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Tag Archives: vocabulary
Vocabulary Practice With Wordle
Hello and welcome to another edition of the TESOL Games and Learning Blog! Today, we’ll take a look at a popular online game that we can use for practicing vocabulary with our multilingual language learners.
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How to Improve Reading Comprehension? Team With a Theme
“We don’t read that much at school. Mostly we do our work,” observed Selena, a third grade multilingual learner (MLL). I knew the “work” she was referring to involved reading, but obviously she didn’t think it was real reading. I … Continue reading
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Tagged as reading, reading comprehension, reading strategies, teaching reading, vocabulary
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STEM and ELD: 2 Great Strategies for Building Vocabulary in STEM
Vocabulary remains a major factor in English learners (ELs) learning grade-level content. Here, I share two strategies that will pave the way for your ELs to use their previous knowledge to acquire their second language content. Learning logs are a … Continue reading
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A Can’t-Miss Vocabulary Activity
“How do you teach vocabulary to your ELs?” Darlyne de Hann asked this question at the end of her 5 October TESOL blog. One good answer is to ensure students get numerous opportunities to practice using the words you’re teaching. … Continue reading
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STEM and ELT: 9 Strategies to Help ELs Learn Science (Part 1)
I am very excited about the topics for the next two months because I will be focusing on strategies that all teachers can use to help English learners (ELs) be successful contributors in the science classroom no matter their level … Continue reading
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Tagged as science, STEM, STEM in ELT, Teaching Vocabulary, vocabulary
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3 Ways to Harness the Power of Translanguaging
When 14-year-old Zena moved from Turkey to New Zealand, she was apprehensive about going to school. Zena had learned some English in school in Turkey but was not confident that she would be able to follow the teachers or converse … Continue reading
3 Strategies to Support EL Language Development in the STEM Classroom
I am sure that at some point in time you have heard or read something along the lines of “We are all literacy teachers when it comes to teaching English learners, regardless of the content area we teach.” Or that … Continue reading
3 Tech Tools for Teaching Vocabulary
There are so many online resources out there for vocabulary teaching that it can be overwhelming. So, to help, I’ve picked my top three to share with you today (with two honorable mentions). Along with these resources, I’d like to … Continue reading
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Tagged as apps for ELT, edtech, Teaching Vocabulary, vocabulary, vocabulary resources
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