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TESOL English Language Bulletin- Teaching materials for English learners are in short supply. That could soon change 14 August 2017
- 3 facts about foreign teens for US high school teachers 14 August 2017
- Minnesota rethinks assessments of English language learners 14 August 2017
- TESOL Press 14 August 2017
- Study: Minority students missing out on speech and language services 14 August 2017
Category Archives: TESOL Blog
Becoming a Leader in TESOL International Association
Andy Curtis
As members of the TESOL International Association will recall, in March 2014, after years of meetings, consultation, and gathering feedback, the 85-page report of the TESOL International Association’s Governance Review Task Force was made public. In the Executive Summary of … Continue reading
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Tagged as association governance, leadership resources, TESOL Board of Directors, tesol leadership
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ESP Project Leader Profile: Stephen Horowitz
Kevin Knight
Hello, ESPers worldwide! At the 2017 Annual TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo in Seattle in March, I met Stephen Horowitz in person. In the 31st ESP Project Leader Profile, we will all learn more about this former Wall … Continue reading
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Tagged as bar exam, English for Specific Purposes, evergreen, leadership, legal English, second language writing
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6 Online Dictionaries for English Learners
Elena Shvidko
Dictionaries are an extremely useful source of information about a language, and they can certainly be very helpful to our students as well. Luckily, nowadays, various dictionaries are freely available on the internet, and I believe many of you are … Continue reading
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Tagged as collocations, etymology, evergreen, idioms, online dictionaries, online resources, synonyms
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Leadership Research In The West For Students In The East
Kevin Knight
Hello, ESPers worldwide! “The Dead Poets Society” was a 1989 award winning movie. A few years later, The Dead Fukuzawa Society (TDFS) was created by some of Chalmers Johnson‘s students at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the … Continue reading
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Reflecting Students’ Lives in Children’s Literature
Judie Haynes
When I was a K–6 ESL teacher, I often felt frustrated because I couldn’t find high quality books that reflected my students’ lives. Many of the books available to my students were about the folklore or fables from their home … Continue reading
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Tagged as children's literature, cultural relevance, ELT reading, evergreen, multicultural literature, PreK-6
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Online Tools for Teacher Collaboration
Tara Arntsen
Today’s guest blogger Yefei Jin discusses how education technology can help teachers collaborate and problem solve. He is the founder of LessonPick.com, a free English language teaching resource-sharing platform.
ESP Project Leader Profile: Kay Westerfield
Kevin Knight
Hello, ESPers worldwide! In the 30th ESP project leader profile, we meet the founder of the ESP Interest Section, a former member of the TESOL Board of Directors, and one of the TESOL 50 at 50 award winners, Kay Westerfield. … Continue reading
ELT Best Practices: Taking the Classroom Global
Sherry Blok
John Nixon, Head of English and Deputy Director at the University of Stuttgart’s Language Center, has been teaching English for academic and apecial purposes (EAP/ESP) at German postsecondary institutions for 17 years. As an educator and lifelong language learner, his … Continue reading
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Tagged as education technology, ELT in Germany, evergreen, gamification, international collaboration, task-based learning
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Better Reading Comprehension: 5 Strategies
Elena Shvidko
Today I’ll share five reading strategies that were helpful to me when I was an ESL student, and, hopefully, they will be valuable to your students as well.
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Tagged as evergreen, reading activities, reading comprehension, reading strategies
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Early Childhood Classroom Environments with Big Impact for ELs
Judie Haynes
Regular readers of my blog have already been introduced to Karen Nemeth, author, consultant, and a nationally recognized expert on early childhood education. Although her blog is written about the physical environment for English learners in early childhood classrooms, it … Continue reading