Equating a Knowledge of English with Intelligence A lovely video that touches upon some important topics... the global reach and influence of the TOEFL exam, disappearing languages… Posted on: March 28, 2011 By: bsawhill With: 0 Comments
What we did in class today, and no I can’t get you the notes. We are at the end of the first half of the semester, and what an extraordinary 7 weeks this has… Posted on: March 24, 2011 By: bsawhill With: 2 Comments
Searching for blogs in all the wrong places. Part of my rationale behind asking my students to blog sometimes has to do with the blogging platform itself. I… Posted on: March 17, 2011 By: bsawhill With: 1 Comment
Taking a tour of the HISP 205 class blog A few people have asked to have a peek at the blogging tool that I use for my Spanish conversation… Posted on: March 7, 2011 By: bsawhill With: 3 Comments
The constantly-updating syllabus I have written a bit on the idea of the Backward Syllabus on this site, and how I believe that… Posted on: March 7, 2011 By: bsawhill With: 3 Comments
Rethinking the syllabus… one learning outcome at a time The semester has begun and now, three weeks into it, I feel as if I can finally catch my breath… Posted on: March 1, 2011 By: bsawhill With: 3 Comments