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TESOL English Language Bulletin- Empowering our kids to motivate themselves 26 July 2021
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Category Archives: TESOL Blog
Principles to Promote Equity
Naashia Mohamed
Every child has the fundamental right to learn and to succeed. What educator doesn’t want to see all students have an equal opportunity for success? While we all understand the importance of educational equity—especially in linguistically, culturally, and racially diverse … Continue reading
From New Member to TESOL President via the LMP Award
Andy Curtis
“Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns, driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Troy.” So begins The Odyssey, the most famous of the Ancient Greek epics … Continue reading
9 Approaches to Rebooting the Educator Résumé
Laura Baecher
Link to podcast of this blog. When was the last time you updated your résumé? At whatever stage of career we are in the TESOL field, reviewing and reflecting on our résumé can be incredibly helpful. As we recollect past … Continue reading
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Create Your Own Leveled Readers
Brent Warner
As English language teachers, we often struggle with finding the right articles or reading materials for our classes, and when we finally do find something that matches our content needs, we then realize that the lexile level may be right … Continue reading
5 Ways Phonics Is Different for English Learners
Barbara Gottschalk
Chalkbeat Philadelphia recently published a great article about the difficulties young English learners (ELs) in the Philadelphia School District were facing during the pandemic. What spoke to me in the story was a quote from EL teacher Shuxin Chen. She described … Continue reading
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Tagged as ELT reading, phonics, primary education, teaching reading, young learners
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Learning Argument and Persuasion With Quandary
Jeff Kuhn
Hello and welcome to another edition of the TESOL Games and Learning Blog. This month’s blog post explores far future and the space colony of Braxos in the game Quandary, first featured in my November 2019 blog post. Quandary’s straightforward design, section-based structure, and potential for expansion into classroom activities make … Continue reading
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Tagged as argumentation, classroom games, debate, games and learning, online games, video games
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Countering Anti-Black Racism in Ourselves and in Our Classrooms
Judie Haynes
This month, I have invited a member of the NJTESOL/NJBE Executive Board, Tasha Austin, to be a guest columnist on my TESOL blog. This year, the TESOL International Association Board of Directors decided to study how the association can counter … Continue reading
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Tagged as antiracist pedagogies, diversity, professional development, racism, teacher reflection
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STEM in ELT: What’s Your School’s Language Program Model?
Darlyne de Haan
The 2020–2021 school year has ended. And what a year it has been. But this is a time to reflect on what was learned from the challenges revealed and created from the COVID-19 outbreak. We need to take this time … Continue reading