More Links for ESL Teachers About Informational Interviews
June 21, 2011
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Informational interviews have become a common practice among American professionals, but many English language learners remain unfamiliar with this type of networking and job search…
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Ask Your English Students to Review TED.Com videos – and Create Compelling Conversations
June 8, 2011
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How can you encourage your advanced ESL students to develop their speaking skills and tap their interest in our rapidly changing world? Create compelling classroom…
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Do You Use Newspapers in Your English Class Yet?
July 23, 2010
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Newspapers tell us the news, and inform us about how today is different from yesterday. They provide us with some clues and some information to…
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Passion and Persistence: Self-Published ESL Authors Tell Their Stories
January 25, 2010
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What motivates ESL teachers to become authors? Why do many of these authors self-publish? What’s their likelihood of success? Naturally, I’m quite interested in these…
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Happy New Decade! How Will We Change? Will We Discuss Change in Our ESL Classes?
December 31, 2009
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One simple method is to make change a topic in our classes. Cities, products, families, schools, and people change. This moment also allows us to…
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What is your word of the year for 2009?
December 18, 2009
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The New Oxford Dictionary chose "unfriend" as its word of the year, but that clever choice is not the first, only, or last word. This…
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INTESOL Conference on ESL Teachers and Technology Offers Practical Tips
November 14, 2009
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Further, several speakers - including keynote ESL guru Randall Davis – emphasized the need for appropriate technology and “less is more” when designing classroom lessons.…
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Making Accurate, Sound Comparisions in ESL/EFL Conversation Classes
September 4, 2009
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How do you say that again? Which is correct? What is a sound comparison? English teachers and linguists might also find website www.soundcomparisions.com worth a…
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What Does Success Mean? What Definition Works for You?
August 10, 2009
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Sometimes the simplest questions create the best conversations. What does success mean? What definition are you using? How is that definition working for you?
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Are you prepared? Are you ready? Aren’t you nervous?
May 23, 2009
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* Are you ready? * Are you prepared? * Aren't you nervous? * Do you have enough time to do that? * When are you…
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