Planning a Fab Field Trip, #AmTESOL Webinar
Discover awesome ways to plan fabulous and unforgettable field trips.
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7 Web Tools, Apps, and Games for Teaching Young Learners to Spell
Teaching spelling to young learners can be both challenging and rewarding. By incorporating web tools, apps, and games into your lessons, you can make learning fun, interactive, and effective. Here…
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Methods for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Here's a breakdown of five common ESL teaching methods, with details and examples: Grammar-Translation Method: Focus: Explicit grammar instruction and translation between the native language (L1) and English (L2). Emphasis:…
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9 Great Websites and Games for Sentence Practice
If your students are beginning writers of English, then you may have notice they need help with sentence construction. Adult language learners who have written academically in their native language…
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14+ Open Access Online Research Journals for Language Teachers
Chances are you will need to conduct research at some point related to your instructional practice. Many databases with research can be costly. Fortunately, a few journals offer free access…
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16 Websites for Back to School Icebreakers
Many of us will meet with a new batch of learners. Many of our language learners will be timid during the first few weeks of school. Icebreakers are an awesome…
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Culturally Responsive Teaching Tips & Resources: Immigrants, Refugees, & ELLs , #AmTESOL Webinar
Discover best practices for teaching immigrants and refugees. Open Presentation – American TESOL Webinar – Discover best practices for teaching immigrants and refugees.
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8 Websites for Children to Learn English by Jump Roping and Clapping
One way to get young learners to practice English when they leave the classroom is to teach them English songs and chants. Children can learn jump roping chants and clapping…
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34 Websites to Find Lesson Plans for Your Language Learners
Lesson planning can be time-consuming. Fortunately, teachers do not have to come up with fresh ideas for every lesson. Many websites provide free quality lesson plans. You can find a lesson…
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AR, VR and Wearables, Oh My! #AmTESOL Webinar
Learn how to teach with wearable technology, augmented and virtual reality. Open Presentation – American TESOL Webinar – AR, VR and Wearables, Oh My!
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Web Resources and Activities to Learn About the Olympics
Your students have the opportunity to learn about sports, current events, and foreign policy while enjoying the Olympics. Your language learners have the opportunity to learn about different cultures and…
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10 Web Tools and Apps for Creating Timelines
Want your language learners to visualize history or important events? Get them to create multimedia timelines with the dates, facts, and information from their own research or from the textbook.…
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23 Great Tools and Resources for Creating and Learning with Infographics
Data visualization can help language learners process difficult concepts, visualize research, or understand a process. Data visualization is great for teaching Business English, English for Academic Purposes (EAP), and Content and…
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12 Tools and Apps for Learning with QR Codes
QR codes (Quick Response bar codes) can be used to engage learners and enhance their English language skills. You need a scanner on a mobile device to scan these codes. QR…
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5 Key TESOL Approaches
Communicative Approach: Example: Instead of simply practicing asking for directions, students might plan a scavenger hunt in teams, using English to negotiate routes, describe landmarks, and give each other instructions.…
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Learning with the News! 15 Resources, Web Tools, and Apps
One way to get students to enhance their English skills is by having them read or listen to current events. Several websites report the news at a level your language learners will…
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Learning that Sticks! 7 Sticky Note Tools and Apps
Mural recently did away with the freemium account and members will now have to pay or lose access to any of their collaborative sticky note web boards. If you are…
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15 Web Tools and Apps for Learning with Mind Maps
Creating mind maps and concept maps help language learners understand a topic and the language involved. Students take the key concepts and ideas and categorize them in boxes, nodes or…
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21 Web Sites and Apps with Engaging Writing Prompts
Journals and blogs are a great way to get students to practice writing consistently. Set a daily writing prompt and give your students about 5 minutes at the beginning of…
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18 Great Resources and Apps to Make Field Trips More Engaging for Language Learners
This summer, take your language learners on field trips to museums, national parks, historical sites, and world wonders. Wherever you go, make sure to engage them with meaningful activities. If…
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Engaging Parents with Technology, #AmTESOL Webinar
Discover ways technology allows teachers and parents to access, motivate, and monitor student achievement. Open Presentation – American TESOL Webinar – Engaging Parents with Technology
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9 Tools, Apps, and Programs for Creating Screencasts
Your language learners will have fun teaching their peers and others by creating a screencast. To create a screencast, learners use a web tool to record what is on the…
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8 Sites and Resources to Learn with Fingers
"Where is Thumbkin? Where is Thumbkin?" is a popular fingerplay for children. Young language learners have fun chanting or singing and moving their fingers. Fingerplays are a fun way for…