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Featured Infographic! 20 Useful Words and Phrases for Top-Notch Essays

Writing essays is especially tough for language learners. In other countries, writing essays is different than the way Americans write essays. The formatting is different. The organization, writing style, and…
Posted by Shelly Sanchez Terrell July 16, 2018
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Teaching Critical Reading Skills, #TESOL Webinar Recording

Language learners struggle to comprehend what they read in class and on their mobile devices. Support them by teaching them reading strategies and how to identify context clues. For more…
Posted by Shelly Sanchez Terrell October 27, 2017
ARC: Engaging learners with texts by digging deeply into the meaning
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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…
Posted by Shelly Sanchez Terrell September 11, 2017
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Infographic: Tips for Writing a Research Paper

Language learners often struggle with writing research papers. Students struggle with coming up with a topic, conducting research, developing a good thesis, and editing their papers. Below is an infographic…
Posted by Shelly Sanchez Terrell August 28, 2017
9 Citizen Science Projects for ELLs
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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…
Posted by Shelly Sanchez Terrell August 21, 2017
9 Websites to Find Comics for Teaching and Learning
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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…
Posted by Shelly Sanchez Terrell April 24, 2017
10 Multimedia Resources to Teach About Women’s History
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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…
Posted by Shelly Sanchez Terrell March 6, 2017
10 Resources to Teach Your Students How to Spot Fake News
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10 Resources to Teach Your Students How to Spot Fake News

Facebook recently reported the spread of millions of fake news reports on its social network.  Facebook, Google and other companies are now taking steps to stop the spread of fake…
Posted by Shelly Sanchez Terrell February 27, 2017
9 Websites and Games to Teach Students How to Cite Sources in Essays
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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.…
Posted by Shelly Sanchez Terrell January 9, 2017
12 Websites and Resources to Check for and Learn about Plagiarism
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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…
Posted by Shelly Sanchez Terrell December 19, 2016
11 Websites to Improve Your Students’ Essays
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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…
Posted by 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:…
Posted by 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…
Posted by 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…
Posted by Shelly Sanchez Terrell June 27, 2016
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