English Endeavors

Pragmatics as a roadmap for English learners

What is pragmatics? Like the highways, roads, and trails that guide our travel, language-oriented patterns scaffold our…

As language teachers, we often have our students write sentences to practice the grammar they are…

When it comes to vocabulary, published materials generally offer plenty of exercises. Traditionally, students match words…

Summer is over and a new group of learners are about to enter your room. Tentative and hopeful, they…

Students rely on models to help them communicate accurately and effectively. How often do you see…

Making tests that push our students enough but not too far can feel like one of the biggest…

For native speakers, a writing process that starts with a plan and ends with sentence-level editing…

Below is a slideshow of one of the presentations we gave at Baltimore TESOL, “Thinking Outside the Paragraph,”…

We had a wonderful time at Baltimore TESOL this year! Below is a copy of the…

We are looking forward to another wonderful conference in Baltimore next week, and quite excited it’s…