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Collocations, Grammar, Teacher's Tips, Vocabulary

Variations on 4 Card Games ESL Students Will Flip Over

Breaking News! ESL Students prefer playing games to studying grammar. Thanks, Captain Obvious. Now, let's really drive it home: Hello, students! Raise your hand if you want to study grammar. (crickets.) Raise your hand if you want to play a game. (48 hands are up in a class of 24.) What have we learned from … Continue reading Variations on 4 Card Games ESL Students Will Flip Over

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26 Sep 2021card game varieties, card games, classic games, classroom games, Collocations, English, english teacher, ESL, esl activities, esl games, fun with grammar, Grammar, grammar games, VocabularyLeave a comment
Online Learning, Reading, Teacher's Tips

Roadblocks To Reading in ESL and How To Pave The Way Toward Literacy

Let's face it. If our ESL students aren't reading now, what's going to change that? ESL teachers know that reading is essential to language acquisition, and the science backs it up. So how can we encourage students to find fluency through fiction?

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Collocations, Grammar, Online Learning, Speaking, Teacher's Tips, Vocabulary

8 Flashy Ways To Use Flashcards for Online ESL

If you know how to use flashcards in online ESL classrooms, they can be fantastic for memorizing irregular verbs. And they don't have to be boring, either! Here are my favorite flashy ways to use flashcards in online ESL classrooms. Why Flashcards? Let's cut straight to the obvious: flashcards are for memorizing. As a veteran … Continue reading 8 Flashy Ways To Use Flashcards for Online ESL

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24 Apr 202115 Aug 2021ESL flashcards, flashcards, how to use flashcards, irregular verbs, online esl, tefl, tesl1 Comment
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From Zoom back to Room: Writing a Reflection To Maximize Online Learning

It might sound simple, but taking 3 to 5 minutes to write a daily reflection following each Zoom lesson is one of the most important ways to boost language acquisition in online learning environments.

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15 Oct 20204 Feb 2021distance learning, efl, English, ESL, online education, reflective writing, second language, writing a reflection1 Comment

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