This Friday's blog post is going to be a reflection on this year's JACET conference, including my co-presented workshop with the brilliant Martha Ramirez But, before that, Martha had some lovely words to say. linkedin.com/posts/martha-r…

Reflections on JACET2025. sielpabooks.com/blog/f/reflect…

In this week's blog, I take a look at a new book that will be published by SielpA Books this coming November. sielpabooks.com/blog/f/introdu…

This week's blog post takes a sneak preview to an upcoming chapter on TBLT and student motivation. sielpabooks.com/blog/f/first-f…

Finally under a million degrees so I can enjoy the walk into work. Classes start today, so perfect timing!

This week, I take a look at a boardgame about the growth mindset I created for tomorrow's talk in Kobe. sielpabooks.com/blog/f/growth-…

This week, I take a look at a boardgame about the growth mindset I created for tomorrow's talk in Kobe. sielpabooks.com/blog/f/growth-…

What an awazing weekend in Kobe! I gave a workshop on the growth mindset, which included a debut for my Growth Mindset Game. I must say that the game worked a dream. All participants were fantastic, too, which made presenting a breeze! Thank you Ai and Yuki for the invitation!

This week's blog post looks at a new course I'm teaching and the first theory of motivation we'll be discussing. sielpabooks.com/blog/f/teachin…

This week's blog post looks at a new course I'm teaching and the first theory of motivation we'll be discussing. sielpabooks.com/blog/f/teachin…

New book coming out this Friday! Many thanks to Jo Mynard and her team at Candlin & Mynard for their amazing support and guidance. Huge congratulations also to all the authors for their incredible patience and brilliant writing. More about this book in this week's blog post．

This week, I take a look at our new book published with Candlin & Mynard. Many thanks to my co-editor, Matt Wilson, for always keeping it positive, all the authors for their amazing patience, and Jo Mynard for her support in the publication process. sielpabooks.com/blog/f/publica…

This week, I take a look at our new book published with Candlin & Mynard. Many thanks to my co-editor, Matt Wilson, for always keeping it positive, all the authors for their amazing patience, and Jo Mynard for her support in the publication process. sielpabooks.com/blog/f/publica…

I contributed a chapter to this book (Bringing Sarcasm and the Speech Act of Requests Into the Tertiary EFL Classroom With Short Movie Clips), it was a pleasure to work with Adrian and Matt and delighted to finally see it in print.

I contributed a chapter to this (Bringing Sarcasm and the Speech Act of Requests Into the Tertiary EFL Classroom With Short Movie Clips). Thanks to the editors (Adrian and Matt) for meticulous feedback and for allowing me to write this practical chapter. candlinandmynard.com/screenmedia.ht…

Thank you to the students who laughed at my random stupid joke during class today: "'Amotivation' means no motivation, because 'A' at the beginning of a word can mean 'no', like 非. So, my name, 'Adrian,' means, 'no drian.'" If you're catching on with that, you're doing great!

In this week's post, I take a look at some techniques for strengthening intrinsic motivation from my class on motivation last Wednesday. (I'm experiencing a bit of website trouble the moment, so this is a temporary home for this week's post.) docs.google.com/document/d/1YI…

Had a great lesson today. We looked at what makes us happy, what we do to make others happy, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, & a dictogloss on wellbeing. We watched the video below & did a task about caring for others. Meaningful discussions! SielpA_Books youtu.be/tX8TgVR33KM?si…

It’s been a busy few weeks preparing, but I’m looking forward to presenting at JALT next week. My talk explores how authentic materials such as scenes from dramas and real interactions in izakayas and neighborhood bars can develop pragmatic competence in JFL.

In this week's blog post, I take a look at mixed programming. Absolutely nothing to do with computer programmin, but something much more important. sielpabooks.com/blog/f/mixed-p…