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Tag Archives: high school
Life After High School: Preparing ELLs for Graduation
It’s that time of the year when the days are longer and sleeves are shorter. We think about our final tests while reflecting on what worked and what didn’t during the school year. Students and teachers alike are counting down … Continue reading
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Easy Answers for Open-Ended Questions in ELT
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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Finding Common Ground in Multicultural Classrooms
Nathan Hall, ELL specialist at Achievement House Cyber Charter School in Exton, Pennsylvania, USA, has joined the TESOL Blog. Nathan will be blogging biweekly on secondary education. ___________________ Think back to the first day of a new school year. It’s late summer, but … Continue reading
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Tagged as classroom practice, culture shock, evergreen, high school, icebreakers, Nathan Hall, primary and secondary EFL
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What Teachers Inspired You?
One of my most memorable teachers was a high school English teacher. Thomas Donovan had been teaching for nearly forty years and was in his sixties when I had him as a 14-year-old student. He was what today we would … Continue reading
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Tagged as attendance, conjunction, effective, English, high school, inspirational, inspire, Joe McVeigh, methods, parts of speech, realia, role model, teacher, teachers, teaching, TESOL, Thomas Donovan
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