Uncategorized Vocabulary Posted on October 26, 2018October 29, 2018 By Ardian Setiawan Without grammar very little can be conveyed. Without vocabulary nothing can be conveyed. Wilkins, 1972, p. 111 Read more
How do you know a journal is legitimate? Posted on October 20, 2018October 20, 2018 By Ardian Setiawan As a researcher or scholar under pressure to publish, you may accept solicitations to submit articles for publication even if you are not familiar with the journal or publisher. Some of these offers are legitimate but others turn out to be scams perpetrated by predatory publishers. It is wise to… Read more
Uncategorized Is this journal credible? Posted on October 20, 2018October 20, 2018 By Ardian Setiawan Finding the right [read: credible] journal for our manuscripts, which is part of the publication game, is not easy as predatory/bogus journals are designed to ‘look’ like the credible ones. It becomes more difficult as different publishers have different publication standards and guidelines. We can, however, use certain indicators to… Read more
Uncategorized Design Thinking Posted on October 19, 2018October 20, 2018 By Ardian Setiawan I’ve been thinking about how to apply ‘design thinking’ in education, especially in English language teaching. How can design thinking be used to innovate in teaching? The design-thinking framework follows an overall flow of 1) understand, 2) explore, and 3) materialize. Within these larger buckets fall the 6 phases: empathize,… Read more
Life standards Posted on October 17, 2018 By Ardian Setiawan If you don’t set your own standards, others will, and those standards can be lower than your expectations. That’s what I learned. So, set your standards and achieve them. Be self-reliant Read more
Defeat Posted on October 15, 2018October 16, 2018 By Ardian Setiawan The tiger claw sat next to the master. Why Shifu? He asked. You have to know your value, your capacity, so that people’s opinions don’t drag you down and you don’t expect to much from the world. You know my son, not knowing your capacity is your biggest defeat. We… Read more
Respect Posted on October 14, 2018 By Ardian Setiawan Respect follows the law of gravity. If you respect others, you will get respect in return Read more
Uncategorized Eisenhower Matrix Posted on October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 By Ardian Setiawan Task management is challenging! The number of tasks that we have to manage every day and various degrees of importance of the tasks require us to implement effective strategies so that we can work effectively/productively and complete the tasks based on priorities. Eisenhower matrix is one of the strategies which we can… Read more
Improve! Posted on October 7, 2018October 7, 2018 By Ardian Setiawan Don’t spend too much time fixing things you are not good at. Focus on things you are good at. Improve! Read more
Digital Tools for Researchers Posted on October 7, 2018October 7, 2018 By Ardian Setiawan Connected Research has just updated their list of digital tools for researchers. I post the list on the Resource Section. I must thank Thomas Crouzier for updating the list. #research Read more
Uncategorized Linguistics Map Posted on October 7, 2018October 7, 2018 By Ardian Setiawan Linguistics Map – If you want to download the map, open the Resources Section – HERE Read more