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TESOL English Language Bulletin- 11 ways to make math instruction more accessible to English-learners 19 September 2023
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Tag Archives: teaching grammar
Great Grammar for TESOL Teachers
Kristen Lindahl
March 4th in the United States was National Grammar Day! To be honest, I would not have known it was was National Grammar Day had Facebook not reminded me. But still, the armchair grammarians of the world apparently celebrated; thus, this … Continue reading
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Negotiating “Acceptable” Usage
Dr. Anne Curzan will present a keynote titled “Survey Says…: Determining What English Usage Is and Isn’t Acceptable,” at the TESOL 2016 International Convention & English Language Expo, 8 am, Friday, 8 April. Why can’t we end a sentence with a preposition? Why … Continue reading
TESOL 2015: Grammar and Writing in a Nutshell
Karissa Kilgore
To say that I was sad to not attend all the TESOL 2015 sessions I wanted would be an understatement. I was crushed. Grammar! Writing! Pronunciation! Research! Classroom strategies! Organizational involvement! I struggled to decide what sessions to attend, often … Continue reading
ESL Games: ESL – Tic Tac Toe
Marc Anderson
The Game: ESL – Tic Tac Toe is a quick, fun way to review any number of grammar forms or vocabulary words. It builds on higher level thinking skills and provides language practice in various skills—primarily listening, speaking, and reading.
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Tagged as classroom activity, classroom games, ESL games, evergreen, grammar games, marc anderson, teaching grammar, vocabulary games, word games
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A Great Grammar Resource: Learn American English Online
Alexandra Lowe
Last year, one of my students introduced our class to Learn American English Online, a website that he liked to use on his smartphone to practice his grammar during breaks at work and at home. As I explained in an earlier … Continue reading
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
ESL Games: Parts of Speech Lingo
Marc Anderson
The Game: This classroom game gets your students actively focusing on identifying parts of speech while competing in a fun, interactive environment. Research Says: Parts of Speech Lingo fits many of the advantages of using games in the ESL classroom: It is … Continue reading
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Tagged as classroom games, ESL games, evergreen, grammar games, marc anderson, teaching grammar, teaching parts of speech
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Eavesdropping on the Present Perfect
Alexandra Lowe
Perhaps no frequently used tense in the English language is as bedeviling as the present perfect tense. Many advanced ESL students still struggle to use it correctly. And plenty of instructors—myself included—have struggled to teach it well. This fall, after … Continue reading