misteralex

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Greetings from Bangkok! We’re starting to get settled in, and so far everyone at the school has been unbelievably nice - as have all the locals we’ve met. Our apartment is great, the neighborhood is lovely, and I think we’re both feeling a mix of jet lag, excitement and disbelief that the move went so [...]

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Things have happened very quickly over the last couple of weeks and I’m still slightly in shock, but I think it’s starting to sink in. My wife Kim has been offered a job at the International School of Bangkok, and we’ll be moving there this summer.
I will be sad to leave Kuala Lumpur and the [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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