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Can Google Translate Contribute to Language Learning?

  • Posted on July 25, 2017July 26, 2017
  • by Karin

The usefulness of online translation crosses the minds of many a student and teacher, in many a language class, in many an institution. Some teachers advocate intelligent, informed use of online translation services, while other teachers abhor it. One teacher-colleague…

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Why You Need A Hobby Other than Netflix and Chill

  • Posted on June 29, 2017June 29, 2017
  • by Karin

If there’s one thing I’ve learned about work-life balance, it’s the importance of having hobbies that fulfill you in ways work does not. I won’t go into the importance of having people outside of your work life… but that’s important…

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Deliberate Practice and Language Learning: Takeaways from Anders Ericsson’s Peak

  • Posted on June 8, 2017June 16, 2017
  • by Karin

As a teacher, I’m interested in helping people become good at things and to help them develop strategies for doing that. So when I listened to a Freakonomics episode (I listen to this podcast a lot – can you tell!?)…

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Better than Bling: The Other Reasons to Learn Another Language

  • Posted on May 18, 2017June 16, 2017
  • by Karin

Hello, dear readers – I’m back from a short break in blogging! Work got busy and my list of ideas sat untouched for a bit. But I’m back, and will blog more this summer – hopefully every other week. I’m…

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Can we just ditch the native speaker construct already?

  • Posted on March 29, 2017May 29, 2017
  • by Karin

Today as I was surfing around internet rabbit holes – which I often fall into while daydreaming up fun lesson plans – I ran across some advice online by and for language teachers that explicitly suggested having native speakers make…

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Welcome to my blog

  • Posted on March 29, 2017May 29, 2017
  • by Karin

I’ve got thoughts about things related to higher education and language teaching. You can read them here. Please know that the opinions represented here are all my own. Let’s start a conversation!

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