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Quotes of the Day

Here are a couple of quotes that I came across recently that resonated with me and my teaching so I thought I’d share them with you. Do they mean anything to you?

Taken by me here. Louis Agassiz biography here.

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James Taylor is a DELTA qualified EFL teacher, teacher trainer, materials writer and podcast producer based in Brasília, Brazil. He has written the Our Languages coursebook series for FTD Educaçao, is a founder of the Raise Up! project and was nominated for an ELTON Award for the TEFL Commute podcast. He is the Project manager at Active English and a committee member of IATEFL TDSIG and BRAZ-TESOL Brasília.

4 responses to “Quotes of the Day”

  1. Simone Avatar
    Simone

    Great post! It does mean a lot to me! I love starting my classes with a quote. It helps student think and express themselves better. These two are great, they remind me of how important it is to listen to our intuition. Thanks 4 sharin!

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  2. James Taylor Avatar
    James Taylor

    Thanks Simone. I think you're onto something there with intuition, we should trust our instincts, based on our knowledge and experience, and sometimes we give too much weight to the beliefs of external influences.

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  3. elizabeth_anne Avatar
    elizabeth_anne

    Then you will love the epigraph to Widdowson's “Explorations in Applied Linguistics”

    We shall not cease from exploration
    And at the end of all our exploring
    Will be to arrive where we started
    And know the place for the first time

    T.S. Eliot Little Gidding

    (remebered because I used it in epigraph to my thesis 🙂

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  4. James Taylor Avatar
    James Taylor

    You're right Elizabeth, I do love it! Never underestimate the power of the journey.

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