1. Education

I hope you learned a lot about the Finnish (and US) education systems and had interesting debates today. Below are some useful resources for learning more. First, here is my presentation from today (15.6 mb). It also contains a section on alternative education. The original version of this presentation is from Leo Fuchigami. You can download it from his site.

Here is a preview for the documentary, “The Finland Phenomenon”.

You can watch “The Finland Phenomenon” on YouTube here.

Here is a documentary being made called “Korean High School Documentary”.
It is still being filmed and looks really good. Check out their website.

Here is a really interesting infographic about teachers around the world.

2. Idioms

If you want to be a good English language learner, you NEED to learn idioms. These resources should help:

• Click on the Idiom Alphabet Poster on the right. It’s pretty cool!
• Here are some idiom videos my students made. They are interesting.
• Check out these idiom videos!  They are pretty cool!
• Here are lots of American English phrases.
• Go to www.idiomsite.com for lots of idioms.
• Phrasal verbs AND more phrasal verbs.
• Play an idiom game: Paint By Idioms!