Last semester was rough. My intermediate students were drowning in phrasal verbs, and honestly, I was running out of ideas. You know that painful silence when you ask a question…
My first attempt at using AI for speaking assessment was a mess. Half the class couldn't log in, three students forgot their headphones, and the background noise made the results…
Last Tuesday, I sat with a frustrated HR director at a local tech startup. "Ken," she sighed, "we just lost another brilliant candidate because they froze up during the team…
Confession time: Last week I completely messed up a speaking assessment. There I was, trying to grade Maria's presentation while simultaneously keeping my other 27 students from turning the classroom…