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“The Teacher Curse No One Wants to Talk About,” Christopher Reddy: An Insightful Blog Post that Needs Some Tweaking
That gulf between what you know and what your students know is not a void. It’s a reservoir. Draw upon it and let it fuel, for your students,…
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Sleeping Kids …
In case it doesn’t go without saying, having anybody asleep in your class is not okay. It’s not about being a more entertaining teacher. I do find that…
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“No One Ever Tells me ANYTHING:” How to make yourself relevant as a foreigner in a Japanese school.
“How many total contact hours will you get with the students this semester?” “I don’t know. No one ever tells me anything.” “What are the kids studying with…
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Why the Lehman Shock was Good for the English-Teaching Industry in Japan
Being an EFL teacher in Japan is a great line of work. There are places you can go in this world where — even if you don’t have…
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Letter from Nashville: The Concepts of “Right is Right” an “Stretch It” — Part 11
These two principles from Teach Like a Champion are 100% applicable to the context of teaching EFL in Japan. “Right is Right” refers to the idea that if…
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Letter From Nashville — Promoting the Idea that Great Teaching is Possible — Exit Tickets and Technology Considerations — Part 10
At ProjectGENIUS, one of the most challenging aspects of our work is that every school has a different hardware and connectivity profile. Moreover every teacher has a different…
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