Wednesday, February 15, 2012

In English Digital

Happy to be sharing with the readers of my blog the February 2012 edition of 'In English Digital', where I am honored to have contributed an article on Critical Literacy. In the article, I report on my experience as part of Braz-Tesol's CL Sig, a few years back.

Question-making and classroom discussion on the written word will always play an important role in ELT. And MY question is: which opportunities are you providing in your lessons? Any unheard voices in text materials?

Thanks for 'stopping by,' and be sure and add your comments.

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4 comments:

  1. Hi Lu,

    Really enjoyed reading your article. It was well-written and I agree that critical literacy needs to have a stronger place in the classroom.

    The avalanche intro + the painting went beautifully. I love Hokusai's work and we have one up in our appartment. The blues are amazing... it's odd to say but they really strike a chord with me.

    Congrats again on your article!

    Cheers, Brad

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    1. Hey Brad,

      Thanks so much for your very positive feedback; great to hear from you.

      I totally agree that the artwork fit perfectly to the message I was trying to pass on. For that, I have to thank the good folks at IED.

      And the idea of CL is something that I can really get into, especially when I see many of my students considering what is printed as 'the last word.' There's much to be considered beyond T/F questioning and comprehension checks. And I hope that we can run that extra mile in our lessons...the more the better.

      The painting is amazing, isn't it? I was blessed to travel on gorgeous blue waters just last month, in Venezuela, and this painting takes me back to those gentle, swaying moves ... love it.

      Cheers,
      Lu

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    2. Hi Lu,

      I'm very happy you liked my choice of artwork! I always read every article carefully and try to express the ideas visually as well as I can before designing the pages. Of course, if everything fits well most people won't notice these things (and I suppose that's as it should be) but it's always nice when somebody does :)

      Paul Driver

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  2. Paul,
    Great to have your comment on my blog. Glad you 'stopped by,' and once again, thanks!! :))

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