John Chandlee Turnbull

M.A. TESOL | Instructor, University of Nebraska Omaha

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Accompaniers still needed in Colombia

LinkOctober 27, 2017October 31, 2017John Turnbull 1 Comment

I spent a weekend on retreat from October 6 to 9, training with others from the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship for an accompaniment mission in northern Colombia.

I know it’s not ESL, but …

October 23, 2017October 27, 2017John Turnbull 2 Comments

On 3 October 2016, Cameroon had just tied Venezuela in the final moments of a football match at the FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan. On the indirect free kick that constituted the ensuing kickoff, watch what Deyna Castellanos does.

Powers of observation

October 10, 2017October 20, 2017John Turnbull Leave a comment

Conversation about Cuban food and the effects of Hurricane Maria on Puerto Rico - all during observation of an advanced-level ELL course.

On community language learning (CLL)

September 26, 2017October 27, 2017John Turnbull Leave a comment

How community language learning (CLL) might involve sampling Oaxacan chapulines (grasshoppers), flavored with garlic and lemon.

The mistake in ‘The Democrats’ Immigration Mistake’

July 19, 2017January 19, 2019John Turnbull Leave a comment

Based on an inaccurate reading of the evidence, Atlantic writer Peter Beinart’s suggestion that “Democrats should put immigrants’ learning English at the center of their immigration agenda” is likely misguided.

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  • Interested in partnering to help me teach in Lithuania? November 22, 2023
  • Rhetorical occasions: Arguing for new trolleys June 27, 2021
  • Journalistic decay, epistemological certainty March 7, 2021
  • Personal literacy testimonio February 16, 2021
  • 15 sites of spiritual communion January 3, 2021

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