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TESOL English Language Bulletin- Assessing and Placing the Preliterate ESL Learner 6 February 2023
- Through My Lens: ESL classes should include lessons in sarcasm 6 February 2023
- Dudley Reynolds Receives 2023 James E. Alatis Award for Service to TESOL 6 February 2023
- 5 practical ways to support English learners in the classroom 6 February 2023
- AEIS Webinar: Pronouns: Normalizing the Teaching of "They/Them/Their" Singular 6 February 2023
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Tag Archives: culture
South Korea Through the Eyes of a Fulbright Recipient
Judie Haynes
My good friend and colleague, Monica Schnee, is currently in Seoul, Korea, as a Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Recipient. Monica is a K–5 ESL teacher from River Edge, New Jersey. She is currently on leave from this position to … Continue reading
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Tagged as culture, evergreen, Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching, Hangeul, Korean as a second language, Korean food, South Korea
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Teaching Empathy to Children Through Storytelling
Judie Haynes
As English learners enter school this year, one of our most important jobs as teachers is to help them adjust to the American classroom. It is important to make our ELs feel welcome and accepted. With all of the anti-immigrant and … Continue reading
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Tagged as classroom activities, cultural resources, culture, evergreen, Judie Haynes, primary education, teaching culture
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Pronouncing ELs’ Names Correctly
Judie Haynes
I once expressed to a Korean parent my dismay that so many of my students from Korea came to school with an Anglicized name. Since I taught in an elementary school, it was usually the parents who picked a new … Continue reading
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Tagged as culture, evergreen, intercultural competence, Judie Haynes
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Support Immigrant Heritage Month in the USA
Judie Haynes
June is Immigrant Heritage Month in the United States. Due to the current political climate, interest in celebrating diversity in the United States has sparked the #IAmAnImmigrant campaign. It honors the individual struggles of our families or ancestors when they … Continue reading
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Tagged as culture, evergreen, immigrant experience, Judie Haynes, multicultural, social media
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Students Reflect: Challenges in the First Year of U.S. College
Elena Shvidko
Another academic year is close to the end. For many students in my introductory composition course, it was the first time being away from their home countries and families, the first time being in a different culture, and certainly the … Continue reading
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Tagged as academic writing, culture, elena shvidko, evergreen, higher education, international students
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Revolutionizing Education by Reshaping Narrative
Aziz Abu Sarah will present the Opening Keynote, titled “Revolutionizing Education: Building Peace in a Divided World,” at the TESOL 2016 International Convention & English Language Expo, 5:30 pm, Tuesday, 5 April. “The West wants to destroy the Arab and Muslim world,” one of my … Continue reading
Tap Into Funds of Knowledge
Kristen Lindahl
A question popped up in one of my classes last week about cultural accommodation: “Dr. L, how much should we acknowledge or accommodate our students’ cultures in our classroom or school? How do ELLs learn to function in the new … Continue reading
Assimilated or Acculturated? Helping Students Navigate Two Worlds
Nathan Hall
I like to use current events in my ELL classes, but I hate seeing immigration in the news. This politically touchy subject comes up everywhere from the presidential candidate debates to my own state’s legislature, where politicians want to make … Continue reading
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Tagged as acculturation, assimilation, culture, evergreen, Nathan Hall, secondary school
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