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WIDA Shows Promise WIDA Shows Promise

WIDA Shows Promise By: Elizabeth Dowling, M.S. Ed. Here are some notes from my initial... 

Helping the Shoemaker: ESL Math Lesson Plan Helping the Shoemaker: ESL Math Lesson Plan

TESOL Lesson Plan: Standard 3: 4/5 Grade Cluster “Helping the Shoemaker” by Elizabeth... 

Inside/Outside Circles ESL Game Inside/Outside Circles ESL Game

Description: Inside/Outside Circles (idea by Spencer Kagan, 1994) is an activity... 

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Tips for ESL Teachers

How to Effectively Discipline Your Students How to Effectively Discipline Your Students

Whether you’re in an ESL setting or teaching in your own country,disciplining... 

15 Simple Ways to Increase Comprehensible Input 15 Simple Ways to Increase Comprehensible Input

Read often, start with picture book Slow down (speak more slowly, not loudly) Use... 

“Bucket Words” “Bucket Words”

Playwright Howard Barker wrote, “Some words, like buckets, slop with meaning.”... 

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Latest News About ESL

College of DuPage’s ESL cuts rile teachers College of DuPage’s ESL cuts rile teachers

Cuts to the English as a Second Language program at College of DuPage have some people worried about its future. College officials are cutting 36 ESL classes for the upcoming spring semester and requiring that each class has 21 registered students in an effort close a program budget shortfall that has cost COD $4 million during the past five years. Daily... [Read more...]

Esl Teaching is the  New Career for Stay Home Moms Esl Teaching is the New Career for Stay Home Moms

Teaching English as a Secondary Language ESL online has proven to be one the fastest-growing online jobs nowadays. More foreigners are recognizing the benefits of being fluent in English, and the target market is no longer concentrated only on students, but on business professionals as well. Besides that, people find that ESL teaching doesn’t just... [Read more...]

CDC Volunteers Help Farmworkers CDC Volunteers Help Farmworkers

Ana Alfaro-Correa, center, has volunteered nearly each summer in the last decade as an interpreter for the Emory University farmworker assistance program. For almost 10 years in a row, Ana Alfaro-Correa has spent her summer vacation in the hot, gnatty, mosquito-prone fields of south Georgia helping migrant farmworkers receive high-quality health care. Alfaro-Correa,... [Read more...]

Latino teens happier, healthier if families embrace biculturalism Latino teens happier, healthier if families embrace biculturalism

Parents of adolescents know that it can be challenging to make sure their teens are making healthy choices.  Latino parents who have immigrated to the United States face an additional and unique challenge:  raising adolescents in a new country and culture. Latino teens face challenges too. Adolescents who are trying to adjust to life in the U.S. themselves,... [Read more...]

Summer School Gives Esl Students Jump Start Summer School Gives Esl Students Jump Start

When Jeannette Sgambellone found out there was money available for Lakewood Schools to hold an ESL summer school session for the first time, she and her fellow district English as a Second Language teachers rallied into action. Because the district didn’t know for sure that federal Title 1 funds were available for the program until after school let... [Read more...]

New York taxi drivers teaching English - new film features top ESL destination New York taxi drivers teaching English - new film features top ESL destination

“Tales from America,” the third episode of The Learning English Video Project, has been released for free access on EnglishClub.com. With learners around the world expressing a desire to learn American English, UK filmmaker Daniel Emmerson felt it was important to take his project to New York City, one of the top destinations for ESL learners.... [Read more...]

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