Hi, I’m Captain Superfish! Writing Prompts for Creative Minds

by Jake Hollingsworth // Seoul, South Korea // www.JakeHollingsworth.net   A few writing ideas to encourage your students to think independently and creatively… 1. Create a new super hero. Describe him or her. What powers does he have? What does her costume look like? Who is his arch enemy? 2. Think up a new (and…

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Unconventional Teaching Method #37

by Jake Hollingsworth // Seoul, South Korea // www.JakeHollingsworth.net   Stop teaching your students new material. Think for a moment about how you learned to speak English. If you’re like me, a native English speaker, it’s almost as if you never actually learned English. It’s just something you have always known. At least that’s what…

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Covering the Bases

by Jake Hollingsworth // Seoul, South Korea // www.JakeHollingsworth.net As I’ve said before, a language is a living, breathing thing. It moves. It fluctuates. It adapts to its surroundings. Because of this, we as teachers must approach English in a manner appropriate to its squirrelyness. (English teachers are also allowed to make up new words to fit…

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