Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab https://www.esl-lab.com/ Sat, 04 May 2024 14:55:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.esl-lab.com/wp-content/uploads/esl-lab-logo-tab.png Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab https://www.esl-lab.com/ 32 32 Website Update May 2024 https://www.esl-lab.com/website-update-may-2024/ Sat, 04 May 2024 14:55:30 +0000 https://www.esl-lab.com/?p=18657 A lot has happened over the past two months, including presenting at the TESOL 2024 International Convention in Tampa, Florida. It was an interesting conference in which everything seemed to revolve around the use of AI technologies in the language classroom and its application in materials development. A colleague and I gave our own presentation […]

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]]> Website Update March 2024 https://www.esl-lab.com/website-update-march-2024/ Sat, 16 Mar 2024 19:41:23 +0000 https://www.esl-lab.com/?p=18589 Our daughter, Emily, is a ceramic artist, and she has created some beautiful soup/drink mugs with my website on them. I love the feel of these, and I will give away a few at the TESOL International Convention in Tampa, Florida, next week. If you’re at the convention, and I still have one in my […]

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]]> Website Update February 2024 https://www.esl-lab.com/website-update-february-2024/ Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:19:54 +0000 https://www.esl-lab.com/?p=18568 Hi everyone, In addition to a busy month of creating new content, I also experienced a challenging time when my websites (I have 5 main ones and one dealing with mental health) went down for three days and 11 hours. It wasn’t due to the site being hacked or anything like that, but it was […]

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]]> Website Update January 2024 https://www.esl-lab.com/website-update-january-2024/ Mon, 01 Jan 2024 15:44:19 +0000 https://www.esl-lab.com/?p=18471 Happy New Year, Everyone! Realizing that everyone experiences highs and lows throughout the year, I wish you all the best in your life’s journey in 2024. May you find meaning in every challenge that you encounter along the way. Relish in your success and seek out others who need physical and emotional support to achieve […]

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]]> Website Update December 2023 https://www.esl-lab.com/website-update-december-2023/ Sat, 09 Dec 2023 00:19:16 +0000 https://www.esl-lab.com/?p=18391 With Christmas approaching, I want to point out all the holiday-related listening activities on my site. I realize that there are many other wonderful end-of-year holidays as well. Enjoy. You might find some of them useful for your language study or teaching. Black Friday Christmas is Coming! Happy New Year Holiday Traditions New Year’s Resolutions […]

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]]> Select Website Update November 2023 https://www.esl-lab.com/select-website-update-november-2023/ Sun, 12 Nov 2023 22:43:23 +0000 https://www.esl-lab.com/?p=18327 In addition to several ongoing projects with my interviews with my adult children and life stories using different AI technologies, I participated in a broadcast on the transformative power of AI technologies in language teaching and learning. Take a look:  

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]]> Website Update October 2023 https://www.esl-lab.com/website-update-october-2023/ Sun, 08 Oct 2023 15:40:45 +0000 https://www.esl-lab.com/?p=18228 Fall is truly here. I’ve spent some quality time in the Utah mountains enjoying the changing leaves, and I have been adding new content to my Interviews and AI-generated content in Life Stories. My plans for the rest of the year are to add new content to these sections, focusing on critical-thinking skills and more […]

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]]> Website Update September 2023 https://www.esl-lab.com/website-update-september-2023/ Sun, 03 Sep 2023 19:23:04 +0000 https://www.esl-lab.com/?p=18088 As I have done in the past, I want to remind teachers and students of the many learning resources on all of my sites. I wish you a successful school year! Feel free to add a link to any of my Websites in your class syllabus or online course. 1. Watch unscripted and natural conversations […]

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]]> Website Update August 2023 https://www.esl-lab.com/website-update-august-2023/ Fri, 04 Aug 2023 20:38:29 +0000 https://www.esl-lab.com/?p=18037 The summer is in full swing and is, in some ways, winding down, with many schools returning to classes in less than a month. Two of the main projects I have been working on involve interviews with my adult children on various language and social issues. These have been fun to create because they are […]

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]]> Website Update July 2023 https://www.esl-lab.com/website-update-july-2023/ Sun, 02 Jul 2023 22:12:50 +0000 https://www.esl-lab.com/?p=17841 Wow! So much has happened over the past few months in the world, and new technologies are at the forefront of these developments. For my part, I have published almost 60 video interviews with a variety of pre-listening and post-listening discussion questions. I really like this section of the site because my children, as adults, […]

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