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Matt Purland - One of the First Teacherpreneurs!

Matt Purland – One of the First Teacherpreneurs!

Check out my recent interview with teacher/entrepreneur Patrice Palmer about teacherpreneurs here:

https://www.teacherpreneur.ca/blog/matt-purland-one-of-the-first-teacherpreneurs

Listen to my interview with Patrice Palmer - 03.01.17

Listen to my interview with Patrice Palmer – 03.01.17

Listen to the free podcast here: https://soundcloud.com/user-819463124/interview-with-matt-purland

Here is a sample from the interview:

Patrice:

What is your biggest challenge as a teacher?

Matt:

Sometimes it can be hard for teachers to remain interested in the subject that they are teaching, especially if, for example, it’s the hundredth time they have explained present simple tense that month! I get over this by having the students do most of the work in the lesson time. Instead of dictating to them what they have to learn, I encourage them to discover the language points by being active in the classroom, working in pairs and small groups, doing projects, and writing on the board. When students produce in class, rather than reading a dreary course book, every class is different, because every student is unique. I developed the teaching method You Are The Course Book recently, and this really helps to stop me from becoming bored or jaded in the classroom!

Read the whole interview here:

https://www.teacherpreneur.ca/blog/matt-purland-one-of-the-first-teacherpreneurs

Thanks, Patrice, for featuring me on your blog!

You can find out more about going from a teacher to a teacherpreneur with Patrice’s Advanced Skills Course here:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/accidental-teacherpreneur-patrice-palmer-m-ed-m-a-tesl-ctdp

Media - Discussion Questions - Agree or Disagree?

Media Discussion Questions – Agree or Disagree?

Media Discussion Questions – Agree or Disagree?

Do you agree or disagree with these statements? Say why. Find out what your partner thinks,
and mark the boxes with a tick for agree and a cross for disagree:

1. I really need a new mobile.

2. “Radio is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome.” – T. S. Eliot

3. We have so many TV channels, but there’s never anything to watch.

4. I set aside “me-time” especially to read my favourite magazine.

5. The media is too invasive. I feel like I’m being overwhelmed by the constantly updated flow of information.

6. I’ve never listened to a podcast in my life. I don’t see the point.

7. Online news and blogging is sounding the death knell for traditional newspapers.

8. I love reading the latest celebrity gossip.

9. I hate people who give away free newspapers in the street. They’re always getting in my way – and they won’t take no for an answer!

10. The media continually distracts us from what is important in life.

11. “Where ignorance is bliss it’s foolish to borrow your neighbour’s newspaper.” – Kin Hubbard

12. I wouldn’t recognise any of the artists in the Top 40, I’m afraid!

13. I’m in charge of the remote control in my home.

14. “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” – Groucho Marx

15. Most of what the news media produces is either speculation or downright lies, with very little information that is actually true.

16. Children and teenagers should not have the internet in their rooms.

From Talk a Lot Intermediate Book 1, by Matt Purland