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Writing Letters in the English Language Classroom
Betsy Gilliland
The winter holidays often bring with them greeting cards from friends and relatives living near and far. One of the things I like the most about these cards is the letters some people include, telling about their family activities over … Continue reading
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AI for Language Learning: ChatGPT and the Future of ELT
Brent Warner
On the last day of November 2022, OpenAI, an artificial intelligence research lab, launched ChatGPT into the world, and launched an avalanche of concern, curiosity, fear, and hope all at once. For those who haven’t been watching, ChatGPT is a … Continue reading
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Writing Activities to Make the Most of Being Back in the Classroom
Betsy Gilliland
As a new academic year starts, I’m excited to be back to teaching in-person classes without the restrictions of social distancing. While the last 2 years have been fruitful in pushing me to think of how to engage my students … Continue reading
Elementary School Writing for MLLs: Interview With Joanna Wong
Betsy Gilliland
Joanna Wong, Associate Professor, College of Education, California State University, Monterey Bay, is an elementary school teacher educator who holds a PhD in education focused on language, literacy, and culture. Drawing on her previous work as a bilingual teacher in … Continue reading
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Writing Across the Curriculum
Betsy Gilliland
As TESOL professionals, we often think of ourselves as English teachers whose primary work is supporting our students to learn the English language. Learning English entails learning how to use English for various purposes, including writing in school and college. … Continue reading
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3 Strategies for Formative Assessment and Feedback
Hetal Ascher
Formative assessment refers to assessment used to inform our instruction, and formative feedback refers to the feedback we give to students to help them grow and learn. This blog post contains three strategies for formative assessment and feedback and some … Continue reading
Assessing Writing
Betsy Gilliland
I am collaborating with a Japanese colleague to revise a rating scale for the undergraduate English for Academic Purposes program at her university. She had noticed that even though the program had developed an analytic rubric, some high scoring essays … Continue reading
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Post and Reply Writing Games
Hetal Ascher
The activities in this post are easy and ready-to-use ESL writing games for online teaching that you can play whether you have an asynchronous or synchronous classroom. In my classroom, I have used these activities as starters or as an … Continue reading
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Tagged as classroom games, language games, online activities, online learning, online teaching, teaching writing, word games, writing, writing activities, writing games
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