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Tag Archives: adult ESL
LESLLA: Read All About It!
Kristen Lindahl
I am happy to introduce the first of two posts by guest blogger Raichle Farrelly, a longtime TESOL educator and advocate who is currently assistant professor of applied linguistics at St. Michael’s College in Vermont, USA. “Rai” has worked in … Continue reading
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Tagged as adult education, adult ESL, evergreen, Kristen Lindahl, professional development
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5 Ways to Incorporate Digital Literacy in ELT: Class, Take Out Your Cell Phones
Rob Sheppard
Gasp. Really? Phones? In class? Blasphemy! Heresy! If this is your attitude, you’re fighting a losing battle. Can phones be a distraction? Certainly. But they are also a resource, and one that is fundamentally altering the way we communicate. Here … Continue reading
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Tagged as adult education, adult ESL, educational technology, evergreen, Robert Sheppard, smartphones in class, technology in ELT
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The Positive Effects of Pretesting
Rob Sheppard
Last week, I had the pleasure of attending an exceptional PD workshop in Boston put on by First Literacy. The presenter was Sarah Lynn, and her topic was Brain-Based ESOL Instructional Techniques. It was a fascinating talk, rich with practical, … Continue reading
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In Defense of My Defense of the 5-Paragraph Essay
Rob Sheppard
I posted last month on what I see to be the value of the five-paragraph essay. Though I was responding to another author’s post, I thought I was making a fairly innocuous and common-sense point: basically, don’t throw the baby … Continue reading
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Tagged as academic writing, adult education, adult ESL, evergreen, Robert Sheppard, second language writing, teaching writing
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Helping Language Learners Learn How to Learn Language
Rob Sheppard
Last time I posted about orientation in adult ESOL, and it got me thinking about some of the notions that I try to impress upon my students at the very beginning of a course. I’m not just talking about baseline … Continue reading
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Tagged as adult education, adult ESL, evergreen, Robert Sheppard, second language acquisition
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Orientation in Adult Ed
Rob Sheppard
If you’re like me, and surely you are, the word orientation still triggers posttraumatic flashbacks to August 2002: trustfalls on the quad when Sharon Yakomoto didn’t catch you when you trustfell to treat the ensuing concussion you had to wear … Continue reading
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Tagged as adult education, adult ESL, evergreen, orientation, program administration, Robert Sheppard
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Speaking More English Outside of Class: Meetup.com
Alexandra Lowe
If you teach English in an English-speaking country, how often have you asked your students to tell you who they practice their English with, only to discover that many of your students have virtually no English-speaking friends, and typically largely … Continue reading
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Tagged as adult ed, adult ESL, alexandra lowe, evergreen, self-directed learning, speaking
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ELT: Teach to the Test!
Rob Sheppard
Alright, so if you balked at the title, I admit that I’m not really going to suggest that you teach to the test. That can undermine your pedagogy and compromise your values. But in adult ed and other ESOL settings, we … Continue reading
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Tagged as adult education, adult ESL, assessment, evergreen, Robert Sheppard, standardized tests, test preparation
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