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TESOL English Language Bulletin- Social-Emotional Learning and the Middle School Student 27 March 2023
- Teachers in India to Receive TESOL English Teaching Credential 27 March 2023
- Peer review in multilingual classes 27 March 2023
- TESOL Announces Professional Development for Honduran English Teachers 27 March 2023
- A dual immersion program that's unique — and seeing academic returns 27 March 2023
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Tag Archives: elementary education
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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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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Literacy and New MLLs in U.S. Elementary Schools: Another Look
Judie Haynes
In my August blog post, I talked about the characteristics of multilingual learners (MLLs) who come from families and communities that are literacy oriented. I described a family whose daughter, Angela, made an excellent adjustment to U.S. elementary schools because … Continue reading
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Tagged as elementary education, elementary ESL, elementary reading, family literacy, literacy, primary education, primary ESL, primary school
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Literacy and New MLLs in U.S. Elementary Schools
Judie Haynes
Teachers of multilingual learners (MLLs) in the United States will be meeting new students from many countries this fall. Recently arrived students from Ukraine, Haiti, Russia, Afghanistan, and Central and South America, to name a few, will be welcomed to … Continue reading
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Tagged as elementary education, elementary ESL, family literacy, literacy, newcomers, primary education, primary ESL
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5 Gestures to Teach MLLs
Judie Haynes
In my June blog, entitled “The Importance of Body Language for Effective Oral Communication,” I introduced how important it is to teach body language to multilingual language learners (MLLs) so that they can learn to communicate effectively. I specifically discussed … Continue reading
The Importance of Body Language for Effective Oral Communication
Judie Haynes
For those educators who are teaching multilingual language learners (MLLs), body language is an important topic to address. Teachers of MLLs need to impart to their students that speaking to others is more than putting words together. If we create … Continue reading
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Tagged as elementary education, elementary ESL, primary education, primary ESL, Reading Body Language
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Are Your EL Expectations High—or Hurried?
Barbara Gottschalk
January brings the beginning of a new year and an opportunity to start fresh. We make resolutions and hold ourselves to high expectations. After a few weeks, however, resolve dwindles. Why? Experts say we need to set achievable goals and … Continue reading
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Tagged as elementary education, elementary ESL, primary education, primary ESL, reading, teaching reading, young learners
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4 Reasons to Celebrate “Random Acts of Kindness Day”
Judie Haynes
Multilingual learners’ (MLLs) well-being, as they return to school at the height of the spread of the Omicron variant, is at risk. Our MLLs spent 17 months of isolation during virtual learning. Many of them returned to school last fall … Continue reading
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Tagged as elementary education, elementary ESL, primary education, primary ESL, SEL, social-emotional learning
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