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Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Hello to Online English Learners in Taiwan!

I have been very delinquent in keeping my journal here, but I must say a big hello to the nice student who wrote a glowing review of my site, and that student's teacher, who kindly posted my message to students - all in Taiwan! When people reach out, the world can be a very small place, it seems. :)
Central Taiwan


Here is the review by Christina, a college student and English language learner:

Inspiration Lane

Wow! This is the MOST special blog I have ever seen!! "Inspiration Lane" is an online, classroom magazine for all levels of ESOL, ESL and EFL classes. And it is really unique because it will change automatically every day. Created and edited by an ESOL certified teacher in Florida, USA. For teachers, this blog can be projected onto whiteboard every day after the lesson to share with the whole class. Students can visit it everyday to learn new stuff!! I just love the way it is!! It has new things to learn every day, such as “Quote of the day” or “The day in history” I think it is a really great ESL blog for both teachers and students.

I felt so happy to read that review! I am always thrilled when my teaching strategy motivates a student. (And what a fine review she wrote, in English! Great job, Christina!)

I then wrote an email to the teacher, who was nice enough to post my message on their Online English Learning site here. The teacher also kindly let me know, by posting a message to me, on my blog, in the post below this one.

So, a big thank you to that teacher, and a warm welcome to all those students learning English! If any of you are reading this, and you would like to share something you've written in English with my visitors, please post it in response, as a comment, below. I will then create a new page to showcase your writing. Thank you for considering it. I wish you all the very best in your studies! :)


Susan Alyn, M.A., also known as "summer," is an ESOL certified teacher in Florida, USA, and the creator and editor of Inspiration Lane.
Posted by summer at 6/26/2007 2 comments

Sunday, June 03, 2007

Welcome to my journal!

This is actually a new journal space for me, as I was posting at the Inspiration Lane site for the past three months. I have not yet figured out how to transfer all those posts here, so perhaps I will start anew, and select some past posts to share when time permits. If you'd like to comment, feel free to post here in my journal in the "comments" section.

Susan Alyn aka "summer," Age 3, in her yellow dress. NY, NY

Susan Alyn, M.A., also known as "summer," is an ESOL certified teacher in Florida, USA, and the creator and editor of Inspiration Lane.
Posted by summer at 6/03/2007 3 comments
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Blogs I Like Reading from ESL, ESOL and EFL Teachers Around the World

  • eflgeek.com - a Canadian EFL teacher in Korea. A really wonderful blog format here, one that I wish was available to all teachers everywhere. He, too, allowed me to post a link to my site on his site. Thanks, eflgeek!
  • esol4u.blogspot.com -- by Nancy Meredith, an American teacher at a community college in Texas. This is a blog Nancy actually uses with her class, though sometimes she posts academic info for other teachers, and shares a great link. (I am still hoping to eventually feature a video Nancy was kind enough to email me of a class project!) Thanks, Nancy!
  • e-poche.net -- from Aaron Campbell, EFL teacher in Japan. An interesting site, and his master's thesis is posted. His site gets a lot of hits (many of which then find their way to my site). I think he only posts what he approves - and he allowed me to post a link to my site. So, thank you, Aaron!
  • Neil Whitfield.wordpress.com -- a retired educator in Australia. Provides a wide variety of useful ESL links, and he gave me a nice review, now posted on my site. Thank you, Neil!
  • In addition: There is a woman ESOL tutor who gives advice to people teaching or learning English, and I have to find her blog; it's really full of relevant ESOL tips and info.

A Celebration - Updated November 2008

A Celebration - Updated November 2008


As of March 2008, Inspiration Lane has been online for one year now. I took some time off to celebrate, but decided to return here earlier than I planned, to encourage you, the ESOL. ESL or EFL teacher, to reflect and express yourself as a writer.

Consequently, in the coming months, I hope you, too, will write an essay! Maybe you want to write about teaching English as a Second Language (or teaching English as a Foreign Language) for posting here, with the goal of helping other teachers better reach their students.

You are welcome to email me your queries and submissions, by clicking here.

If you have already contacted me, and hope to see your work posted here soon, just know: I will indeed get back to you.

Thank you for visiting the site, and wishing me a very happy birthday! Someday I hope to be reading your essays! :)