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July 16, 2018July 16, 2018 Shelly Sanchez TerrellInfographic of the Month

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 […]

September 11, 2017May 21, 2017 Shelly Sanchez TerrellBook 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 […]

August 28, 2017May 24, 2017 Shelly Sanchez TerrellInfographic of the Month

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 […]

February 27, 2017February 4, 2017 Shelly Sanchez TerrellTeach English with Technology

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 […]

January 9, 2017January 11, 2017 Shelly Sanchez TerrellTeach English with Technology

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. […]

December 19, 2016December 17, 2016 Shelly Sanchez TerrellTeach English with Technology

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 […]

November 21, 2016November 1, 2016 Shelly Sanchez TerrellTeach English with Technology

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 […]

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