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New Year Writing Resolutions

As we hang up new calendars and prepare for another academic term, it’s also a good time to think ahead for ourselves and our students.

Author: Betsy Gilliland

10 Reasons to Put Community Before Content

Education is a moving train.

Author: Stephanie Marcotte

The Polar Challenge Game for EL Collaboration

You may have played the “desert island” game before: You’re put in a group and asked to work together to choose a limited number of items you’d want to have with you if you were stuck on a desert island together.

Author: A. C. Kemp

Providing Inclusive Holiday Activities to ELs

Many elementary-age English learners (ELs) in the United States spend a good part of December discussing Santa, elves, and reindeer.

Author: Judie Haynes

4 Video Game Tricks for Online Learning

Hello and welcome to another edition of the TESOL Games and Learning blog!

Author: Jeff Kuhn

December Holidays: 5 Writing Activities

Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Solstice, Christmas, Ōmisoka, New Year’s Eve…with abundant holidays and traditions involving food, gifts, and socialization, December offers teachers many opportunities to engage students in fun and reflective writing activities.

Author: Betsy Gilliland

3 More Easy Improv Warm-ups for Speaking Classes

Last month, I wrote about four simple, silly improv warmups to get students active and engaged.

Author: A. C. Kemp

A Focus on Equity: Examining the Center for Urban Education Tools

The Annie E. Casey Foundation defines equity as ‘the state, quality, or ideal of being just, impartial, and fair.’

Author: Stephanie Marcotte

6 Scaffolds to Support ELs in a Virtual Classroom

According to my sources on #ELLCHAT, a Twitter discussion group for teachers of English learners (ELs), students are sitting in virtual classrooms during the pandemic, struggling to understand content-area information.

Author: Judie Haynes

Bringing Civics to the Classroom With iCivics

Hello and welcome to another edition of the TESOL Games and Learning blog!

Author: Jeff Kuhn

6 Ways to Build Fluency in Second Language Writing

What Is Fluency in Writing?

Author: Betsy Gilliland

9 Ways to Do Retrieval Practice in the Classroom

This post focuses on doing retrieval practice — a technique where students pull information out of their long-term memory without referring to their notes — and provides some ideas and classroom activities.

Author: Hall Houston

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