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Tag Archives: ESL listening
Pronunciation Teaching Charlatans: 5 Red Flags
Karen Taylor de Caballero
When was the last time you turned to the Internet to solve a problem or find an answer to a question? Minutes ago, right? Well, guess what: Our students are doing it too, and many of them are looking for … Continue reading
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Tagged as ESL listening, evergreen, Karen Taylor de Caballero, online learning, pronunciation, speech, teaching speaking
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House Wheat This Hound!: The Problem of Listening
Karen Taylor de Caballero
If you’re baffled by the title, don’t fret: “House Wheat This Hound!” means nothing in its printed form. When said out loud, however, a listener can find meaning: How sweet the sound! Here’s what’s interesting: the listener must be a … Continue reading
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Tagged as classroom practice, dictogloss, ESL listening, evergreen, grammar dictation, Karen Taylor de Caballero, listening, pronunciation
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You Say “Tomato”: Is Accent Variation Relevant to ESL Students?
Karen Taylor de Caballero
When the Gershwin brothers wrote “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” in 1937, accent variation was just as much a part of every day life as it is now, but talking about it was edgy, new. With the help of … Continue reading
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Tagged as accent, accent variation, ESL listening, pronunciation, speech
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TESOL 2015: Focus on Teaching Listening, Part 2
Autumn Westphal
This is a continuation of my previous post on ideas I garnered about teaching listening from the TESOL International Convention that took place in Toronto, Canada last week. I have two more sessions to share with you. Again, I hope you can use … Continue reading
TESOL 2015: Focus on Teaching Listening, Part 1
Autumn Westphal
This past week I attended the TESOL International Convention in Toronto, Canada. It was an amazing time filled with the sharing of new ideas, confirmation of tried-and-true ideas, and testing out of unconfirmed ideas. Now that I am back at work in New York City, … Continue reading
TED Talks as Authentic Listening Materials: Turning Points and Near-Death Experiences
Alexandra Lowe
Last month, NYS-TESOL’s Applied Linguistics Winter Conference included an excellent workshop led by Samar Aal of CUNY’s LaGuardia Community College on developing content-based lessons using authentic materials from the Internet. Near the top of Samar’s list were TED Talks, a … Continue reading
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Tagged as adult language learners, alexandra lowe, ESL listening, immigrant students, listening, ted talks
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