Tag: learning
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Three Languages Wearing a Trench Coat Pretending to Be One
English did not become a global language because it was especially logical, pure, or easy. It grew through migration, conquest, trade, empire, culture, and economic power, absorbing other languages along the way. Today, most people who use English are not native speakers, and the language continues to change every time people use it.
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The Learning Hub: A Small LMS Built Around My Students
The Learning Hub is a small LMS-style website I built for my students. It gives them one place for assignments, resources, diagnostic tests, activities, and announcements, while giving me a private dashboard to organize classes, review submissions, publish content, and track progress without adding unnecessary complexity.
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Why Keeping a Vocabulary List Does Not Really Work
Vocabulary teaching is not about asking learners to copy words into a list. It is about helping them notice, use, revise, connect, and remember words. Books like English Vocabulary in Use can support teachers, not as products to sell or scripts to follow, but as references for building better vocabulary lessons and worksheets.
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School Phone Bans Are Not a Shortcut Back to Attention
Lockable phone pouches reduce phone use in schools. That part is clear. What is less clear is whether banning phones can fix the deeper problem: a generation raised inside constant digital access, often long before schools ever get to intervene.