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Editing through sound and movement
Teachers understand the value of active listening and active reading. In a writing class, there is…
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Configuring groups to maximize practice
Waiting for an elevator at the Colorado TESOL conference, I heard two teachers complaining about a…
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Participial Phrases and the Goldilocks Effect
Explaining participial phrases, it is exhausting. The problem with the sentence I just wrote is…
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Making Group Work Work
Truthfully, sometimes it is easier to just lecture. The default mode of the traditional classroom is…
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How to bring abstract words to life
As educators, we often rely on pictures to teach new vocabulary to students. It works perfectly…
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It’s a time thing: Activities for practicing the past perfect
“It’s the past of the past,” I often say when explaining the past perfect to…
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Films as Community Builders
The students in our ESOL program have busy lives. The majority of them have jobs, many…
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Board work: the intersection of teacher, students, and language
When I mentioned I was thinking about doing a post on board work, I got a…
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Vocabulary journals: The continuum at work II
In our last post, we described the role of grammar journals. In addition to helping students…
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