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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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Travel Writing Activities: Escape From Cabin Fever
Betsy Gilliland
Every new year holds much promise as we look ahead: 12 months of possibility for learning and adventure. Sitting in my house in the middle of a week of pouring rain, however, after nearly 2 years of staying close to … Continue reading
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Tagged as classroom writing activity, second language writing, SLW, teaching writing, writing, writing activities
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Strategies to Reduce Plagiarism and Increase Engagement
Brent Warner
Plagiarism: scourge of the writing class and bane of teachers’ existence. Whether students are lifting others’ words accidentally or on purpose, there’s always something that comes up that puts us into a position of questioning the authenticity of some portion … Continue reading
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Tagged as academic writing, essay writing, L2 writing, plagiarism, teaching writing, tech tools, writing
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Interactive Fiction for Reading, Writing, and Grammar
Jeff Kuhn
Hello and welcome to another edition of the TESOL Games and Learning blog! Many of us continue with remote learning, and keeping students engaged from the other side of a webcam has become a consistent challenge. In this month’s post, we’ll explore text-based games, … Continue reading
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Tagged as games, grammar, online games, online teaching, reading, reading activities, second language writing, writing
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7 Common Obstacles to Writing
Elena Shvidko
What are some of the obstacles that writers face? By talking to my students and other writers and by observing my own writing activities, I came up with the following list: writer’s block writing anxiety procrastination lack of confidence lack … Continue reading
20 Inspirational Quotes for Writing Motivation
Elena Shvidko
Getting students excited about writing may not always be easy. Some may see writing as an overwhelming, dull, and difficult task. Others may feel stuck on a certain stage in their writing process. Yet others may not know how to … Continue reading
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Tagged as creative writing, elena shvidko, evergreen, teaching writing, writing
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Feedback in Writing Teacher Education: 3 Suggestions
Elena Shvidko
I’d like to continue my conversation about implementing issues related to feedback into teacher training/education programs. In today’s post, I provide three ideas that writing teacher educators can use in their preparatory courses: 1) helping teachers develop their philosophies about … Continue reading
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Do We Need More Studies on Teacher Feedback?
Elena Shvidko
An impressive amount of research has been done on teacher response to L2 student writing. It seems like feedback scholars have taken nearly all possible directions trying to understand this “controversial yet ubiquitous pedagogical issue” (Ferris, 2004, p. 49). However, … Continue reading
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