A pair of bloomers with lace ruffles catches the eye of Monika Knutsson as she strolls by a busy stall at a Brocante in Paris. Liam Hughes waits in the rain for the tide to roll out in County Waterford, Ireland in hopes of discovering another shard from a 19th Century plate.

Here are links to articles I've published on Wandering Educators as the ESL editor. I'd love to hear from readers, with comments, questions, suggestions, ideas, and stories.

I stood outside the door, eavesdropping on the conversation flowing through my classroom.  Though class was still five minutes from officially starting, I was disappointed.  I’d been hoping, had even expected, that my students would be conversing in English.  At the intermediate level, they had the abilities.  But instead, everyone stayed in their comfort zones, using Russian, their native language, to articulate themselves.

 

Though disappointed, I also understood.  Communicating in a foreign language is difficult.