Teaching Pronunciation

Listen to this short podcast about teaching pronunciation by Jonathan Marks. Take notes on the main points he makes.
http://www.macmillanglobal.com/?powerpress_embed=2874-podcast&powerpress_player=default

Learning English Pronunciation

Funny clip with Steve Martin from The Pink Panther.
Whoever thought that saying "I'd like to buy a hamburger" could be so difficult.
http://youtu.be/iUCDhvbQFmU

Rod Ellis TESOL Seminar: Written Corrective Feedback

Rod Ellis is a very well known efl professional.  Watch this lecture he gave in Korea and then post a comment below sharing your thoughts - how does this influence you as a learner and as a teacher?  Do you prefer direct or indirect feedback?
If you want to watch the rest of the lecture, then click here: http://www.anaheim.edu/content/view/645/110/

Study: Languages International

Great school, good people, fantastic location

Rugby Lectures

The Rugby World Cup behemoth is approaching.  Check out these lectures on NZ and the sport of rugby.  A good chance to learn about what rugby means to NZ'ers and to get some great listening practice (higher level).

Advanced: National Schools Poetry Prize

The winning poem.
Great achievement for a 13 year old. At that age I was still trying to find words that rhymed.

Nan
At the funeral
we sang beneath
high-beamed ceilings
in yellow light filtered
through a stained glass jesus.
I whispered to a bent microphone
of fish bones and sick days
of hot cocoa rice and
early morning mutterings of prayer
and of you.
But when I stood above you
eyes cast down
fixed on your cold cheek
I couldn't bring myself to
touch you.

Or you could watch an animated version here:
http://vimeo.com/26752033

TESOL: Teacher Gabriel

Here is Gabriel.  What would you be thinking as a student? What if you were observing him as a teacher?