Hi, welcome to my English language teaching through drama and storytelling site. I’m Richard and I have many decades of experience as an educator in a variety of settings: K-12 teaching in California, teacher trainings in Cambodia, Timor-Leste and Uzbekistan, tutoring refugee families in Oakland, Ca., and teaching teenagers in China and Albania (Afghan students). I am currently working as a freelance consultant in the TESOL field as a storytelling coach for U.S. Department of State’s English language programs. I will be returning to Timor-Leste in July of 2024 on a joint project with Timor’s Ministry of Education and the U.S. Embassy helping to revise and rewrite the grade 7-9 English language curriculum.

This site is mostly devoted to sharing my work using drama and storytelling strategies for English language development with learners and in trainings with teachers. Click on the buttons on the left (below on the mobile site) to navigate the site. You will see video examples as well as detailed instructions on (as of the latest update, 12/07/2023), of almost 40 different activities. In addition, there are links to resources that have informed my teaching, as well as some materials I have created in my work as an English language fellow and specialist with the U.S. Department of State’s English language programs. I add to the site on a semi-regular basis, so if you wish to receive an email from me letting you know when I do an update, click on the subscribe button (no cost). Most of the activities and resources shared are specific to drama and storytelling, but I do include a few that are just good teaching strategies, loosely related to the theme of this site, that I and my students have enjoyed. Thanks for visiting and I hope you will find at least one or two activities that you can do with your students.