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TESOL English Language Bulletin- New law changes how English language learners are taught. But what comes next? 17 May 2019
- CALL FOR PROPOSALS: English Language Teacher Development (ELTD) Series 17 May 2019
- Foreign university students need help to learn English, not criticism 17 May 2019
- Personalized professional development 17 May 2019
- What do teachers really want from professional development? Respect 17 May 2019
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Augmented Reality for Language Learning
Greg Kessler
Augmented reality (AR) presents us with so many opportunities for language teaching and learning. If you are not familiar with this concept, perhaps the best example is Pokémon Go! This cultural phenomenon continues to be so compelling that it has … Continue reading
5 Ways to Help ELs Develop Pride in Their Heritage
Judie Haynes
English learners (ELs) offer a rich resource from which mainstream teachers and students can learn about other languages and cultures. If teachers support the diversity in their classrooms, all students will begin to understand and value the many distinct cultures … Continue reading
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Tagged as acculturation, culturally responsive teaching, early childhood education, elementary education, Judie Haynes
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A Framework for Understanding Games and Learning
Jeff Kuhn
Hi all, welcome to another edition of the TESOL Games and Learning blog! This month I wanted to highlight Reinhardt and Sykes’ (2012) framework for incorporating games into classroom practice in response to Mary McDonnell who, on my initial blog … Continue reading
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Peer Response: 3 Ways to Foster Useful Feedback
Betsy Gilliland
Teachers worldwide lament the amount of time and effort it takes to give students feedback on their writing. We know it’s helpful for students to hear from readers on a regular basis as they draft and revise their texts, but … Continue reading
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Tagged as academic writing, peer feedback, peer review, second language writing, teaching writing
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On Teaching Speaking: Extemporaneous Speaking
Julie Vorholt
This TESOL Blog series focuses on teaching speaking to English learners. In this TESOL Blog series, Julie Vorholt, editor of New Ways in Teaching Speaking, Second Edition, interviews contributors to the volume and gets some tips from them on teaching … Continue reading
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On Teaching Speaking: Extemporaneous Speaking