Nature abhors a vacuum… but no more than I do The first week of the second semester is done and over... I could tell because I was face down… Posted on: February 11, 2013 By: bsawhill With: 0 Comments
Midsemester meltdown This semester I am teaching second semester second year Spanish. You know the class... the one where you have to… Posted on: October 16, 2012 By: bsawhill With: 0 Comments
Rethinking the role of the language textbook This semester I am teaching the second semester, second year language class for Spanish. You know the class... the… Posted on: August 7, 2012 By: bsawhill With: 4 Comments
I have been to a flipped conference: and it worked! Last month, I had the extraordinarily good fortune to be able attend the EUROCALL Open Educational Resources SIG Conference… Posted on: April 4, 2012 By: bsawhill With: 1 Comment
A few shout outs and a woof Before the semester comes to a crashing halt, and we all go off to hibernate for a while, I wanted… Posted on: December 14, 2011 By: bsawhill
Mid semester evaluation: Do it. We are at the 1/2 way spot in our semester. It's midterm grading time (here the grades at midterm… Posted on: November 2, 2011 By: bsawhill With: 7 Comments
Teaching What You Thought You Knew (Part 2): Colombian Film HISP 205 is a conversation class. As the teacher, my goal for the inclass portion was that whatever I brought… Posted on: July 26, 2011 By: bsawhill With: 4 Comments
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
YouTube + Disney = language learning gold Looks like the holidays mean lots of video-trolling here on LLU ... This evening while browsing YouTube, I stumbled across… Posted on: December 29, 2010 By: Ryan Brazell With: 0 Comments
Oh Holly Holiday, You Got it -All- Wrong Time for a confession: I watch Glee. And I love it. Yes, yes I know in real life they are… Posted on: November 23, 2010 By: bsawhill With: 0 Comments