About
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…
Jaygee – Please tell me which parts of my lesson lead you to think I’m anti-Semitic. I am offended you think so.
If you reply on this blog, you might have the courage to include your name.
Thank you,
Sean
Hi Sean:
I just want to offer some encouragement. I think your material is great, especially the Breaking News…, I spent my first life in the media and enjoy your pieces immensely.
Thanks for all your efforts.
Cheers,
Dale
Thank you Dale – greatly appreciated.
Sean–
Why did you delete the wonderful article dated 26 May 2010 on “Ex-Husband’s Wedding Dress Revenge”? Thank god I downloaded it this morning before you “disappeared it.” I’m planning to use it in my classes tonight & tomorrow, and I’m sure my students will enjoy it! Anyway, thank you for posting it at least for a while.
Oh, and p.s.–I love your work & your help; I downloaded your 1,000 teaching ideas about ten years ago, and it’s a terrific teaching resource!
Janiced Weiss,
ESL teacher, Chicago
Hello Janice
Thank you for your comment and feedback. The wedding dress lesson was never taken down – it’s here: http://www.newsenglishlessons.com/1005/100526-wedding_dress.html
I have two news sites: http://www.newsenglishlessons.com (pre-int) and http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/ (int and above) – perhaps you looked at the latter?
Anyway, hope your students enjoy the lesson.
Best wishes,
Sean
Hey Sean,
Wow! I discovered your Breaking News site through a FB friend. We are so thrilled with it that we are going to incorporate it into our speech classes in Taiwan.
I’m also going to incorporate it into the new writing program for our Jr High students.
Next step will be to buy your book, but not until I get back from my vacation in Canada.
Thanks for all you do.