New ESL Easy Read ebooks
If you’re exploring the site and you’ve been here before, you’ll notice a couple of new ESL Easy Read ebooks. A Lady’s Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-32 is a (very) abridged version of an amazing 21-year old woman’s best-selling account of her journey to the Victorian Goldfields in 1852-53. The English Chip is a real-life-with-a-hint-of-fantasy story, … Continue reading
CLESOL conference coming up!
It’s a year of conferences! Had a great time at the NEAS conference in Sydney earlier this month, now looking forward to CLESOL in Wellington in July. I went to CLESOL two years ago and it was just fabulously fun and friendly, so I’m expecting more of the same. To find out more: http://www.clesol.org.nz (The evocative photo of Wellington Harbour is … Continue reading
On being a ‘total beginner’ language learner
Late last year I spent a week in Granada, and as well as visiting the Alhambra three times (I was besotted), I went to Spanish classes at Escuela Montalban. I was a total beginner, and since I’d been teaching total beginners, I thought I might get some insights. Let’s start by saying that I know that my ‘total beginner’ status … Continue reading
Old materials I LOVE… from the Situational English flip charts.
Carly and Kumar – Extensive Reading with attitude
Meet Karen Slikas Barber, author of Carly and Kumar (Read Me Again Press, 2013). Karen, tell us about Carly and Kumar – your short stories about Carly and her housemate Kumar. You were inspired by George and Nina and Jeff and Lisa, right? That’s right. I was working with a multi-level class, and they enjoyed stories that were funny, short, … Continue reading
