New Materials from Conference

It was nice seeing Penny and other "long lost" friends and acquaintances today at the TESL Ontario Conference downtown. The presentation I attended was boring, unfortunately, as it seemed more suitable for government officials than Teachers of English as a Second Language (TESL). What a bummer; I was actually looking forward to it.

But there a couple of highlights: First, this interesting series of posters on helping Arabic speakers learn English:

Here's a shout-out to Sehim, Philly, Zumurod, Amar, and Abdulameer: did you read the above suggestions? Hope they're helpful!

Also, despite the fact that I didn't think I'd find anything interesting from the book displays, I did pick up two resources to prepare you for work in Canada. You should go into the interview:

1. Knowing how to translate your prior experience idiomatically with English buzzwords, and
2. Being prepared to hit the tarmac running (aha, that's a nice little set of buzzwords!) should you be called up for work.

So, I'm looking forward to the fun as we break open these new resources!