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TESOL Webinar: Goal-setting with English Language Learners
Discover tips and resources to help your English language learners set goals for the beginning of the school year.
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Qualities of an Effective Teacher
Beyond kindness, caring, creativity, and consistency, effective teachers embody a range of essential qualities that make a classroom conducive to learning. Here are a few vital ones: Adaptability: Great teachers understand…
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Tool of the Month for Language Learners: CommonLit
Welcome to a new series where we feature our favorite free web tools and apps for language learners and teachers. This month we are highlighting CommonLit, a website with free reading…
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TESOL Webinar: Citizen Science Projects for ESL
Discover tips and resources for teaching English language learners with citizen science projects. Click here for the recording! To learn more about integrating technology to support English language learners attend…
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TESOL Webinar: Project Based Learning with ELLs
Discover tips and resources for teaching English language learners with project based learning. To learn more about integrating technology to support English language learners, attend our TESOL webinars
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Documenting ELL Growth with Digital Portfolios: TESOL Webinar
Discover tips and resources to help your English language learners keep track of their learning growth in a digital portfolio. To learn more about integrating technology to support English language…
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Engaging Activities for Learning with Novels: TESOL Webinar
Discover tips and resources to use when teaching with a novel. To learn more about integrating technology to support English language learners, attend our TESOL webinars.
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Motivating Students in the ESL Classroom
Motivating students in an ESL classroom goes beyond simply making English lessons interesting. It's about igniting a passion for language acquisition, fostering a sense of accomplishment, and creating a learning…
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Learning Strategies for TESOL
Metacognitive Strategies: Example: Before reading a challenging article, a TESOL student might preview the headings, scan for keywords, and write down questions they hope to answer. This activates prior knowledge…
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10 Websites for Teens and Adults to Improve Their English Daily
Our English language learners need to practice English continuously in different contexts with other speakers in order to attain fluency. We need to motivate our students to practice English outside of class.…
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Tips and Web Tools for ESL Students: TESOL 2025
As technology continues to evolve, TESOL teachers have a wealth of tools at their disposal to create engaging and effective learning experiences for ESL students. In 2025, integrating web tools…
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Infographic: Tips for Writing in Plain English
Writing in English is complicated. The writing in emails is often formal and students may not know the simplest way to communicate what they want to say. Below is a…
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Tool of the Month for Language Learners: mysimpleshow
Welcome to a new series where we feature our awesome free web tools and apps to support language learners and teachers. This month we are highlighting mysimpleshow, which is a web tool…
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19 Web Tools and Apps for Students to Create Games
Students enjoy learning with games. Games are motivating for language learners. They add a context to vocabulary and conversation. Games are also ways to drill and memorize. Students learn even…
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Infographic: Commonly Misspelled English Words
Spelling is difficult for most English language learners. Many words sound similar. Many words are similar in spelling except for one or two letters. Below is a useful infographic to…
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Tool of the Month for Language Learners: Quill
Welcome to a new series where we feature our favorite free web tools and apps for language learners and teachers. This month we are highlighting Quill, a website that has free…
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6 Techniques that are Successful in English L 2 Writing Classrooms
Effective writing instruction in an English L2 classroom calls for techniques and methods that go beyond merely assigning essays and correcting grammar. Successful strategies empower students to develop not just…
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Favorite Edtech and ELT Posts for May
Each week we scour the internet to find great resources to share on our various social networks (@TESOL, @AmericanTESOL, and @ESLWebinars). These are favorite ESL and Education Technology posts, infographics,…
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A Spectrum of Strengths: How Multiple Intelligences Empower ESL Teachers
The Theory of Multiple Intelligences, pioneered by Howard Gardner, posits that human intelligence is not singular but multifaceted. This framework offers a lens for understanding not just student learning styles…
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Infographic: Tips for Speaking British English
English language learners often travel to England or meet native speakers from England. Chances are they will need to know some phrases to help them navigate through the country or…
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Tool of the Month for Language Learners: Kudos Reading
Welcome to a new series where we feature our favorite free web tools and apps for language learners and teachers. This month we are highlighting KudosReading, which is a site…
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9 Websites to Find Comics for Teaching and Learning
Comics are great for language learners of all ages. They break up the plot and language into frames. Comics also provide a setting and context for language learners. This learning potential…
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Favorite Edtech and ELT Posts for April
These are favorite ESL and Education Technology posts, infographics, videos, lesson plans, and research for April. In the comments feel free to share your favorite posts related to teaching English…