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TESOL English Language Bulletin- Migrant program on North Coast helps English language learners catch up 29 July 2014
- Cutting to the Common Core: The positive side of the digital divide 29 July 2014
- 40 teachers for English language training in US 29 July 2014
- Survey results show teachers need more professional development 29 July 2014
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Tag Archives: evergreen
A Conference Call Simulation for Advanced Learners
Kevin Knight
Hello, ESPers worldwide! Sometimes, you get lucky! Or maybe I should say, sometimes things come together in just the right way. In this TESOL Blog post, I am going to focus on how such things came together to produce a … Continue reading
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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Socrative: A New Student Response System
Tara Arntsen
Do you like the idea of exit slips, but don’t have time to grade them all outside of class? Do you find yourself wondering whether or not students caught the main point of your lecture? Do you wish you could … Continue reading
ESL Games: Word Ditto
Marc Anderson
The Game: Word Ditto explores multiple meaning words. Multiple meaning words are just that: They have two or more meanings. There are two main types of multiple meaning words: Those that sound alike (ex. bark as in the bark of … Continue reading
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Tagged as classroom games, ESL games, evergreen, language games, Teaching Vocabulary, vocabulary games, word games
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Student-Generated Grammar Rules
Alexandra Lowe
As ESL instructors, we often learn at least as much from our students as they do from us. But that truism was borne out in an unexpected way recently in my beginners’ evening ESL class as we wrestled, in time-honored … Continue reading
Is Education for Pre-K–5 ELs Equitable? (Part 2)
Judie Haynes
In my last blog, I talked about the inequities of the learning environment for English learners. This discussion included class size, grouping, the number of schools serviced by the ESL teacher, and the size and location of teaching space. In … Continue reading
TESOL Advocates Are on Capitol Hill
Yilin Sun
Last month, I had a great opportunity to be part of TESOL’s 2014 Advocacy & Policy Summit, held on 22–24 June. This is the largest such event yet, with nearly 70 TESOL educators representing 25 affiliates from across the United … Continue reading
Learning from ESPers Around the World
Kevin Knight
Hello, ESPers worldwide! One of the things that I value most about being involved in TESOL is the opportunity to connect with ESPers around the world. Accordingly, I have been asking myself the following questions: In what contexts do we … Continue reading
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Tagged as ESP, evergreen, Kevin Knight, networking, professional development
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Enhancing Language Education: A Conference on Language
Lillian L. C. Wong
I had the great honour and pleasure to represent TESOL and speak at the “International Conference on Language – Enhancing Language Ability and Education for the 21st Century”* held on 5–6 June 2014 in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. The Government … Continue reading
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Tagged as English in China, evergreen, language conference, language education
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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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Tagged as academic writing, elena shvidko, ESL writing, evergreen, modeling writing, peer feedback, second language writing, teaching writing
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