Now Available: An eBook of Essentials from Compelling Conversations – Japan!
January 13, 2018 Teachers and tutors of English: do you currently work with Japanese English language learners? Are you looking for engaging, fresh EFL conversation activities to guide your English students toward greater fluency? We are pleased to announce the release of Compelling Conversations – Japan: Essential Speaking Activities and Popular Excerpts for High-Intermediate Japanese...
Read MoreCompelling Conversations Vietnam bilingual supplement comes to Amazon Kindle!
November 2, 2017 Learn, work and dream in English! We are proud to release Compelling Conversations – Vietnam: Supplementary Bilingual English-Vietnamese Conversation Questions for Vietnamese Learners of English. A bilingual companion to last year’s second edition of Compelling Conversations – Vietnam, this book provides new context and easier access to conversational English for...
Read MoreAndrea Schmidt
Andrea Schmidt is the design director and deputy editor for Chimayo Press. In addition to writing for and editing the Compelling Conversations blog, she also designed both the cover and layout for the Teacher Edition of Compelling American Conversations. An alum of Otis College of Art and Design, Andrea completed a BFA in Communication Arts with a focus in Illustration. Her lifelong...
Read MoreCompelling Conversations – Vietnam (2nd Edition) is here!
November 13, 2016 Become who you want to be – in English! Vietnamese teachers of English: are you developing a more fluency-focused curriculum for your ESL/EFL class this fall? Are you seeking new, engaging communicative activities that encourage class discussions? How about flexible lesson plans with a built-in homework assignment per unit? Perhaps we can help! I’m pleased to announce...
Read MoreTeaching Matters: Prefix/Suffix Study
Embed from Getty Images “First of all, there was a volcano of words, an eruption of words that Shakespeare had never used before that had never been used in the English language before. It’s astonishing. It pours out of him.” Stephen Jay Greenblatt, (1943 – ) American literary historian Prefixes and suffixes remain essential structural components in the English language....
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