Reading Pleasures, Part 1: EFL Book Recommendations for Teachers Abroad
“No art or learning is to be pursued halfheartedly…and any art worth learning will certainly reward more or less generously the effort made to study it.” —Murasaki Shikibu (c. 973-1014), Japanese author, The Tale of Genji Which books do I advise new English as a Foreign Language (EFL) t… The post Reading Pleasures, Part 1: EFL Book Recommendations for...
Read MoreIt’s a Breeze in Easy English Times
Idiom lessons by IAB in EET “These lessons will help you use more colorful English in your life. Idiom by idiom, you will find speaking English less difficult and more fun. You might even find speaking English ‘a breeze.’” -It’s a Breeze book description Idioms certainly have acquired a notorious reputation among English language learners. Even for native speakers, few English expressions seem...
Read MoreQ&A with Dennis Hackin, Hollywood writer about Android Roy
Hollywood writer Dennis Hackin and three-time Chimayo Press author, has always possessed a passion for writing, prolifically producing plays, movies, novels, and poems since the age of eight. Hackin’s Bronco Billy was adapted into a movie starring and directed by Clint Eastwood in 1980. His latest novel Android Roy is Chimayo Press’ first science fiction title. 1. Where did the...
Read MoreChimayo Press presents Android Roy by Dennis Hackin
Chimayo Press, publisher of Compelling Conversations books, branches out to sci-fi “What is consciousness? What is all this? Why do I think? And then you look at computers and computers think–are we programming the computers or are they programming us?” -Dennis Hackin Hackin poses these philosophical questions in describing his inspiration behind his latest novel, Android Roy, a Chimayo...
Read More‘Teaching History With Film’ encourages use of film through examples, lesson plans
Photo source: Wikimedia Commons. Gone with the Wind and Birth of a Nation remain prominent examples of how films can capture an era–for better, or for worse. How and when to use film in classrooms, and why “The difference between life and the movies is that a script has to make sense, and life doesn’t.” -Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909-1993) American screenwriter Film remains a powerful, if...
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