Tag Archives: online education

Teach English Online More Effectively Using TPR Strategies

Posted on 16 March 2021 by Kristin Fawaz
Kristin Fawaz
Kristin Fawaz

This blog post is sponsored by VIPKid. While these three letters—TPR—might sound very mysterious, you have probably found yourself using this instructional strategy at some point in your life without even realizing it. That’s because TPR, total physical response, is … Continue reading →

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Online Teacher Education Resources in ELT: Creating Opportunities to Practice Instruction Through Multimodal Assignments

Posted on 20 October 2020 by Christine Montecillo Leider and Johanna Tigert
Christine Montecillo Leider and Johanna Tigert
Christine Montecillo Leider and Johanna Tigert

In our previous posts on online teacher education, we have mainly focused on ways to build teacher candidates’ knowledge and dispositions for working with multilingual learners. While cultivating asset based perspectives and deepening pedagogical language knowledge are a foundational component … Continue reading →

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5 Ways to Keep a Personal Connection to Students Online

Posted on 30 July 2020 by Ilka Kostka
Ilka Kostka
Ilka Kostka

As many schools and institutions gear up to return to instruction for the new academic year, teachers all over the world are preparing to continue with the online teaching formats they transitioned to in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. … Continue reading →

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Distance Learning Tips and Strategies

Posted on 28 May 2020 by Lauren Conn and Kristin Fawaz
Lauren Conn and Kristin Fawaz
Lauren Conn and Kristin Fawaz

This blog post is sponsored by VIPKid. Many teachers are transitioning from brick-and-mortar classrooms to virtual instructional settings as schools temporarily close across the United States to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 (coronavirus). Offline and online educators alike know … Continue reading →

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Teaching Writing Online

Posted on 3 April 2020 by Betsy Gilliland
Betsy Gilliland
Betsy Gilliland

Events of the past month have led to a dramatic change in how we teach our classes. Most college and university programs in North America and elsewhere in the world have suddenly shifted instruction to online formats, with teachers asked … Continue reading →

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TLO 16: How to Teach Online: Review and Wrap-Up: Part 2

Posted on 19 March 2014 by Andy Curtis
Andy Curtis
Andy Curtis

Welcome to the last of this 16-part series of TLO Blogs, which have had, in total, well over 2,000 hits (so far). So, I wanted to thank those readers, especially those of you who posted questions and comments. Thanks also … Continue reading →

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Turn to TESOL for Online Professional Development

Posted on 18 March 2014 by Tara Arntsen
Tara Arntsen
Tara Arntsen

In honor of the TESOL International Convention and English Language Expo that is happening in Portland, Oregon next week, today’s online resource is straight from TESOL. Most of my posts have been about resources you can use with students, but … Continue reading →

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TLO 15: How to Teach Online: Review and Wrap-Up: Part 1

Posted on 5 March 2014 by Andy Curtis
Andy Curtis
Andy Curtis

As this is the penultimate TLO blog in this 16-part series, I asked some of the readers and responders what they thought would be the most useful way to wrap things up. Many of the readers said that, as we’ve … Continue reading →

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