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TESOL English Language Bulletin- Rethinking the English learner achievement gap 16 January 2020
- Prenatal exposure to flame retardants linked to reading problems 16 January 2020
- Enhancing linguistic choral responses with multilingual learners 16 January 2020
- Beijing talks its way past Hong Kong in English proficiency, but Shanghai tops China rankings for 6th year in a row 16 January 2020
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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
On Teaching Speaking: EL Autonomous Learning With Art
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: Academic Presentations for ELs
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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Tagged as academic English, english for academic purposes, ESL speaking, new ways, speaking activities, teaching speaking
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On Teaching Speaking: New Ways in Teaching Speaking, 2nd Edition
Julie Vorholt
This TESOL Blog series focuses on teaching speaking to English learners. As the editor of the newly released New Ways in Teaching Speaking, Second Edition, I’m thrilled to tell you about it! For those unfamiliar with the New Ways series, … Continue reading
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Tagged as classroom practice, ESL speaking, free resources, new ways, speaking activities, teaching speaking
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4 Icebreakers to Make Conversations Flow in ESL Classrooms
Nathan Hall
Another school year is about to begin, but even though it’s still summer your classroom may be a cold place. Your new students won’t know who you are or how the school works, and the returning students may not know … Continue reading
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Creating a Classroom Community: 5 First Day Activities for ELLs
Shannon Tanghe
How long does it take learners to form a first impression of a new class? One study found that students rated professors after attending just two weeks of class roughly the same as their final course evaluations (Buchert, Laws, Apperson, & … Continue reading
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Video Self-Modeling: 5 Ideas for Adult ESOL
Rob Sheppard
In a recent TESOL Journal article, Boisvert and Rao (2015) discuss a fascinating classroom technique called video self-modeling (VSM). Although VSM has its roots in psychology, and Boisvert and Rao’s article focuses on its use with K–12 ELLs, this technique … Continue reading
Are You a Tech Addict? A Writing & Speaking Activity
Alexandra Lowe
Smartphones are now so ubiquitous in adult ESL classrooms that the relationship between students and their phones is always an engaging conversation topic. Even more important, it’s a great way to help student practice one of the most challenging speaking … Continue reading