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ESL/ELL Activities and Game Ideas for Teachers Below you will …
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I’d like to start a discussion on the qualities that make for good ESL materials.
Hopefully, these next few weeks will help when you are searching and sifting through all of the many materials you have available to you on- or off-line.
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This is a great game to help get your ESL/ELL students talking in class. It can also be used as a reward to help motivate students to finish their work more quickly.
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This is a great game to help get your ESL/ELL students talking in class. It can also be used as a reward to help motivate students to finish their work more quickly.
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The first step to learning how to learn is learning how to remember. This article covers some important ways to help your ESL students remember what you teach.
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Encouraging your students to not only respect each other but to also be kind is a worthy if sometimes difficult goal.
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This skill is needed often in the classroom, not only with our students but with ourselves.
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Teaching is probably the world’s best profession, but there are a lot of ways it can drive you a little crazy.
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Most of us on one day or another wonder why happiness is so difficult to hold on to.
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“Doing nothing often leads to the very best something.” -Winnie the Pooh
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Even though some of our students are hard to love, on most days and in most classes, we love them regardless.
One of the biggest challenges we face as teachers is figuring out why some students are able to learn the material while others are not.
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Getting your ESL/ELL students out of their seats and moving around can help your students learn better and get more done.
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Four Steps to Teaching Phonics to English Language Learners This …
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It is unproductive to give a student an answer to a question they are not asking. But how does inductive learning play out in the classroom?
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Sometimes it seems that no matter what I do, some students just can’t remember anything we do in class. Here are 4 tips that will help.
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I was surprised when I recently started reading that learning styles are a bust. Should we really be scrapping the idea entirely?
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Teaching is self-sacrifice. Teaching is giving. Teaching is loving when the other isn’t always lovable. Teaching is by grace a tinkering with the future…when the future keeps slapping your hands away.
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Kendra waited half a semester before dealing with a problem that ended up causing her to snap. What happened and how can we avoid the same mistake?
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Carrot and Stick? ? How should we follow through with our students in the classroom? Does the old carrot and stick method work? Is there a better way?
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Do your ELL student argue with you about in-class assignments, act surprised when there are consequences, or get upset with you a lot? These are signs of a common classroom management problem. Find out what it is as we get back into the Kid-Inspired classroom management series.
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Melody was one of the most difficult students I have ever taught. In a previous article, I wrote about her adventures in making my life miserable. What ended up happening? How did things turn out?
Find out the second half of the story.
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My Most Difficult Student Ever Story (Part 1) I hesitate …
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The Tears and Joys of Teaching Elementary ELL Beginners Teaching ELL …
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Motivation1 Quick Strategy to Completely Revive Your ESL Activities We …
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14 Common Mistakes in Classroom Management Have you ever watched …
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3 Ways to Identify English Learners with Poor Listening When …
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Teaching is difficult. If we look take a brave look at our students, and ourselves, we can better inspire our students, and possibly even inspire ourselves.
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