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Tag Archives: ESL writing
Using Journals and Magazines to Teach About Audience
Elena Shvidko
Today I’d like to share two simple activities that can help second language writers apply the concept of audience. The first activity is suitable for students of intermediate and higher levels of proficiency; the second one is designed for beginners … Continue reading
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New Year Resolutions: More Classroom Activities
Elena Shvidko
New Year is a perfect time to set new goals and make personal promises. Perhaps at least once in our life, each of us makes New Year resolutions. And I believe it’s not just a cultural concept—most people consider New … Continue reading
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English as a Global Language: 4 Academic Journals
Elena Shvidko
After publishing a blog presenting several journals in the fields of second language acquisition and English teaching, I received a few emails from TESOL community members asking me to continue introducing more journals in the field. So back to academic journals! … Continue reading
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Halloween Writing: A Scary Jumble Story
Elena Shvidko
Many teachers are familiar with a jumble story writing activity. There can be several variations to it depending on what the lesson is focused on. In the past, I used this activity to practice certain grammar principles, the use of … Continue reading
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Demystifying Audience and Genre: A Classroom Activity
Elena Shvidko
The concepts of audience and genre tend to be challenging for second language writers. Even when students seem to understand them theoretically, they struggle applying their knowledge to practice. We can help them demystify these concepts through simple classroom activities. … Continue reading
Excellent Academic Journals to Stay Up-to-Date in EL Writing
Elena Shvidko
In one of my previous blog posts, I introduced five journals concerned with different issues in second language writing. There are obviously other academic journals in the field that publish articles related both to research in second language writing and … Continue reading
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Expressing an Opinion Through Scavenger Hunt
Elena Shvidko
And once again—a scavenger hunt! From my experience—and perhaps I am just lucky—student tend to enjoy activities based on the scavenger hunt idea. It gives them a chance to do something different from mundane classroom activities. While accomplishing a task, … Continue reading
Getting-to-Know-You Writing Activity: Using Names
Elena Shvidko
In many schools and educational programs around the world, the end of summer is considered to be the beginning of a new academic year. For us, teachers, this period involves lots of preparation, including designing a course syllabus, developing lessons … Continue reading
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Focus on Cultural Education: A Writing Activity
Elena Shvidko
Living in a foreign country can be difficult if one doesn’t understand many of the cultural concepts that “locals” sometimes use on a daily basis. When I came to the United States a few years ago, I realized how little … Continue reading
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Tagged as academic writing, culture, elena shvidko, ESL writing, evergreen, teaching culture, writing activities
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Effective Peer Feedback Through Modeling: Part 2
Elena Shvidko
In my last blog, I shared a modeling activity that writing teachers can do to help students analyze each other’s writing and make more out of peer review activities. Today, I would like to describe a modeling activity that uses … Continue reading
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