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TESOL English Language Bulletin- Virus, technology, unrest make stressful year for teachers 10 May 2021
- More colleges are requiring coronavirus vaccines. How will they enforce them? 10 May 2021
- TESOL Joins Over 40 Organizations in Request for Increased Teacher Development Funding 10 May 2021
- Civil Rights complaint filed over lack of COVID-19 provisions for multilinguals 10 May 2021
- TESOL Reaffirms its Solidarity with the Global Community During COVID-19 Pandemic 10 May 2021
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Category Archives: TESOL Blog
One-Pagers: Teaching ELs to Review Content
Judie Haynes
What is a one-pager? It is an activity for students to demonstrate the highlights of what they have learned from listening to a podcast, viewing a film, reading a novel or a poem, or completing a unit of study in any … Continue reading
Building Language Learning Games With Scratch
Jeff Kuhn
Welcome to another edition of the TESOL Games and Learning Blog! Last month we explored Twine, a text-based interface for creating interactive stories. Twine is a great tool for older students or more advanced language learners, but perhaps not the best choice for younger … Continue reading
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Tagged as classroom games, edtech, games and learning, online games, video games
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A Unique Convergence of Networking, a Great Learning Experience, and Fun-Filled Conversations
Cheryl Casapao Matala
TESOL Ambassadors are English language professionals and students who have agreed to share their Convention experiences with other attendees. Cheryl Casapao Matala, English Instructor in Manila, the Philippines, is a 2021 TESOL Ambassador. The TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo … Continue reading
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Tagged as professional development, TESOL ambassador, TESOL Convention, virtual convention
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Writing-Related PD Through MOOCs
Betsy Gilliland
With summer holidays approaching for many of us in the northern hemisphere, you may be looking for professional development (PD) opportunities to improve your own writing or increase your knowledge of how to teach writing. In most of the world, … Continue reading
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Tagged as ESL online courses, Online courses, online PD, professional development, second language writing
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STEM in ELT: 3 Ways to Seal the Leaky STEM Pipeline
Darlyne de Haan
The “Leaky Pipeline” is a metaphor for students’ disproportionate exit from participation in a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) content area throughout K–12 school and college, resulting in their underrepresentation in STEM careers. Middle and high school English learners … Continue reading
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7 Steps to Increasing Active Spoken Vocabulary
A. C. Kemp
Most students have a much larger passive than active vocabulary, but increasing active spoken vocabulary can be difficult. Though using new words in writing is lower stakes than in speaking, with only peer review partners and the teacher seeing potential … Continue reading
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Tagged as ESL vocab, speaking, speaking activity, speaking strategies, teaching speaking, vocabulary acquisition, vocabulary activity
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3 TESOL Conventions, 3 Outstanding Experiences
Jorge Torres Almazán
TESOL Ambassadors are English language professionals and students who have agreed to share their Convention experiences with other attendees. Jorge Torres Almazán, EFL teacher in Tamaulipas, Mexico, is a 2021 TESOL Ambassador. Attending a TESOL Convention is one of the goals and … Continue reading
Creating Interactive Stories With Twine
Jeff Kuhn
Welcome to another edition of the TESOL Games and Learning Blog! This month I wanted to dive into Twine, a browser-based tool for creating interactive stories. Twine first appeared on the October 2020 Interactive Fiction for Reading, Writing, and Grammar … Continue reading
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Tagged as creative writing, digital games, games, games and learning, online games
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