Kerstin Sandstrom

Kerstin Sandstrom has been an ESL professional for 25 years. She began her focus on EAP in 2008, and has been teaching at the University of Toronto for the last twelve years. Kerstin is currently the Lead Instructor for Academic Listening and Speaking with the University of Toronto’s IFP program. In this role, she has developed a focus on curriculum and assessment design, as well as presenting at international conferences.

Now let’s discuss

The article covers some suggestions for upgrading free discussions into ones with a useful additional outcome. The activities will work alongside most coursebooks.

Authentically speaking

A common problem in language teaching is designing speaking tasks which are fair on the learner and offer a clear way of showing linguistic and communicative competence whilst being easy to run.

Note-taking: listening skill or ancient art? – Kerstin Sandstrom

MET interviews Kerstin Sandstrom whose article 'Note-taking: listening skill or ancient art?' features in the September/October 2022 (Volume 31, Issue 5) edition of Modern English Teacher.

Note-taking: listening skill or ancient art?

Students cannot fully appreciate a lecture without taking notes but what should those notes contain? Can any language be used? How do you combine aural and visual comprehension?