Here are some titles from past presentations. Click on the links for pdf files.

2009

Looking for Lev in All the Wrong Places. Plenary lecture at Teachers Helping Teachers seminar at First Providential College in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, Philippines.

Aligning our learning objectives, instructional strategies and assessment. This presentation introduces the work of Lorin Anderson, David Krathwol and their colleagues in extending Bloom’s taxonomy of learning objectives. We will look at how their revised taxonomy can be utilized by language teachers for aligning our various classroom endeavors, specifically the learning objectives we determine for our learners, the instructional strategies we use to help learners toward those objectives, and the assessment protocol we use for measuring success in attaining those objectives. Participants will be called on to examine their practices in terms of this alignment.

Strategies for teaching speech communication. Presented at THT 2009 in the Philippines. Handout.

A Bag Full of Tricks. Presented at THT 2009 in the Philippines.

2008

Learning Theory & EFL/ESL Study Skills. Presented at Teachers Helping Teachers Seminars in Vientiane, Laos (March 25 - 30, 2008) and Manila, Philippines (August 23 - 24, 2008). Handout

Who is Thiagi and what are Framegames? Teachers Helping Teachers 2008. Handout

Instructional Design in a Business English Context. Teachers Helping Teachers 2008. Handout

2007

Business English Activities for Lower Level Students. Teachers Helping Teachers Seminar at Lao-American College, Vientiane, Laos, March 20 – 25, 2007.
Instructional Design and Curriculum Development. Teachers Helping Teachers Seminar at Lao-American College, Vientiane, Laos, March 20 – 25, 2007.
Automatic Language Growth (ALG): Student Attitudes and Beliefs. Teachers Helping Teachers Seminar at Lao-American College, Vientiane, Laos, March 20 – 25, 2007.
Instructional Design in Business English Contexts. JALT 2006 in Kitakyushu, Japan.
Instructional Design (ID) and Business English Programs. JALT 2006 in Kitakyushu, Japan (with T. Torbert & R. Carlow).
Language Teaching as Artful Science. Invited Lecture for Hue University, College of Foreign Languages. Seminar on Teaching Strategies for the ESL Classroom. March 25 – 30, 2006.
Developing Public Speaking Skills. Invited Lecture for Hue University, College of Foreign Languages. Seminar on Teaching Strategies for the ESL Classroom. March 25 – 30, 2006.
A Drama Approach and the L2 Classroom. Invited Lecture for Hue University, College of Foreign Languages. Seminar on Teaching Strategies for the ESL Classroom. March 25 – 30, 2006.
Metaphors for L2 Teachers and Students. Invited Lecture for Hue University, College of Foreign Languages. Seminar on Teaching Strategies for the ESL Classroom. March 25 – 30, 2006.
Japan, America and Hawaii: Cultural and Historical Overview. Invited Lecture for the City of Akashi, Japan, March 19, 2006.
Global Issues in a Business English Curriculum. Peace as a Global Language 2005 in Kyoto, Japan, November 13, 2005.
Classroom Management: Theory to Practice. JALT 2005 in Shizuoka, Japan.
Fostering Constructive EFL Reading Habits and Attitudes. JALT 2004 in Nara, Japan
Transforming English Education: A More Global View. JALT 2004 in Nara (with A. Brady & G. Hadley).
Breathing Life Into Business English Classes. JALT 2001 in Kitakyushu.
Oregon Trails, NHK Culture Center, August, 2001.
Tried and True Teaching Tidbits, Kobe JALT, May 26, 2001.
Tried and True Teaching Techniques. JALT 2000 in Shizuoka (with W. Taaffe).
Public Speaking and Easy Debate. Himeji JALT, October, 2000.