Why Every Professor Needs Linguistics 101

Why Every Professor Needs Linguistics 101

Nothing new for all of us here, but nice to know that Intro to Ling course wasn't a waste time.

Dubai one of worst cities for English language - study - Education - ArabianBusiness.com

Dubai one of worst cities for English language - study - Education - ArabianBusiness.com

Interesting article, if only because Dubai may be one of the worst, but it's still ranked above Saudi Arabia. Wow. That explains a lot, doesn't it?

24 Ed-Tech Terms You Should Know

24 Ed-Tech Terms You Should Know 



Worthwhile read about the basic ed-tech terms that everyone is using these days. They're not all relevant to our teaching, but it's worth knowing the buzzwords.

ESL program tolerating plagiarism

From an article in The Salt Lake Tribune - I was really shocked by this. I've never worked in an IEP that tolerated plagiarism, much less encouraged it, as this program seems to be doing. Interesting read.

Is Southern Utah University tolerating plagiarism?

Foreign students and tolerance

I'm attaching here a link to an article from Inside Higher Ed about racism toward international students. I don't know how much of a problem this has been for our students, but I remember several unpleasant incidents when I worked at Kansas State. Interestingly, this article was written by a professor at ODU - Chris Glass. Anyone know him? It's interesting to read perspectives on international students from others at our university, and it makes me think there's more communication and collaboration needed across departments.

Foreign Students and Tolerance

Presidential Election Prezi

I came across this today and thought it could be really interesting to use in class. Very helpful graphics about the big changes that were voted on Tuesday. If you use it in the classroom, let me know!

Election Prezi

Teaching research writing

Got this today from Laura - seems like a great resource if you are teaching research/citations. It's a pdf file from Bedford/St. Martin's.

Teaching students to conduct research and evaluate sources