I just wanted to quickly point out that in Japan, the best-selling video game for the last two weeks running has been the latest in the series of Professor Layton games. In the UK, a recent release of an older Professor Layton game has also apparently been a great success.
I am cheered by this news [...]
I wrote the post below for another blog, but think of the educational uses, a couple of years down the road, of virtual field trips to ancient cities. I know that that sort of virtual experience is what constructs like Second Life are aiming for, but I’m a lot more interested in projects like the [...]
While substituting in a 4th-grade class this morning, during Math block I kept feeling a tug on my sleeve, and one student (whose parents were, I believe, from China) asked me to read a word problem to her. During the course of the class, she insistently asked me to read and explain every single problem [...]
In order to be a good language teacher, I figure you must also know something of what it’s like to be a language learner. I’ve always enjoyed learning about different languages, and I like to think I’m pretty good in German, French and Italian. But Thai will be a challenge.
Since I get embarrassed speaking nonsense [...]
The following is a brief personal narrative statement which describes my decision nearly two years ago to become an English and English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher after approximately nine years as a professional writer and editor.
One of my favorite writers, Thomas Pynchon, gave a book of his early short stories the title Slow [...]
I’m Alex Guenther, a writer and English teacher living in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
This web log will contain professional information about me as an educator, as well as anything I might have to share regarding education. I am excited to have this forum to share my background, ideas and goals as a teacher with the [...]
