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TESOL English Language Bulletin- How federal COVID aid is uplifting English learners in this small Rhode Island city 20 March 2023
- Exploring language acquisition in multilingual children 20 March 2023
- NNEST-IS Webinar: Emerging NNEST Leaders: Where do we begin? 20 March 2023
- Potential of light literature 20 March 2023
- Separating Difference From Disability With Students Learning English as an Additional Language 20 March 2023
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Category Archives: TESOL Blog
Social-Emotional Learning in ELT: 3 Takeaways From Action Research
Özgehan Uştuk
This blog is part of the TESOL Research Professional Council (RPC) Blog series. I have been teaching EFL at higher education institutions in Turkey for more than a decade. One thing that became apparent to me over the years was … Continue reading
Memes and GIFs for Writing Development
Betsy Gilliland
As a consumer of social media, I have long been fascinated with memes, particularly those that relate to topics I am invested in, like teaching, literature, or composition. Memes, usually consisting of an image file overlaid by a short text, … Continue reading
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Tagged as popular culture, second language writing, social media, teaching writing
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7 Benefits of Reading Aloud to Multilingual Learners in School
Judie Haynes
What are your most beloved memories of elementary school? One of my most poignant recollections of my early school years is that of my teachers reading books aloud to the class after recess. My parents didn’t read to me as … Continue reading
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Tagged as elementary education, elementary reading, ELT reading, primary education, reading fluency
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Mindfulness in PD: Not a Magic Pill, but Certainly a Superpower
Laura Baecher
For the next few months, I will be inviting voices from a variety of contexts to share their work and thinking on professional development (PD). This post focuses on mindfulness as a practice that can inform our PD, teaching, and … Continue reading
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Tagged as mindfulness, PD, professional development, SEL, social-emotional learning
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4 Ways to Use AI to Build Laser-Focused Custom Content for Your Students
Brent Warner
An incredible amount interest in artificial intelligence (AI) launched late last year and has gone through the stratosphere since I wrote about ChatGPT in December. Since then, a so-called arms race of AI has begun to flood the market, from … Continue reading
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Tagged as AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Custom Content, edtech, educational technology, technology resources, Texts
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Reading Black History Month at Dar America
Spencer Salas
Happy February from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte! For this post, to celebrate Black History Month, I’d like to write about the power of public libraries and how I came to read Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man. In 1991, … Continue reading
Helping Students to Recognise and Respond to Social Injustice: Suggested Strategies and Resources
Naashia Mohamed
In conversations with preservice teachers, a question that inevitably arises is this: Why did you choose to become a teacher? Among the varied answers, there is always one common theme. This relates to wanting to make a difference in people’s … Continue reading
4 Tips for Teaching English Through Science
Judie Haynes
In this blog, I would like to talk about how English can be taught to elementary age children through science. Many classroom teachers that I have worked with have reported that science was especially hard for their multilingual learners (MLLs). … Continue reading
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Tagged as CBI, content-based instruction, elementary education, primary education, science, STEM
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