
“What is meant by communicativeness in EFL teaching? An evaluation of the pronunciation component in a sample of elementary level course materials, with proposals for improvement incorporating a Discourse Intonation approach.” – 2003, The University of Birmingham, U.K.
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An Article
You might also want to read an article of mine on creating news lessons:
“Creating ESL/EFL Lessons Based on News and Current Events”
The Internet TESL Journal, Vol. XI, No. 9, September 2005.
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Teaching the News
A few thoughts from presentations I have given about bringing news / current events into the classroom.
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My Book
You can also download a free sample PDF showing various parts of my book:
“1,000 Ideas & Activities for Language Teachers”
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More to come…
Dear Sean,
I downloaded your first minutes and listen to them all the time(on the bus, in bed etc.) I exactly memorized your voice. Thanks to you I can understand English accents.
Best regards.
Can from İstanbul.
Thank you Can,
I’m glad I was of help
dear sir
i’m very happy to write these words for you to thank you so much for all this work it is really a pleasure . i’ a teacher of english in algeria and we luck of new teaching materials fortunately i found this site from which i downloded all your lessons my pupils are now accustomed with your voice you are their teacher too so thank you again
Thank you for your post – I’m happy to know I’m also a teacher in Algeria
Please say hello to our students from me and tell them to do all their homework.
Best wishes,
Sean
Hi Sean!
Is there some way to follow your blog without posting to Facebook? I am new to the blog world and could not see a link to subscribe for you.
Many thanks!
Roz
Hi Roz,
Thanks for your question.
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Best wishes,
Sean
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