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On the nonlinearity of lesson planning (Part 2)
For Teachers

On the nonlinearity of lesson planning (Part 2)

I previously wrote that when lesson planning, often a great idea comes when we least expect it, such as right…
April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 brendon_albertson
On the Nonlinearity of Lesson Planning (1 of 2)
For Teachers

On the Nonlinearity of Lesson Planning (1 of 2)

How much time does it take to plan a lesson? Well, assuming the lesson plan is not just doing what…
April 12, 2022April 19, 2022 brendon_albertson
Thoughts about vocabulary sort tasks for content-area words
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Thoughts about vocabulary sort tasks for content-area words

A sorting task is a nice way to have learners work with vocabulary and help acquisition. Working with vocab leads…
July 17, 2021July 17, 2021 brendon_albertson
NLP & CALL: 2 fields that haven’t really merged yet?
For Teachers Research

NLP & CALL: 2 fields that haven’t really merged yet?

NLP = Natural Language Processing CALL = Computer-assisted Language Learning NLP makes chunks to help businesses make money… In another…
July 7, 2021July 12, 2021 brendon_albertson
Automated chunking of text (for learners, not search algorithms)
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Automated chunking of text (for learners, not search algorithms)

With natural language processing techniques, text can be tokenized into sentences and words, and these can be “chunked” according to…
June 4, 2021November 14, 2022 brendon_albertson
Beatboxing codas: a technique for helping  pronunciation of Chinese & Vietnamese learners
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Beatboxing codas: a technique for helping pronunciation of Chinese & Vietnamese learners

Check out my Prezi below! Presented at CCSU’s Annual Spring Conference for Language Teachers, 2017
May 4, 2021May 6, 2021 brendon_albertson
Finding the right “chunks” to teach for fluency
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Finding the right “chunks” to teach for fluency

“Chunks” are groups of words that commonly occur together, and according to research, are likely processed and recorded in the…
May 4, 2021May 6, 2021 brendon_albertson
YouGlish + n-grams = Targeted bottom-up listening practice
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YouGlish + n-grams = Targeted bottom-up listening practice

YouGlish is a great site that allows you to search for YouTube videos by their transcripts rather than only by…
May 4, 2021May 6, 2021 brendon_albertson
“Explain it to a 5-year-old” – Practicing Tier 3 Vocabulary
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“Explain it to a 5-year-old” – Practicing Tier 3 Vocabulary

Tier 3 words are essentially field-specific terminology. As an example, I’m teaching an ESL breakout course to help students understand…
April 29, 2021 brendon_albertson
The Untapped Potential of Natural Language Processing in CALL
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The Untapped Potential of Natural Language Processing in CALL

How tokenizers, part-of-speech taggers, and algorithms can parse sentences for use in language learning apps Natural Language Processing (NLP) is…
April 25, 2021July 12, 2021 brendon_albertson

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