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Tag Archives: ELL writing
Teaching Second Conditionals Through Absurd Sentences
Elena Shvidko
The second conditional (e.g., If I were, I would…) often causes difficulties even for advanced English learners. This fun and interactive activity will help learners practice this structure. The first part of the activity gives learners a chance to interact … Continue reading
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Developing Writing Skills Through Personal Journals: Part 2
Elena Shvidko
In today’s blog, I continue describing strategies for keeping a personal journal. In my last blog, I referred to personal journals as a tool for improving writing fluency and overcoming the problem of not knowing what to write about. As … Continue reading
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Tagged as creative writing, elena shvidko, ELL writing, evergreen, journals, teaching writing
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Easy Answers for Open-Ended Questions in ELT
Nathan Hall
I took a deep breath when I heard the announcement: Our school wanted to emphasize open-ended questions in all classes. Teachers would spend less time asking questions that could be answered with a simple term or a “true/false,” as is … Continue reading
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Tagged as ELL writing, evergreen, high school, Nathan Hall, secondary education, teaching writing
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Getting-to-Know-You Writing Activity: Using Names
Elena Shvidko
In many schools and educational programs around the world, the end of summer is considered to be the beginning of a new academic year. For us, teachers, this period involves lots of preparation, including designing a course syllabus, developing lessons … Continue reading
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Tagged as elena shvidko, ELL writing, ESL writing, evergreen, ice breaker, speaking activity, writing activity
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Please Don’t Stop the Music! Using Music in a Writing Class
Elena Shvidko
As many of us know, music is a great tool for teaching English. It provides wonderful grammar exercises, opportunities for practicing listening skills, and topics for class discussions. Moreover, reflecting social values, ideologies, daily life, and human relationships, music provides … Continue reading
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Tagged as classroom activities, classroom practice, elena shvidko, ELL writing, ESL writing, evergreen, using music in class, writing activities
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Teaching Nonfiction Writing to Beginning English Learners
Judie Haynes
It is essential that English learners (ELs) are taught to write from the time they first learn English. I have always been convinced that English learners write more comprehensively if they begin with nonfiction reading and writing and their writing … Continue reading
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Tagged as elementary education, elementary writing, ELL writing, evergreen, Judie Haynes, teaching writing, writing resources
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Another Peer Review Activity for ELLs
Elena Shvidko
And yet another peer review activity! I used this activity just today during a group writing conference with my students. At the beginning I was somewhat hesitant, as I thought the activity might restrict students’ freedom in providing feedback on … Continue reading
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Tagged as academic writing, elena shvidko, ELL writing, ESL writing, peer review, second language writing, teaching writing
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Online Resources: From Sentence to Essay
Elena Shvidko
In some parts of the world, the summer is slowly moving to its end, and many of us are preparing for the new academic year. Some of us are going to continue teaching ESL writing and thus have most likely … Continue reading
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Tagged as academic writing, elena shvidko, ELL writing, ESL writing, online resources, second language writing
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