English learners come to us at all times of the school year. They also come at different English language proficiency. In the U.S., in many cases, they are placed in regular classrooms, which means that they will be learning both the language and the subject matter at the same time. It is overwhelming for a…
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Congratulations! You are the new ESL teacher! You are the new ITINERANT ESL teacher. Your administrators are happy you are here to take on the task of teaching English to the students who don’t speak it and your non- ESL colleagues smile at you and ask you questions that make you realize that they have
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Language is all about communication. How, then, do you teach beginner ESL students to communicate in a language that only one of you speaks? In my previous post, I talked about what to teach beginning English learners. Today, I would like to focus a bit on the strategies that you can employ to successfully reach
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Teaching ESL beginners is a challenge. At the same time, it is so worth taking it! If you are an English (ESL) teacher, the following situation may be familiar to you: a new student starts school (possibly half-way through the year), one who has never studied English and now he/she has to learn it FAST.
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Summertime is for grilling and eating outside. It is a time when all cooks – savvy chefs and backyard stars alike – whip out their best recipes for grilled meat/fish/vegetables and impress their family and friends. And so today I will share with you a recipe of grilled pork that has converted neigh sayers, i.e.
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End of the school year is just as hectic as the beginning. However, the excitement of late August and early September is, in this case, replaced with the exhaustion of trying to keep the attention of people who, let’s be honest, would prefer being anywhere else BUT the classroom. And if you work with English
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