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Words in Motion: Collaborative Activities with Vocabulary Cards
When can we say we know the meaning of a word? After looking it up in…
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(Beautiful) Quotables from our students
In honor of summer break, it’s a good time for a little pleasure reading. We’ve been…
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Teaching Modals Across the Levels
On Wednesday, April 22, Colin will be presenting a TESOL Virtual Seminar titled Teaching Modals Across the Levels.…
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Round Robin Pre-Writing
How can we help our students engage in pre-writing actively and collaboratively?
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Alligator Hunting: A recasting activity to support second language writers
When students are writing to prompts, they have language needs that grammar textbooks may not cover.…
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Channeling Vygotsky: A lesson for clarifying question forms
The Russian education researcher, Lev Vygotsky, remains famous among language teachers because his work continues to resonate. His…
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It’s a word “thing”
Our students love certain words because they are familiar to them. However, when working within the…
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First Day of Class Community Building
The first day of class can be a bit scary. New students shuffle in, nervously clutching registration papers. After a…
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Focus on error: a proposal for creating oral accuracy sessions
The students were sharing stories in a circle. They had practiced for several days, and were…
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Oral Communication: Three Ways to Hear your Students
The young Vietnamese man sat in the back and quietly looked at his book. When called…
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