Small Changes in Teaching Big Results in Learning
Videos, activities and essays to stimulate fresh thinking about language learning
by Dr. John F. Fanselow
Bridge the gap between what you want to do and what actually happens in your classroom. Whether you are a beginning teacher or a seasoned educator, this guide helps you move from teaching as ritual to teaching as discovery.
What reviewers are saying
Praise for Small Changes in Teaching Big Results in Learning
A must-read.
Professor Alan Maley — Series Editor, Oxford Resource Books for Teachers; 25 years British Council English Language OfficerThis is a new and important book for educators everywhere!
Dr. Ann Lieberman — Teachers College, Columbia University; Past President, American Educational Research AssociationThe videos that accompany Small Changes successfully bring to life the two major tenets the book illustrates: learning is predicting and teaching is reminding people what they already know.
Chris Maschio — Kanda University MA ProgramChallenging and transformational.
Margaret Kitchen — University of Auckland, TESOLANZ JournalThe changes might be small, but the effects of reading this book and watching the videos are HUGE.
Dr. Charles Browne — Applied Linguistics & TESOL, Meiji Gakuin UniversityOne could well teach English for a lifetime with no other ESOL book but this.
Dr. Robert Oprandy — Professor Emeritus, University of the PacificBrilliant!
Michael Seko — King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsThe 'aha' moments where students could step away from 'tunnel vision' and solve the puzzle put before them were powerful and have certainly influenced the way in which I view the classroom.
Daniel Hooper — Kanda University MA ProgramA groundbreaking work.
Jeremy Harmer — in The Practice of English Language Teaching (referring to Breaking Rules)Fanselow's message was "For goodness sake do something different next Monday morning." Instinctively many of us knew that this was brilliant advice.
Mario Rinvolucri — Founding member of Pilgrims; author of 19 books on language teaching published by Cambridge and OxfordThe first word I think of when I think of John F. Fanselow is genius.
Michael Capurso — Independent scholar of education ethicsUnique and impressive.
Hala Sami and Dallia El-Shayal — TESOL Summer Institute, ESADE BarcelonaSmall Changes in Teaching Big Results in Learning
Bridge the gap between what you want to do and what actually happens in your classroom. Whether you are a beginning teacher or a seasoned educator, this guide helps you move from teaching as ritual to teaching as discovery.
Through integrated videos and reflective activities, you will learn to streamline lesson planning and admin, reclaiming time to focus on what truly matters: analyzing the real interactions between you and your students.
Dr. John F. Fanselow
AuthorJohn F. Fanselow, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus at Teachers College, Columbia University, where he pioneered the systematic observation and analysis of classroom interactions. A past president of TESOL International, John has spent decades helping educators bridge the gap between teaching theory and classroom reality. His seminal works, including Breaking Rules and Contrasting Conversations, established the foundation for "Fanslovian" reflective practice — a method focused on recording and analyzing minute particulars of student-teacher dynamics to move from ritual to discovery.
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