Projects
Narratives
Short pieces, both fiction and non-fiction various subjects, themes and styles
Songs
Listen to songs and view lyrics. Maggie and Victim of Venus appear in An Ass’s Tale and Another Chance is in Chance.
Essays
Essays originally published in Global Studies Magazine relating to learning and teaching
1. The Teacher Who Mistook Her Student for a Grammatical Error In the title piece of his collection of case studies entitled The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, neurologist and author Oliver Sacks describes the strange case of Dr P., a distinguished music teacher with an implausible ailment. Impressed by Dr P.’s charm and intellect, Sacks nonetheless recognized something was amiss when . . . Continue Reading
2. Plagued by Plagiarism It is the rare writing teacher who hasn’t, in some way or other, had to deal with the issue of plagiarism. From primary school classes through graduate level work, the question of whether students’ writing is completely their own or the beneficiary of illicit borrowing haunts the minds of teachers and graders. Universities have established strict plagiarism policies while teachers and professors have become plagiarism police. Continue Reading
3. The Step-by-Step Approach For anyone wanting to play an instrument, use a computer application, improve at tennis or pick up a new language, manuals are available providing step-by-step instructions for mastering the skills. The appeal of a step-by-step approach is not hard to understand. When learning a new skill, it’s reassuring to be able to divide what appears to be a daunting task into small, do-able pieces. Continue Reading
4. Does Homework Help? Criminal justice may take the form of compensation, incarceration or corporal punishment and its purpose may be deterrence, retribution or rehabilitation. Homework, likewise, comes in a variety of forms and is assigned for a variety of purposes – and for generations of students, the similarities between punishment and homework may not end there. Homework is a virtually universal component of instruction and because of that it deserves our scrutiny. Continue Reading
5. Experiential Learning Among the terms used to describe the educational philosophies of institutions these days, the word “experiential” pops up frequently. What exactly does it mean to have an experiential approach, why is it deemed important and what is its significance for language learners? Continue Reading
6. Measuring Language Skills Whether we like it or not, in life it is hard to escape the phenomenon of evaluation. Sports competitions end with a final score, products and services are appraised, books, movies and other artistic productions are critiqued and rated, and inevitably, school performance is graded. When you enroll in a language class, one of the first things you are asked to do is to take a test to determine your ability level. Continue reading
Book Reviews
Below are some reviews and a link to some books that stood out in my recent reading.
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