Why Bokomaru Publications?
For many learners and teachers, English second language courses can seem boring, frustrating, and irrelevant. At Bokomaru Publications, we are trying to change that.
How? We provide college teachers in Quebec an alternative to the one-size-fits-all textbook formula, by developing innovative, engaging, easy-to-deploy, and relevant learning experiences that promote autonomy, mastery and lifelong learning. |
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We do that by selling textbooks to the Quebec college ESL market and by developing free ESL websites to support lifelong-learning online. Have a look at our products or read on.
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Bokomaru Publications is a web and print publishing company based in Montreal, Quebec, and is committed to improving English Second Language instruction. To that end, we support classroom and computer-assisted language learning research and development. We participate in the gift-economy by providing free online ESL power-tools: Virtual Writing Tutor, the VWT iPhone App, Field Related, and CorrectiveFeedback.com. We also participate in the market economy through the sale of our products for English Second Language courses. For our corporate clients, we develop online training courses and custom websites.
Go to the Order Forms page to order a sample copy of our print materials, and we will send it to your school within a week. Sign-up for our email newsletter to get free stuff and updates, or contact us via email for all inquiries.
What’s with the feet? The word Boko-maru comes from a Kurt Vonnegut novel called Cat’s Cradle. It describes how two children sitting at either end of a sofa often press the palms of their feet against the other’s in a reciprocal and collaborative dance. In the novel, Boko-maru is part of a larger benevolent fiction called Bokononism, invented to help people live peaceful, productive, and happy lives. Such a symbol of unguarded playful experimentation, trust and cooperation is a fitting symbol for a small publishing company such as Les Publications Bokomaru. We imagine, collaborate, invent, and share. Join us in our struggle against boredom, frustration, and irrelevant ESL.
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Bokomaru Publications is a web and print publishing company based in Montreal, Quebec, and is committed to improving English Second Language instruction. To that end, we support classroom and computer-assisted language learning research and development. We participate in the gift-economy by providing free online ESL power-tools: Virtual Writing Tutor, the VWT iPhone App, Field Related, and CorrectiveFeedback.com. We also participate in the market economy through the sale of our products for English Second Language courses. For our corporate clients, we develop online training courses and custom websites.
Go to the Order Forms page to order a sample copy of our print materials, and we will send it to your school within a week. Sign-up for our email newsletter to get free stuff and updates, or contact us via email for all inquiries.
What’s with the feet? The word Boko-maru comes from a Kurt Vonnegut novel called Cat’s Cradle. It describes how two children sitting at either end of a sofa often press the palms of their feet against the other’s in a reciprocal and collaborative dance. In the novel, Boko-maru is part of a larger benevolent fiction called Bokononism, invented to help people live peaceful, productive, and happy lives. Such a symbol of unguarded playful experimentation, trust and cooperation is a fitting symbol for a small publishing company such as Les Publications Bokomaru. We imagine, collaborate, invent, and share. Join us in our struggle against boredom, frustration, and irrelevant ESL.
