Professional Development Journal of Matthew Rozynski

Secondary English, Tertiary Academic English, Spanish and Japanese Teacher born in the NSW Blue Mountains (NESA #344635). MTeach. Sec. (ACU). B.Ling.Sc (Macquarie Uni.). Dip. Lang. Spanish (University of Sydney). Dip. Lang. Japanese (UNE on-line ongoing). TESOL+CELTA (International House Sydney+University of Cambridge). Film & TV cert. III (Sydney TAFE). Spanish & Japanese speaking (University of Buenos Aires + 5 years' immersion; Japanese family/travel).

Thursday, December 20, 2012

‛hoar frost' and 'rime' definitions

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Extract from Jules Verne's The Adventures Of Captain Hatteras ; four men, including the captain, have left their brig, frozen in for th...
Friday, December 14, 2012

Development: Lessons from Stephen Krashen and the Natural Acquisition Theory

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Commentary commentary  An exercise I found today amongst some papers: EXERCISE meaningful input  |   low anxiety situations  |   natural com...

Lack of Grading, Student Talk Time and CCQs common in the field

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Commentary It was surprising to see the teacher-centred, faced-paced, complex and idiomatic language used occasionally around the EFL classr...
Thursday, December 13, 2012

On the History of English Pronunciation

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commentary OE = Old English (c. 550 to c. 1250) ME = Middle English (c. 1150 to c. 1470) What did Middle-English sound like? Well, se...
Tuesday, November 13, 2012

On masses of ice

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From The Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Jules Verne: 'They scarcely leave a passage for the [brig] Forward. Just examine that immen...

‛iceblink' definition

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► noun a bright appearance of the sky caused by reflection from a distant ice sheet. From The Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Jules...
Saturday, November 03, 2012

Animal vocabulary time with beginners! – WSI

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Monday, October 08, 2012

Learner feedback unimportant?

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commentary from Jim Scrivener's 'Learning Teaching' about teachers' initial worries in class: • I hope I don't say any...
Friday, September 21, 2012

aught

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'before aught else, we must be free' — Jules Verne, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Silvia's English Corner

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Private tuition – general oral fluency only: Silvia Mucci (Minister for the Environment, Buenos Aires Province)
Saturday, September 01, 2012

Social Outings – WSI

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A day out in the Japanese Gardens An evening at the Irish pub
Monday, June 18, 2012

Shakespeare's Influence on the English Language

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commentary 'Friend' in its verb form –  'befriend' having a slightly different meaning –  was coined by Shakespeare 400 y...
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