Eric H. Roth's Blog, page 2
March 23, 2021
Collecting Resume Advice And Creating Compelling Conversations
“Job-hunting is always mysterious. Sometimes mind-bogglingly mysterious. You may never understand why things sometimes work, and sometimes do not.” –Richard Nelson Bolles (1927-2017), Author of “What Color is Your Parachute“ By Samantha Jungheim and Eric H. Roth How do you help pre...
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Collecting Resume Advice Creating Compelling Conversations
“Job-hunting is always mysterious. Sometimes mind-bogglingly mysterious. You may never understand why things sometimes work, and sometimes do not.” –Richard Nelson Bolles (1927-2017), Author of “What Color is Your Parachute“ By Samantha Jungheim and Eric H. Roth How do you help pre...
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How can we help prepare future international students navigate an American classroom?
“The classroom should be an entrance into the world, not an escape from it” – John Ciardi (1916-1986), American poet and translator By Samantha Jungheim and Eric H. Roth Do you teach English students abroad? Are you educating young adults looking to study in the United States? Or teaching En...
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“The classroom should be an entrance into the world, not an escape from it” – John Ciardi (1916-1986), American poet and translator By Samantha Jungheim and Eric H. Roth Do you teach English students abroad? Are you educating young adults looking to study in the United States? Or teaching En...
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Podcasts for Real Skills and Compelling Conversations
By Samantha Jungheim & Eric H. Roth “Any story hits you harder if the person delivering it doesn’t sound like some news robot, but in fact sounds like a real person having the reactions a real person would.” –Ira Glass (1959- ), American radio personality and host of “This American Life” W...
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Understanding Your Students Better with a Remote Learning Survey
“We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), American human rights leader By Samantha Jungheim & Eric H. Roth How do we know what our students already know about edtech tools? Should we, perhaps, ask them? What about holding...
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Elevating Your Teaching Career with a MAT-TESOL Degree
Let’s start your teaching career strong! “How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself and in no instance bypass the discriminations of reason?” -Epictetus (50-135 AD), Stoic philosopher Should you pursue a MAT-TESOL degree or simply earn a TEFL certific...
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Connecting the Dots: Teaching Students to Describe Infographics
Our online audience included CATESOL members, California educators, English teachers, community college instructors, and other ESL professionals. Our presentation emphasized four simple steps to creating data commentaries are: introduce the infographic, identify significant data, comparing related s...
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Why Writing 3rd Person Biostatements Deepens Resilience
“We know what we are, but we know not what we may be.” –William Shakespeare (1564-1616), English playwright By Eric H. Roth & Samantha Jungheim Can you tell your life story in a positive light? What have you achieved so far? What are you working on? What are your life goals? Contemporary...
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Speaking Standards: Is Perfect English Pronunciation an Attainable Goal? What is Perfect Pronunciation Anyway?
Airport English works for casual conversations. “Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it.” — Christopher Morley (1890-1957), American author and journalist By Eric H. Roth What qualifies as “perfect” English pronunciation? Is perfect pronunciation essential for having compelling conversa...
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