Happy New Year!
While I was working on
my list of personal goals and aspirations for 2012, I came up with a
few professional resolutions that I want to share.
- Read and review at least 2 language/education books. I have my eye on “Teaching Unplugged,” but I am open for suggestions on the other one. As a side note, if you have a book that you would like me to review, please let me know :)
- Write at least 50 blog entries. That's about 1 per week. I would like to do more, but I think that it is best to start small and work up to a higher goal. 12 of these blog entries (1 per month) will be critical reviews of recent literature.
- Develop an organized resource folder of activities, ideas, games, and lesson plans for my teaching. I would like to have a notes page on each of the English verb tenses, as well as a cheat sheet on the native language features of the students I work with (for contrastive analysis).
- Create a new course (syllabus, materials, etc.) and market it, either independently or through another language school. Currently, I'm looking into an applied/practical grammar course or an autonomous language learning course.
- Submit an article for publication in a well-known journal. I would really like to re-write a section (or two or three!) of my thesis and submit it.
Anyways, those are the goal. I'd love
to hear your professional resolutions for 2012, as well!
