My plans for the upcoming semester, new content at ESLetc.com, four useful email lists and an interesting discussion activity based on the short play "21 Lies I Will Tell My Children. As always, all links and materials are available at ESLetc.com.

I outline my plans for the first day of the new semester teaching English at a college in China. I also mention a couple new email lists. As always, all links and materials are available at ESLetc.com.

I answer a listener's request for some ideas on getting larger classes to speak and talk about my current class. Specifically, I describe how I'm asking students to do a variety of tasks with the same (or similar) content in order to help their acquisition of vocab and sentence patterns. Please visit ESLetc.com for materials and related links.

A great and low-prep discussion / debate activity and a project that encourages student to engage in direct action on an issue to which they feel personally connected. Materials available at ESLetc.com.

Introduction and discussion of my first few weeks of teaching English at a college in China.

Ideas for using roleplays in English language teaching, especially in large university classes.

Thoughts on planning a language course from a project-based point of view. With materials.

Activities that were made as part of making an ESL / EFL program more environmentally responsible. Materials are provided at the website.

I talk about some of the problems I'm having motivating my students and some of my ideas for improving this next semester. I also discuss my students' final projects and plagiarism.

This activity includes discussion questions and offers students a chance to practice doing basic Internet research. As always, materials are available at ESLetc.com.