Wanna play golf, ladies? Learn to speak English. According to a report on ESPN.com this morning, the LPGA will require players to be "effective in English starting in… Posted on: September 3, 2008 By: Ryan Brazell With: 6 Comments
The joys of multilingual translation, brought to you by "I Love Lucy" A colleague of ours, Joe Dale, from the Isle of Wight, posted this video clip to his blog, and it… Posted on: August 31, 2008 By: bsawhill With: 2 Comments
You just gotta want it. I was talking with a student who works in our center on Friday and he reported that he had slept… Posted on: May 4, 2008 By: bsawhill With: 3 Comments
But could you do this without Ryan?? Yes it has been a while since I have blogged, I admit it. There is this pesky little thing called… Posted on: May 2, 2008 By: bsawhill With: 2 Comments
Calling all K-12 language teachers (a.k.a. one of the hardest teaching jobs out there): Please share your stories! Prior to coming to my current job in higher ed and language learning technology, I taught in a grade school.… Posted on: March 26, 2008 By: bsawhill With: 4 Comments
The Name Game I am taking a poll (and writing a paper) so please help me out and leave your answers in the… Posted on: March 10, 2008 By: bsawhill With: 57 Comments
State of the art language learning: if this is you, we can help. At the same time of the Xerox club (see below), Sister Joan Schmitt was teaching French in the Holy Family… Posted on: March 9, 2008 By: bsawhill With: 3 Comments
Boys' brains and girls' brains and language learning I don't quite know how I feel about this article yet, but I thought I would pass it on and… Posted on: March 7, 2008 By: bsawhill With: 1 Comment
Twitter as news feed: more amazing connections with strangers This week we have changed gears slightly in my class and have moved from "Secuestro Express" and the kidnappings in… Posted on: March 2, 2008 By: bsawhill With: 8 Comments
Learning to ask hard questions in another language Week four of my Spanish conversation class has just finished. I am teaching 2X a week vs 3X a week...my… Posted on: February 28, 2008 By: bsawhill With: 2 Comments
