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Teaching Critical Reading Skills: A Guide for TESOL Teachers

In today's information-rich world, the ability to critically analyze texts is essential for English language learners. Critical reading involves more than just understanding words on a page; it requires students…

Shelly Sanchez Terrell October 27, 2017

Book of the Month

ARC: Engaging learners with texts by digging deeply into the meaning

Welcome to a new series where we feature great books for language learners and teachers. This month we are featuring the book, Academic Reading Circles, by Tyson Seburn (@Seburnt). We…

Shelly Sanchez Terrell September 11, 2017

Infographic of the Month

Harnessing AI to Empower Language Learners: A Guide to Writing Research Papers

Language learners often face significant challenges when writing research papers. From selecting a suitable topic to refining their writing style, the process can be daunting. However, the advent of artificial…

Shelly Sanchez Terrell August 28, 2017

Teach English with Technology

9 Citizen Science Projects for ELLs

Our students can use the Internet to learn English in exciting ways with people around the world. Recently we conducted a webinar about Citizen Science Projects for ELLs. Citizen science is…

Shelly Sanchez Terrell August 21, 2017

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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…

Shelly Sanchez Terrell April 24, 2017

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10 Multimedia Resources to Teach About Women’s History

March is Women's History Month and March 8th is International Women's Day. According to Wikipedia, the first International Women's Day was in 1911. Women's history Month provides teachers with the…

Shelly Sanchez Terrell March 6, 2017

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9 Websites and Games to Teach Students How to Cite Sources in Essays

I teach English language learners at the college level. They often turn in essays, which I have to make sure are accurately attributed and cited in their papers and projects.…

Shelly Sanchez Terrell January 9, 2017

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12 Websites and Resources to Check for and Learn about Plagiarism

My students turn in essays on a regular basis. Sometimes, they are tempted to cut corners or copy and paste information from various web sources, such as Wikipedia. They often…

Shelly Sanchez Terrell December 19, 2016

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11 Websites to Improve Your Students’ Essays

This year I teach reading and writing to college language learners. My language learners struggle to learn formatting, grammar, paragraph construction, research and flow. In their countries, writing a scholarly…

Shelly Sanchez Terrell November 21, 2016

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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:…

Shelly Sanchez Terrell September 5, 2016

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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…

Shelly Sanchez Terrell July 18, 2016

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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…

Shelly Sanchez Terrell June 27, 2016