Catalog of books and a personal message for the reader

Catalog of Books by Thomas Jerome Baker

And a Personal Message for the Reader(s)

The author giving a workshop for teachers at English
Summer Town in January 2008, at CPEIP, Santiago Chile.

Amazon Author Page: Thomas Jerome Baker
Thomas Baker is the Past-President of TESOL Chile(2010-2011). He is the Head of
the English Department at Colegio Internacional SEK in Santiago, Chile.
He is the Co-Founder and Co-Organiser of EdCamp Santiago, free, participant-
driven, democratic, conversation based professional development for teachers, by
teachers. EdCamp Santiago 2012 was held at Universidad Mayor in Santiago.
Thomas is also a member of the Advisory Board for the International Higher
Education Teaching and Learning Association (HETL), where he also serves as a
reviewer and as theHETL Ambassador for Chile.
Thomas enjoys writing about a wide variety of topics. Thus far, he has written the
following genres: romance, historical fiction, autobiographical, sports
history/biography, and English Language Teaching. He has published a total of
forty three (43) books overall.

The source and inspiration for his writing comes from his family, his wife Gabriela,
and his son, Thomas Jerome Baker, Jr.

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Gabriela and Thomas at his graduation from the combined
DELTA/Diplomado Course at Universidad Finis Terrae in Santiago.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Thomas Jerome Baker is the Past-President of TESOL Chile (2010-2011). He is the
Coordinator of the English Department at Colegio Internacional SEK in Santiago,
Chile.

He is the Co-Founder and Co-Organiser of EdCamp Santiago: free, participant-
driven, democratic, conversation-based professional development for teachers, by
teachers.

Thomas was trained as a nurse at the Berufsfachschule für Krankenpflege,
Kreiskrankenhaus Eschenbach, Germany and subsequently worked as a nurse in
internal medicine, intensive care unit. In the USA, he worked as a Director of Staff
Development, long-term care, and as a Clinic Manager at a community health care
clinic for mostly low income, migrant farm workers and their families in Woodland,
California.

Thomas is also a member of the Advisory Board for the International Higher
Education Teaching and Learning Association (HETL), where he also serves as a
reviewer and as the HETL Ambassador for Chile.

Thomas enjoys writing about a wide variety of topics. He has written the following
genres: romance, historical fiction, autobiographical, sports history/biography, and
English Language Teaching.

Author Page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/thomasjeromebaker
Blog: http://www.profesorbaker.com

20-Question Author Interview:
Thomas Jerome Baker

1. Your name:
Thomas Jerome Baker

2. Short Bio:
I’m Thomas Jerome Baker, author, brother, uncle, husband,
son-in-law, brother-in-law, cousin, father, son, and teacher. I
have to say there are two passions in my life: writing and
reading (lifelong) and teaching English. I even met my wife,

Gaby, at an English course and can boast I’ve been reading,
writing and teaching for as long as I can remember.

I’m the Past-President of TESOL Chile (2010 – 2011), a Co-
Founder and Co-Organiser of EdCamp Santiago, and the
Coordinator of the English Department at Colegio
Internacional SEK.

3. When and why did you begin writing?
My writing has always given me such personal enjoyment. I
started writing poetry and short stories in grade school but
never showed them to anyone.

I began to share my writing with my students because I found
it was a way to get reluctant readers to engage on a deeper
level with a text. I feel that writing is a great way for me to
reflect on life in general and express myself a lot more
eloquently than the hustle and bustle of everyday life permits.

Progressing into the ‘author world’ is a personal goal and
allows me to leave a bit of legacy for those who know me best,
my family…

4. What inspired you to write your first book?

My students, who were all boys, weren’t reading well. They
could read quite well, but they weren’t interested in reading,
frankly. Over the winter holiday I wrote “Meet Me in
Memphis“, a wonderful boys book, with lots of familiar places,
love, romance, danger, and a difficult decision to make for the
two protagonists. It actually got the boys reading and I’ve been
writing seriously ever since.
5. Did it take a long time to get your first book
published?
As a matter of fact it did. I didn’t try to find a publisher, and I
didn’t want to pay an exorbitant amount of money to have a

publisher print a few copies. Seven years went by before I had
the will and the technology to self-publish on Amazon.

6. What made you decide to self-publish?
To be frank, self-publishing puts me in control of everything,
and I like that. I’ve published thirthy five (35) books in a very
short period of time and that would have been an impossible
feat with a publisher.

7. How do you market your work?
I do a lot of social media networking, Facebook, LinkedIn,
Twitter, Goodreads, and several others. Also, I am a people
person so it is easy for me to talk one-on-one with individuals
about my work. I find people are more inclined to buy my
book when they get a personal introduction and pitch. It’s all
about selling yourself first and your writing second, in my
opinion.

8. What is the name of your latest book, and if you
had to summarise it in less than 20 words, what
would you say?

My latest book is called, “The Interview Teacher: From
Imagination to Sophistication“.
Interviews go from being an imaginary event to a very
sophisticated discourse process, like this interview, for
example…

9. How long does it usually take you to write a book,
from the original idea to finishing writing it?

That’s tricky since “Amy Winehouse: Angel Song” was
grounded firmly in reality, though not a biography, but an act
of redemption. When she was alive we spent so much time
focusing on her problems and very little on what her musical
legacy was, on the one hand, and her personal significance to
the world was, on the other. That kind of story needs more
time to dig deeper, emotionally, in oneself.

Further, all the proceeds, every penny, every dollar, every
pound, every Euro, the entire proceeds, all of the money for
the sale of the book goes to the Amy Winehouse Foundation to
help young people who are struggling with alcohol addiction.
Again, to speak frankly, drug and alcohol addiction is not a
very popular charity to give money to / to donate financial
resources. Yet I would suspect that most of us would have very
little trouble in identifying someone who needs help.

The ironic thing is that the earlier you get rehabilitation
treatment and therapy for people in need, the better the
outcome is. Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to wait
until someone hits rock bottom to help. By then, it’s usually
too late to do much good.

To make a long story short, Amy Winehouse is a person who I
consider to have been a brilliant musician, singer, songwriter,
given to us on Earth for a short time, and in that time, proved
that she belonged among the Angels in Heaven according to
what she taught us with her music, her voice, and yes, her life.
She is missed down here…

Obviously, this book took a long time to write, but when I’m
writing about teaching, it’s usually my experience that is
ultimately readily available for expression. That’s a very quick
process. As I said before, I’ve written 35 books and the
majority are books about some aspect of education, which I’m
familiar with. Again, it’s quite a swift process.

10. What genre would you place your books into?
English Language Teaching / Education / Historical Fiction /
Romance / Non-Fiction Biographical

11. Where do you get your book plot ideas from?
My life experience on the one hand and inspiration from my
wife and my son on the other.

12. Do you have a writing routine?
I have to write some every day. Writing gives me a way to
spend my time creatively, imaginatively, and passionately
engaged in bringing something together that often has not
been said adequately. So, yes, I write every day, and it is a lot
of fun, pleasant, and deeply satisfying for me.

To say I’m addicted to writing would be an injustice, however.
Just like the human body needs food, my mind needs a
creative outlet. For me, that’s writing, a personal necessity.

13. Have you ever suffered from a “writer’s block”?
What did you do to get past the “block”?
I’ve been fortunate not to have writer’s block, but if that were
the case I’d try to figure out what was coming between my
ability to write, and then, more importantly, decide if there
was anything I could do about the situation. More often than
not, life presents you with situations that are beyond your
control, and when you accept that, to live with ambiguity, you
are able to carry on with the things you want to do. At least,
that’s what works for me.

14. Are there any specific authors whose writing
styles or subject matter inspires your book(s)?
In the field of ELT, Scott Thornbury is an awesome author, as
well as Herbert Puchta. Herbert is a Past-President of the
International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign
Language (IATEFL), a global organization dedicated to
improving the teaching and learning of English as a foreign

language. I have several of their books, and they have
influenced my thinking about ELT and being a teacher in
general. Both have been wonderful role models for many
teachers to aspire to one day.
I do not exaggerate when I say that achieving a quarter – one
fourth – of what they have done in their careers would be a
satisfying and rewarding career for most of us in the field of
English Language Teaching, to include myself.

Herbert’s work with teaching teenagers is fantastic and Scott
is always willing to extend a warm hand of guidance to
anyone. He writes a regular blog post on Sunday on his
blog, An A-Z of ELT, that any teacher could take advantage of.
It costs you only your time, and the learning is guaranteed.

You always learn something new, or, you see a given aspect of
teaching in a different light. It’s because you were thinking,
questioning your beliefs and assumptions. These are my
giants, Scott and Herbert, and they willingly make their
shoulders available for anyone to stand on…

15. What are you currently reading?
I actually am just beginning “Dreams of My Father” by Barack
Obama. The book was given to me as a present four years ago
(1), so it was about time I got around to reading it. It is a real
page turner so if you put it off until now like I did, you should
check it out!

16. What piece of advice would you give to a new
writer?
Never give up your dream.

Work hard.

Write about the things you know about and, the people and
the places that you know about. In that way, your writing will
be authenticly YOU, and thus, very convincing.

Don’t worry so much about being rich and famous – just enjoy
the journey and let the fame and riches take care of itself. To
be frank, most writers write as a hobby, few are able to make a
living as a writer, so whatever you do – don’t quit your day
job!

17. Do you have another project in the works? If so,
what is it?
Yes, the third book in the Storyteller Series– the trilogy. I have
one more book to write, and then I will lay the Last
Storyteller to rest.
This mystical story is about the son of the Storyteller. The Son
must carry on with life after his father and mother have died
and left him as the only StoryTeller alive on Earth to find the
Philosopher’s Stone and to save the world from the forces of
evil who also want the stone.

I’m actually still letting the story develop in my mind before I
sit down to write it. As the last book in the trilogy, it is going to
be the decisive moment for the Earth, based on his failure or
success in keeping the stone out of the hands of those who
would use its power for evil purposes.

Stay tuned for this one – it’s gonna be a great book! Look for,
“The StoryTeller’s Son” to complete the trilogy if you already
have Books one and two: Book One: Celestial Games, and
Book Two: The Last StoryTeller.

18. How can people get in touch with you?

Email: profesorbaker@gmail.com

My website is www.profesorbaker.com

19. Where else can your readers find you?
I am also at English Class
http://englishclass2000.blogspot.com/, Reading to
Speak, Debates in EFL, Teacher of English.

I have a Author Page / Fan Page on Facebook, an Author
Page on Amazon, and Goodreads http://bit.ly/Ia7Hh8 , too.

a) Your blog details?www.profesorbaker.blogspot.com

b) Your Facebook page? Facebook

c) Your Goodreads author page? Goodreads
http://bit.ly/Ia7Hh8

d) Your Twitter details? @profesortbaker
https://twitter.com/#!/profesortbaker
e) Your book trailer?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwBYtgDoTH0
f) Amazon page

20. Where can readers buy your books?
CreateSpace Amazon http://amzn.to/AC4eXg
http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Jerome-Baker/e/B007G9HJFM
Thank you so much & good luck with all your books.

Thank you kindly…

Poems & Poetry: Our Story
http://goo.gl/XIunY

This is the place where one looks,

where we can find distant places,

full of magical, adventurous faces.

Here, in the magical books.

This is the place where one looks!

Being A Teacher in Chile
“How do you become a good teacher?” Those of you who know me from reading my
writing already know my answer. The short answer, the simple answer, the easy to
understand answer. It has two parts.
First, love what you do. Love being a teacher so much that if you had the power to
be anything on Earth, pilot, astronaut, doctor, dentist, taxi-driver, singer, dancer,
artist, musician, anything at all, you would still choose to be a teacher. Love being a
teacher, that’s number one…

Most Studious on Amazon Kindle

Most Studious

For more than four hundred years, the personal essay has been one of
the richest and most vibrant of all literary forms.

Distinguished from the detached formal essay by its friendly,
conversational tone, its loose structure, and its drive toward candor
and self-disclosure, the personal essay seizes on the minutiae of daily
life-vanities, fashions, foibles, oddballs, seasonal rituals, love and
disappointment, the pleasures of solitude, reading, taking a walk — to
offer insight into the human condition and the great social and political
issues of the day.

Most Studious is a celebration of this genre: the personal essay.

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Teacher Talking Time

Teacher Talking Time

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Connectivism For EFL Teachers

Connectivism For EFL Teachers

EdCamp Santiago: The First Seven Days

EdCamp Santiago: The First Seven Days

Boudicca: Her Story

Boudicca: Her Story

Meet Me in Memphis

Meet Me in Memphis

The Collected Short Stories of
T. Jerome Baker

The Collected Short Stories of
T. Jerome Baker

Links to Paperback Books at
Publisher Createspace:
authored by Thomas Jerome Baker

Alexis Sanchez: The Beautiful Game
Poetry in Motion
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Being A Reading Teacher


Being A Teacher In Chile

Celestial Games: Aquarians, Lepechauns & The Pot of Gold
Book Trailer: Celestial Games
Song: Die Zeit Hält Nicht An / Time Never Stops
http://bit.ly/IHaQAK
aus dem MP4Life Vol3 Mixtape2010
(MPR Artists: )Phenom, Erika, J-Zwok & Chriz

Connectivism & Connected Knowledge:
A Personal Journey

Connectivism for EFL Teachers:
A Theory of Learning for A Digital Age

EdCamp Santiago:
A R(E)volution in Professional Development

Fear of Writing

How to Teach the “Art” of Writing

Let A Thousand Models Bloom:
The Unconference is Dead

La Desconferencia:
Edcamp Santiago (Spanish)

Luxora: My Hometown

Most Studious

My Dear Friend, Welcome to Chile
The Most Beautiful Country in the World

Profesorbaker's Blog:
A Bit of Everything

Story Tellers
In Pursuit of Happiness

Teacher Professional Development: Reflections

Teacher Talking Time:
The 80 - 20 Rule ReVisited

Teaching Academic Writing:
Theory, Practice & The Passive Voice Controversy

Teaching Debate in Chile:
Age of Wisdom, Season of Light, Spring of Hope

Teaching the Four Skills in EFL:
Activities for EFL Teachers

The Chilean National English Test:
A Personal Journey

The International Baccalaureate:
The International Baccalaureate Program

The Interview Teacher:
From Imagination to Sophistication

The Last Storyteller:
The Philosopher's Stone

The Native Speaker Myth ReVisited

The PLN:
Professional Learning Network

The Spelling Bee for EFL Teachers

Time To Teach Teens

The author making the Welcome Speech at the 2010 IATEFL-TESOL International
Conference held at Universidad San Sebastián in Santiago, Chile.

The International Baccalaureate: The International
Baccalaureate Program (Volume 1) [Paperback]
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"An international education must go well beyond the provision
of information and is involved in the development of attitudes
and values which transcend barriers of race, class, religion,
gender or politics." —International Baccalaureate Organization
Subject Guide (1996). It is my belief that any education that
does not unite the nations of the world in a common endeavour
is a relic of the past century. A common sense of sharing the
responsibility, equally, for the welfare of the planet, globally, is
needed more than ever today. Finally, I can only say one thing:
The IB program is a positive way forward for any education
system in crisis, any education system that desires quality, any
education system that aspires to excellence, any education
system that wishes to educate its citizens in the image of the
twenty-first century, rather than the past century…

Alexis Sanchez: The Beautiful Game: Poetry in Motion
(Volume 1) [Paperback]

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The Beautiful Game... Alexis Sanchez, the Wonder Boy from
Chile, plays football with a grace in style that is magnificent,
poetry in motion. Here are the collected essays that follow his
meteoric rise to stardom with Spain's most successful team of
the past decade, FC Barcelona.

Connectivism for EFL Teachers: A Theory of Learning for A Digital Age

“Connectivism for EFL Teachers” is the result of reflections, at length, with how I teach. I
have learned how to teach by literally sitting at the feet of some of the most respected,
talented, and gifted teachers in the ELT profession. I met these giants, oddly enough, at the
end of the world, here in Chile. They have taught me much, through their words, their
writings, and above all, through their example. As a teacher I owe much of who I am to
them. Nonetheless, I take complete responsibility for what I have been able to create with
my own talent and intellect. For this reason, I thank my “giants”, anonymously. I seek to
emulate their selfless example in my own writing and committment to my profession,
English Language Teaching. With this, I hope to have repaid an enduring debt, and in some
small measure, inspired another teacher to do as I do, to seek the heights of great teaching.

Thomas Jerome Baker,
Santiago, Chile
February 2012

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Teaching Academic Writing:
Theory, Practice & The Passive Voice Controversy
(Volume 1) [Paperback] http://tinyurl.com/7roemwg

This book, “Teaching Academic Writing”, is highly practical while addressing
the theory underpinning academic writing. It is organized into three parts. Part
One: "Writing for Scholarly Publication", takes a historical look at Academic
Writing to inform contents for an Academic Writing course.

Part Two, "Helping Preservice Teachers" gives an actual course plan used
sucessfully by the author.

Part Three, "The Passive Voice Controversy", demythifies the active voice /
passive voice controversy. This is a must have for teachers and students alike.
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Teaching the Four Skills in EFL: Activities for EFL Teachers
(Volume 1) [Paperback] http://goo.gl/qkffb

Over the course of my teaching career, I have learned much from observation and
experimentation with my students. I owe an eternal debt of gratitude for their willingness to
cooperate with me over the years. Thank you, dear students!

EFL Teachers: No matter how good a particular resource or lesson may be, in the end, there
is no substitute for the teacher’s own judgement about what works and what doesn’t work
with your students.. In this spirit, I recommend the activities for “teaching the four skills”
contained within these pages.

Teaching the Four Skills in EFL

Being A Reading Teacher [Paperback]
http://goo.gl/1Dz5l

Reading is for me an act of transformation that is magical.
Thirst and hunger fade as the words find their place in my
remembrance of you. Who might you be?

You are here with me. Happiness, felicity, thy name is Gaby.
Source of all my bravery, you are my poetry...

Reading, I fear thee not.

Fear of reading, Neither cold nor hot, I am reading. I read for
my wife, Gabriela de Lourdes León Vargas. I read for my son,
Thomas Jerome Baker, Jr. No fear of reading, I am reading...

Being A Teacher In Chile [Paperback]
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“How do you become a good teacher?” Those of you who
know me from reading my writing already know my answer.
The short answer, the simple answer, the easy to understand
answer. It has two parts.

First, love what you do.

Love being a teacher so much that if you had the power to be
anything on Earth, pilot, astronaut, doctor, dentist, taxi-
driver, singer, dancer, artist, musician, anything at all, you
would still choose to be a teacher.

Love being a teacher, that’s number one.

The Chilean National English Test: A Personal
Journey [Paperback]
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Connectivism & Connected Knowledge: A
Personal Journey [Paperback]
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Connectivism & Connected Knowledge tells the story of my
journey from isolation to becoming globally connected to
sources of knowledge. It is a journey that begins with a
proposition: self-improvement that also benefits others. I go
back in time to share this journey with you, certain that it will
also benefit you personally, and the members of your
personal and professional learning network also.

EdCamp Santiago: A R(E)volution in
Professional Development (Volume 1) [Paperback]
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This book tells the story of EdCamp Santiago. EdCamp is a
R(E)volution in professional develoment. It is free,
participant-driven, conversation-based, democratic PD for
teachers, by teachers. There are no plenaries, no publishers
book displays, just teachers talking to teachers, sharing best
practice: what works in the classroom, practical, not
theoretical knowledge.

Fear of Writing [Paperback]
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Actually, when I write, there is a feeling of necessity, of
something that is stronger than myself, that demands that I
must write as I write. I have never renounced anything that
I’ve written because I’ve been afraid of certain consequences.
Nothing intimidates me when I write. I say what I think must
be said. ~ Jacques Derrida

How to Coach a Debate Team
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This book, “How to Coach a Debate Team”, contains all you
need to know to successfully coach a debate team. First, you
may need to convince your students that debate is a good
thing:

1. Debating ability is a valuable skill.
2. Debate utilizes useful English.
3. It is a unique way to teach grammar.
4. It develops critical thinking skills.
5. It introduces global issues.
6. It develops research skills. This book will give you
insights into how to coach a successful debate team, and
equally important, have a lot of fun while doing it...

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The Interview Teacher:
From Imagination to Sophistication [Paperback]
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The interview is a genre of written English that gets very little
attention, if any, in English Language Teaching. It is highly
individualized in nature, requiring flexibility on the part of the
interviewer and the interviewee, if it is to be genuinely
interactive and spontaneous. Yet what conclusions can draw
about an interview, in general, that might be helpful for the
English Language Learner? To attempt to answer that
question in any kind of depth, actual interviews will be used
as a base of reference. Thus, this book attempts to shed
some light on the interview as genre in ELT.

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Let A Thousand Models Bloom:
The Unconference is Dead [Paperback]
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This is the first book about the unconference movement that seeks to address the question:
Is the unconference dead? It looks at BarCamp, Edcamp, Educamp, TeachMeet and weighs
in on hybrid events - traditional conferences that include an unconference track. Thomas,
himself a Co-Founder & Co-Organiser of EdCamp Santiago, reassures the potential
unconference organiser that organising a perfect unconference is a lot less complicated than
it seems. “...a perfect unconference ... would be a jam session, a moveable feast.

Improvisation has signal, it has pattern, it has structure, it has plans, but it also has the
freedom to say or play what it seems right to say or play at that moment.

Whatever works is what I want to be free to do, what the work of the “un” ought to
accomplish, to make working an always-provisional, always-scrutinized, always-open
value. Let a thousand models bloom, and then cross-pollinate.”
(Timothy Burke, February 9, 2012, “Easily Distracted”)

Luxora: My Hometown: Autobiographical Essays
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This book is autobiographical. It relies on my subjective
remembrance. There is a clear delineation between fact and
fiction. I have tried to be true, above all, to my own Luxora
experience. Everyone who is a Luxora Panther, with black and
gold blood flowing through our veins, will find a bit of their
story, told in my autobiographical essays. For this reason, I
wish to share and thus dedicate this book to all the people of
Luxora, Arkansas, my hometown.

Most Studious: A Collection of Personal Essays
(Volume 1) [Paperback] http://goo.gl/o1ivK

For more than four hundred
years, the personal essay has been one of the richest and
most vibrant of all literary forms.

Distinguished from the detached formal essay by its friendly,
conversational tone, its loose structure, and its drive toward
candor and self-disclosure, the personal essay seizes on the
minutiae of daily life-vanities, fashions, foibles, oddballs,
seasonal rituals, love and disappointment, the pleasures of
solitude, reading, taking a walk -- to offer insight into the
human condition and the great social and political issues of
the day.

"Most Studious" is a celebration of this genre: the personal
essay.

My #CCK11 Experience [Paperback]
http://goo.gl/BvZxe

Stephen: “On Jan. 17 George Siemens and I will launch the
third offering of our online course called ‘Connectivism and
Connective Knowledge’ — or CCK11. We use the term
‘connectivism’ to describe a network-based pedagogy. The
course itself uses connectivist principles and is therefore an
instantiation of the philosophy of teaching and learning we
both espouse."

Thomas: “This book is the result of my participation in the
CCK11 course...”

My Dear Friend, Welcome to Chile:
The Most Beautiful Country in the World
(Volume 1) [Paperback] http://goo.gl/4qZyI

My Dear Friend, Welcome to Chile. This book shares the
personal sentiment of its author, an expat, after having lived
the past eleven years in Chile. He says: "I live in Chile, the
most beautiful country in the world."

He continues: "As I say these words, I want you to know that
I come from the United States of America, a country that
stretches from sea to shining sea, from the Atlantic to the
Pacific. The USA is indeed a magnificent country, but it isn’t
Chile..."

The Native Speaker Myth ReVisited [Paperback]
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When I first began my blog, “Profesorbaker’s Blog: A Bit of Everything”
http://www.profesorbaker.com/ I ran across a powerful piece of writing by
Karenne Joy Sylvester, called “NNEST’s Can’t Do DOGME: Explode the
Myths. It raised my level of consciousness about this issue, the Native
Speaker Myth, from which I have been a beneficiary. Even today, this
issue rarely sees daylight, rarely is the subject of discussion when ELT
teachers meet and talk shop, rarely gets any attention. It’s the “black
sheep” of the ELT profession. Within the pages of this book, that fact will
be amply evident.

Does this book offer any new insights? I believe it does. And even if I’m
wrong, I repay my enduring debt to Karenne Joy Sylvester for having
raised my consciousness, if all this book does, is raise your
consciousness, dear Reader(s). However, I am convinced it will do much
more than that. I hope you enjoy your story, for I have written this as a
story for your enjoyment...

Pecha Kucha & English Language Teaching
[Paperback]

http://goo.gl/x88GQ

I saw my first Pecha Kucha over three years ago. It was when I was
working at Universidad Andrés Bello at Campus Casona in Santiago with
the students in the English Pedagogy program. I admit I’ve been
fascinated by “Pecha Kucha” ever since that first time. I remember
being very impressed by the performance I watched.

There were a number of reasons for this. For now, let me share with you
why I find Pecha Kucha to be so impressive and fascinating as a
presentation technique. You feel it – through your eyes – to your brain –
to your emotions. It’s visual storytelling.

That's what the Pecha Kucha is, visual literacy in its purest form...

The PLN: Professional Learning Network
[Paperback] http://goo.gl/GpBgW

I am grateful and thankful for all the informal and formal
learning opportunities I have had access to through the
individual and collective members of my PLN, my Professional
Learning Network.

Each one of you is indispensable to my learning, and thusly, I
treasure all of you, equally. Thank you.

Thanks to the 1,980 members of my LinkedIn network.
Through you, I have access to the collective wisdom and
knowledge of 12,614,973 people. Let me spell that out:
Twelve million, six hundred fourteen thousand, nine hundred
and seventy three people...

The Spelling Bee for EFL Teachers [Paperback]
http://goo.gl/aMvnO

Spelling is the Cinderella of language learning. Ask a teacher
how to teach spelling, and the answer will most likely be
echoed by students: Read books. Pay attention to words.
Notice them.

While knowing words is important, what can be done to spell
unknown words is the larger question. This book will take a
look at both the spelling of known and unknown words, and
be an experiential account of the author's encounter with
spelling as both a learner and a teacher of English as a
Foreign Language.

Story Tellers: In Pursuit of Happiness [Paperback]
http://goo.gl/Qwnza

Story Tellers have always told the stories of man's pursuit of
gold and power. In this book we meet a mythical storyteller,
Solomon, his wife Lanisha, and his son David.

Through their stories we follow the earliest fortunes and
misfortunes of man's attempt to achieve tremendous wealth
and power. It is a story which will leave you wiser about the
true meaning of love, success, and happiness in our lives...

Teacher Professional Development: Reflections
[Paperback] http://goo.gl/UAVsJ

Teacher Professional Development: Reflections. What's the
difference between a great teacher and an average teacher?

That's a complicated question, with many variables. For me,
the answer is a simple one, however: Teacher Professional
Development. I share my reflections and my personal
experience on this topic with you...

Teacher Talking Time: The 80 - 20 Rule
ReVisited [Paperback] http://goo.gl/eJD66

“Isn’t there a rule of thumb that teachers are supposed to talk
something like a ratio of 20:80? Isn’t this the 80/20 Rule?”
Teacher Talking Time , where does this rule come from?

My CELTA teacher (what was her name?) (I remember: Lise
Bell, what a great teacher she was.) My DELTA teacher?
(Christine Ng, also a superb teacher) I got up and looked at
the numerous “How to Teach” books on my bookshelf by
these and many more authors. No, no, and yet no again. I
couldn’t find a specific mention of an 80-20 rule. So I thought,
“That’s strange. There’s something hardwired in my brain,
and it’s apparently something that no one has written about
at any length. At least, not in ELT.” That's why this book is
very necessary, to fill that gap in our EFL knowledge.

Teaching Debate in Chile: Age of Wisdom, Season of Light,
Spring of Hope (Volume 1) [Paperback] http://goo.gl/nHq8k

Why should we teach our students to debate?

Here’s a global answer: "Sooner or later, all the people of the
world will have to discover a way to live together in peace... If
this is to be achieved, man must evole for all human conflict a
method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation..."
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - 1964 Nobel Peace Prize
Acceptance Speech

A Test The World Can Take (Volume 1) [Paperback]
http://goo.gl/Cj6F3

“The quality of an education
system can never exceed the quality of its teachers”. –
Andreas Schleicher PISA: A test the whole world can take…

It’s a breathtaking concept — but for the OECD, it’s a very
real way of finding out how well-prepared today’s students
are to participate in society. The OECD's latest PISA Survey
tests reading, mathematics and science performance by
students in 65 economies worldwide. In light of the education
unrest in Chile of the past year, it is quite a revelation to
know of the progress Chilean students have made over the
past decade. That done, will the Chilean system evolve into a
high performing one? If Chile gets education reform right, (a
big if) there is no doubt that it surely will evolve positively...

Time To Teach Teens [Paperback]
http://goo.gl/fwZ53

How can we get teenagers engaged in autonomous and
cooperative learning? If the teenagers you teach are like the
ones I teach, this is not an easy task. Why?

Because being a teenager is difficult. However, I believe there
are some avenues I've taken that can offer a way to increase
your success in teaching teens.

The aim of this book is therefore, to share experieces which
have worked. This is not intended to prescribe, but to
describe.

The successful teacher will adapt my experience to their own
teaching and learning context.

Connectivism and Connected Knowledge:
Participating in a MOOC [Kindle Edition]
http://goo.gl/jxnIs

Currently, there are two ways to find out what learning in a
massive, open, online course is like: One, you can participate
in such a course, provided you have the time necessary to
invest in such a learning experience. When your time is the
limited and precious commodity that we all know it to be, you
may not be able to participate, however. Don’t feel bad about
that. That’s life, and for the majority of us mortals, we work
for a living in a world that will not let us simply employ our
time in any pursuit. We have to be selective, to be balanced
with the way in which we invest our time. Families, friends,
hobbies, rest & relaxation demand an equal share of the 24
hour clock. So, if we can’t participate in a MOOC, that leaves
option two available. Option Two? You can read this book…

Writing For Publication: Publish or Perish
[Kindle Edition] http://goo.gl/JsyOq

Publish or Perish. Like it or not, if you have chosen academia
as a career, there is very little alternative to publishing. You
must seek the legitimacy of peer approval on the one hand,
and the track record of consistent publications.

A one off publication in a local magazine or journal, once a
year, simply is not enough. Yet how to publish, when no one
ever taught you how to write and publish a Research Article,
let alone an entire book. This book fills that gap by sharing
with students, teachers, investigators and researchers the
writing for publication process. Its message is reduced to one
fundamental virtue: Perseverance. Rejection is to be expected
and is dealt with positively. If a writer is perseverant, her /
his efforts will result in publication...

Native Speaker Needed? [Kindle Edition]
http://goo.gl/Ek3dD

At the 2007 TESOL Chile Conference the question was asked: Are native speaker
teachers automatically the best teachers of a language? Just because you speak a
language naturally, does that mean you can teach it? Or does the process of
learning a language to a high level of fluency make non-native speaker teachers
far better equipped to teach that language? This book shares the global voices of
those on both sides of the issue, pro and con, with their realities, perceptions and
beliefs.

Some say the Native Speaker is the best teacher. Others voices say the Non-
Native Speaker teacher is the best teacher. Some say students and their parents
prefer the Native Speaker. Others say the evidence does not support that
statement. This is where we begin our journey.

The book takes this point of departure, the never ending controversy of the
mythical Native Speaker as the ideal language teacher, privileged, superior, and
with a standard of English unattainable for a learner. Right from the outset, the
learner is doomed to ultimate failure, to possess a level of language known as
"interlanguage" a linguistic Limbo...

Meet Me In Memphis [Kindle Edition]
http://goo.gl/MjGkv

This is a tale of serendipitous romance and fortuitous
misfortune. It’s got a familiar feel, mixing in the culture of
two nations, and two world-renowned cities, Memphis and
Santiago. A romance needs beauty, and this book has the
mythological beauty of a goddess present within its pages.

To make it complete, there’s a courageous teacher of English,
with a dilemma, with a choice to chance, a difficult decision to
make. That is, if the choice can be made. I would be remiss in
my duties if I did not leave you with a final word of caution:
the reading of this book will cause you to feel the need to
travel, to go “Walking in Memphis”, to enjoy the culture and
customs you will find within its pages. So, will you, “Meet Me
in Memphis?”

Looking For Catarina [Kindle Edition]

http://goo.gl/XW7if

In “Looking For Catarina” you will
find two lovers, who are world’s apart. Indeed, they are separated by
their worlds. In such instances, one resigns oneself to the realities that
govern life, and in time, the memory of the other fades away.

Or grows stronger, with each passing day, each passing moment, and
binds one beyond, time, distance, and space itself. Caterina will be loved
by one who feels this depth and intensity and love. Yet will it be enough
to save her from her fate?

As you go “Looking For Catarina”, you will be looking for your own
redemption, affirming a present love, or resolving a love story that
presented impossible obstacles, and you let your love slip away. In this
centuries old love story, you reclaim that love, and hold it near and dear
to you, day by day, moment by moment, century by century. I would be
remiss in my duties if I did not leave you with a caution: This book is for
lovers only. If you be without love, the reading of this book will cause
you to go, “Looking for Catarina”, looking for love…

Boudicca: Her Story [Kindle Edition]
http://goo.gl/IWCqx

What is deemed as “his-
story” is often determined by those who survived to write it.
In other words, history is written by the victors. The Roman
historian, Tacitus, left us an account of the Roman victory
over Queen Boudicca in the year A.D. 60-61.

Yet undeniably, every community has a memory of itself. Not
a history, nor an archive, nor an authoritative record, but a
living memory, an awareness of a collective identity woven of
a thousand stories.

Now, with the help of the Roman historian Tacitus, I shall tell
you Queen Boudicca’s story, her-story……
http://goo.gl/IWCqx

Professionalism & Serendipity for Teachers:
Powerful Cognitive Learning [Kindle Edition]
http://goo.gl/61tLC

Serendipity is defined as, " A
fortunate discovery made by luck." Many scientific discoveries
were made serendipitously: antibiotics, X-Rays, gravity, etc.
The list could stretch on for days. Yet the nagging question is
this one: Was it really all due to serendipity? Just plain luck?
Or was there something else at work, something that had
been done prior to the incident of serendipity? As a teacher,
the limited time and resources we have available demand that
we make professional development an intentional act, that is,
if we are to derive maximum benefits from our efforts, and
ultimately, for our students. This book offers plain, tried and
tested, simple yet powerful, cognitive approach to maximise
the students and teachers learning, anywhere, anytime, by
anybody...

Unlocking Reading For All Students [Kindle Edition]
http://goo.gl/YpY7L

This book shares reading
fundamentals that were presented to a group of teachers at a
school where I worked, Colegio del Verbo Divino, in Las
Condes, in the city of Santiago de Chile. In this sense, it has
undergone actual practical application of the concepts
presented. Further, in terms of theory, this book aims to
share research on reading, and more importantly, how to help
students unlock the key to a lifetime of pleasure and learning.
It does not seek to cause controversy, rather, it seeks to
serve as a reference for the first time teacher of reading and
for the experienced teacher of reading who wishes to return
to the basics of reading, as defined by the National Reading
Panel in 2000.

Teaching the Four Skills in EFL: [Kindle Edition]
http://goo.gl/tp11n

Over the course of my
teaching career I have learned much from observation and
experimentation with my students. I owe an eternal debt of
gratitude for their willingness to cooperate with me over the
years.

Thank you, dear students!

EFL Teachers: No matter how good a particular resource or
lesson may be, in the end, there is no substitute for the
teacher’s own judgement about what works and what doesn’t
work with your students.. In this spirit, I recommend the
activities for teaching the four skills contained within these
pages.

Epilogue: A Personal Message
For the readers of my books

Thank you, one and all, individually and collectively, for
buying my books. Your support and your loyalty is greatly
appreciated. Without you, I must honestly admit that I would
not have sat down to write as much and as often as I have.
Reader(s) are inspirational for writers, let there be no doubt
about that.

As I look over the books I have written, I admit I am content
with what I have written, and how I have written. Firstly,
“What” I have written is my life story, my autobiography, in
every line and in every word. It is full of life, a life lived, full
of hopes and dreams, joys and pleasure, and yes, failure and
pain.

You will agree with me that I am human, with lots of deeds
and qualities that I am proud of, and an equal amount of
deeds and qualities that give me much to strive for in the
future, namely, to become a better person, in spite of the
difficulty that goal obviously entails.

My stories and my books about teaching reveal my way of
thinking. I am dedicated, I am motivated, I am a teacher. I
love teaching English, and I equally love meeting teachers.

My books leave no doubt about the sincerity of my love for
the profession of teaching, and for my deep and abiding faith
that we can do better, as teachers, if we help each other to
achieve the outer limits of our potential. The saying,

“Together we are better”, has never been more true than
today, never more possible, than today. We have the tools
and the technology to do great things.

As a great man once said, “If not now, when? If not here,
where? If not you, who?” Dag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961)

Ladies and Gentlemen, now is our time, today is our day.
Though we may lose our way when a strong wind blows, we
must continue when the wind dies down. We can not wait for
someone else to come along, when we are already here.

Though we may lose faith when we are disappointed, we must
regain that faith and press on when the frustration subsides.
Though we many have never been told how powerful we are,
we must trust in the knowledge that we are powerful, capable
of great things, together. We must never lose hope, for it is
the source of ultimate goodness that we all possess.

In my books, hope, faith, power, all come together to answer
the three questions asked by Secretary-General Dag
Hammerskjöld:

If not now, When? We answer: Now. If not here, Where? We
answer: Here. If not you, Who? We answer: I. That is what
my writing is all about, helping you to realise that what we do
now, right here, matters...

Thank you kindly, in advance, all of you, for buying my books,
right now, right here. It’s the beginning of something
wonderful, for you, for your students, for all of us...

Book Trailer:
Celestial Games: The First Pot of Gold
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saTAfGAVIO8&feature=related

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