by Sean | Apr 12, 2016 | Fulbright, Learning, Pschyology, Teaching English
Do you ever notice that when you’re with your friends or family that you change the way you speak? You might have a shared language or gestures that you only break out around them. You end up matching the patterns of the people you’re around, and it puts...
by Sean | May 15, 2013 | Education, Fulbright, Sri Lanka, Teaching English, Trinco Jesuit Academy
I’m not TEFL, TOEFL, or CELTA certified. My only qualification as an English teacher are that I have a Bachelor’s degree (in finance) and I speak English. As a Fulbrighter the State Department gave me two days of English teaching training before sending me...
by Sean | May 2, 2013 | Education, Fulbright, Sri Lanka, Teaching English, Trinco Jesuit Academy
Learning Colours by Ramya Chamalie Jirasinghe I hear the maid tell my daughter, three years old and just able to make out red from pink and even blue from purple, as they sit on the verandah avoiding the glare of our tropical sun, that she is fair. If it had been...
by Sean | Mar 11, 2013 | Education, Fulbright, Sri Lanka, Teaching English, Travel
Paper, a film by Kannan Arunasalam Based off of the name of this film, what do you think it is about? When in your life do you use paper? Could you use less paper in your life than you currently do? What would your life be like without paper? My students at...
by Sean | Jan 21, 2013 | Economics, Emerging Markets, Fulbright, Politics, Sarvodaya, Sri Lanka, Teaching English
What do Sri Lankan students, an American English Teaching Assistant (ETA), and a Korean rapper share in common? For one thing, we all possess a love of dance and music. Psy’s top charting song, Gangnam Style, has taken the world by storm. With its gripping lyrics and...