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TESOL English Language Bulletin- Among students learning English in Burbank, there are more Armenian speakers than Spanish, school officials say 22 June 2017
- Preparing to more effectively teach English learners next year 22 June 2017
- Most K-12 spending goes to salaries and benefits 22 June 2017
- King Abdulaziz University steps up operations to develop English language teaching profession 22 June 2017
- Too few ELL students land in gifted classes 22 June 2017
Tag Archives: teaching speaking
Fluency and Accuracy Activities: Striking a Balance
Rob Sheppard
In everyday usage, fluent is often used interchangeably with proficient, as in, He’s pretty fluent in Arabic. But in language teaching, fluency is a bit more technical and just one component of language proficiency, often discussed in tandem with accuracy: … Continue reading
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Tagged as adult education, adult ESL, classroom activity, classroom practice, evergreen, fluency, Robert Sheppard, speaking activity, teaching speaking
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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
Pronunciation Teaching Charlatans: 5 Red Flags
Karen Taylor de Caballero
When was the last time you turned to the Internet to solve a problem or find an answer to a question? Minutes ago, right? Well, guess what: Our students are doing it too, and many of them are looking for … Continue reading
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Tagged as ESL listening, evergreen, Karen Taylor de Caballero, online learning, pronunciation, speech, teaching speaking
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TESOL 2015: Focus on Speaking
Farrah Littlepage
On Friday and Saturday, I attended many wonderful presentations with a focus on speaking. Here are three of them that I found most useful, and what I learned; I hope it can help you in your teaching: Replacing “Long” and … Continue reading
TESOL 2015: Focus on Speaking Sessions
Farrah Littlepage
Some days, I wish I could switch places with my students, and spend the day soaking in knowledge about language. (Then again, I’m sure some of my IEP students would love to skip ahead in their careers and become instructors!) … Continue reading
A Roomful of Quotes: A Communicative Activity
Alexandra Lowe
I often find that changing what’s on the walls of my classroom changes the energy in the class. Recently, I decided to challenge my intermediate-level adult students to a new speaking activity by posting 24 quotes about taking risks around … Continue reading
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Tagged as adult education, adult ESL, alexandra lowe, CLT, Communicative Learning, evergreen, teaching speaking
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Culture Shock: A Mixed-Level Speaking Activity
Alexandra Lowe
If you are teaching English as a second language (ESL) rather than English as a foreign language (EFL), it’s likely that a significant portion of your adult students are currently experiencing some degree of culture shock as a result of … Continue reading
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Tagged as adult ells, adult ESL activity, alexandra lowe, culture shock, evergreen, speaking activity, teaching culture, teaching speaking
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Master Classes: ESL Reflections From the Keyboard
Alexandra Lowe
At the height of the heat wave last month, I bought a 1-day pass to the International Keyboard Institute & Festival at Mannes College of Music in New York City. I wasn’t exactly sure what I would learn from a … Continue reading
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Tagged as adult education, adult ESL, alexandra lowe, ESL speaking, self-directed learning, teaching speaking
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Speaking Homework: You can do that?
Tara Arntsen
For a long time, I simply didn’t give homework to oral English classes because most traditional homework assignments focus on reading and writing and I want my students to develop their speaking and listening skills more than anything else. Additionally, … Continue reading