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Tag Archives: ESL vocab
6 Questions to Support Multilingual Learners in Learning Content-Area Vocabulary
Judie Haynes
If teachers of multilingual learners (MLLs), whether they are in the general education classroom or in an ESL class, want to help MLLs to understand content-area texts, they need to use strategies that help students gain new academic vocabulary. Here … Continue reading
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Tagged as content-based instruction, elementary ESL, elementary writing, ESL vocab, primary education, Teaching Vocabulary
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7 Steps to Increasing Active Spoken Vocabulary
A. C. Kemp
Most students have a much larger passive than active vocabulary, but increasing active spoken vocabulary can be difficult. Though using new words in writing is lower stakes than in speaking, with only peer review partners and the teacher seeing potential … Continue reading
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Tagged as ESL vocab, speaking, speaking activity, speaking strategies, teaching speaking, vocabulary acquisition, vocabulary activity
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How 3 Tiers of Vocab Make It Easier to Learn New Terms
Nathan Hall
Despite almost 40 years of speaking English, I often reach for a dictionary when adapting lessons for my ELLs. And, most of the time, I’m not happy with what I find. I usually get a concise definition that, while accurate, is … Continue reading
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Tagged as ESL vocab, evergreen, Nathan Hall, secondary education, Teaching Vocabulary
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7 Online Resources for Learning Vocab With Flashcards
Elena Shvidko
One of the most common difficulties that students experience in writing is their lack of vocabulary. Unfortunately, we don’t always have time for vocabulary activities in a writing class. Today I’d like to share a few online resources that can … Continue reading
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Tagged as elena shvidko, ESL vocab, evergreen, flashcards, online resources, Teaching Vocabulary, vocabulary resource
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A Writing Activity: Describing a Fruit
Elena Shvidko
When I was a student in an intensive English program, one of my teachers used this activity to help us be more specific and precise in our descriptions. And as easy as this activity looks, it required reaching beyond our … Continue reading