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Mind Map It: Aiding ELL Vocabulary Acquisition

Posted on 27 April 2016 by Guest Author
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Guest Author

A guest post by Elizabeth Mosaidis In this blog, Elizabeth Mosaidis shares how she used the free online mind-mapping tool Coggle to help her ESL/EFL students better learn vocabulary and improve their essay writing. After reading some disappointing essays in … Continue reading →

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6 Steps to Making New Words Go From Unknown to Acquired

Posted on 14 April 2016 by Nathan Hall
Nathan Hall
Nathan Hall

Years ago, I began Chinese lessons to better understand what it’s like to learn a language. I went from feeling giddy when I recognized a few characters to frustrated at how many I didn’t understand in the time it took … Continue reading →

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3 Thematic-Based Vocabulary Learning Websites

Posted on 3 April 2015 by Elena Shvidko
Elena Shvidko
Elena Shvidko

Let’s continue talking about online vocabulary resources! Today, I’d like to introduce three vocabulary websites for beginning-level learners, in which vocabulary items are organized based on themes. The features provided in these websites allow using them in class as well … Continue reading →

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ESL Games: Same o’ Same o’

Posted on 10 November 2014 by Marc Anderson
Marc Anderson
Marc Anderson

The Game: Same o’ Same o’ is a game where you try to match your answer with someone else’s to score a point. This game, in particular, helps students review vocabulary. Using games in the ESL classroom, in general, “[help] the … Continue reading →

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Teaching Content-Area Vocabulary to ELs

Posted on 31 July 2014 by Judie Haynes
Judie Haynes
Judie Haynes

If ESL teachers want to help their students understand content-area texts, they need to aid classroom teachers in learning  teaching strategies  that help English learners (ELs) gain new content area vocabulary. In a recent TESOL blog,  I discussed modifying teaching … Continue reading →

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Function-Based Vocabulary Notebooks

Posted on 7 February 2014 by Elena Shvidko
Elena Shvidko
Elena Shvidko

A few years ago, when I was teaching an intermediate writing course in an intensive English program, one of the experiential objectives of the course was to help students build their vocabulary by having them keep a function-based vocabulary notebook. … Continue reading →

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ESL Games: Gimme the Word

Posted on 3 February 2014 by Marc Anderson
Marc Anderson
Marc Anderson

The Game: The game of Gimme the Word helps students with their knowledge and review of vocabulary words by using oral language and description. It builds on listening skills and higher level thinking skills. Research Says: This creative language game … Continue reading →

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Look Into My Eyes…and Learn Unforgettable Vocabulary!

Posted on 22 November 2013 by Alexandra Lowe
Alexandra Lowe
Alexandra Lowe

Sometimes, you get lucky.  A planned activity that you hope will be moderately interesting and instructive turns into a runaway success.  Here’s one: Inspired by a recent article in the New York Times that reported that reading Chekhov was the best … Continue reading →

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