Video: Irish Folks Attempting North American Accents

As I'm searching for "impossible to understand accents" for a little presentation I hope to give during teacher work week, I came across this little beauty:

Passive Voice for ELLs - Webinar Share

"Don't use passive voice!" teachers of yore would repeat.

However, it seemed as if no teacher from my past could explain the writing no-no beyond giving an example. On top of that, when I realized how many times passive voice is used (muhaha! You can stop me!) in daily conversation and academic language, I understood that my teachers were really just trying to kill the fun.

...except not really because passive voice is a weak writing tool...

I signed up for a webinar through the impressive Off2Class, but was unable to make it in time to watch it live. The good people over there helped us out and posted the recorded webinar on their blog! Check it out!

Meaningful practice makes perfect

This blogpost is exactly the kind of message I need to continue to remember and to communicate with some of my students and their parents. They are in a safe space: mistakes are okay and encouraged!  Every mistake is an opportunity for the language to take deeper roots!