Resource Description: This resources will shed light on some of Nearpod advanced features to create a fun and engaging learning experience to students in the EAP courses in the higher education.

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https://youtu.be/dj3NC5UvY3E

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https://youtu.be/MANWIfENYtE

"A Cup of Coffee with TESOL Experts" is a project led by instructors and participants in the TESOL Certificate: Developing an Online Teaching Program.

This week’s question: What is the best way to teach vocabulary to students reluctant to read?

Today's guests:
- Linda Wesley, MA (USA)
- Luisa Berriolo (Uruguay)
- Diego A. Boada, PhD (Colombia)

If you'd like to submit or vote for next week's question, please follow this link:

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This lesson is intended to help students in a first-year composition class build a series of effective paragraphs and enrich storytelling in narrative academic essays by including descriptive details and figures of speech. It develops skills in close reading and increases students’ awareness of the components and content of an introspective narrative essay. The lesson's topic invites students to reflect on the ways in which they interact with ordinary objects and imbue them with meaning, and on techniques that writers use to defamiliarize the familiar. Readings include (see References, below, for full citations):

1.     “Ode to an Orange” by Larry Woiwode

2.     “My Laptop” by Annalee Newitz

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This lesson plan is intended to help students in a first-year composition class build effective paragraphs in academic essays. The lesson's topic invites students to reflect on the ways in which people interact with objects and imbue them with meaning. Readings include (see References, below, for full citations):

1. “The Uncommon Life of Common Objects” by Akiko Busch

 2. “Unknown Keys” by Siri Hustvedt

 3. “Paragraphs” (Jane E. Aaron, The Little, Brown Compact Handbook, 9th ed., pp. 40-54)

 4.  "Building Effective Paragraphs” (Diana Hacker & Nancy Sommers, The Bedford Handbook, 10th ed., pp. 72-92)

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Resource Description: This video series, "A Cup of Coffee with TESOL Experts," is produced by instructors and participants in the TESOL Certificate: Developing an Online Teaching Program. Participants vote for a question of the week that will be discussed in the video. Then the instructor hosts a video discussion with one participant and an expert in the field to help them answer the question. It is an informal conversation among colleagues, and their hope is to strengthen their professional networks and build communities of practice.

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Resource Description: This video series, "A Cup of Coffee with TESOL Experts," is produced by instructors and participants in the TESOL Certificate: Developing an Online Teaching Program. Participants vote for a question of the week that will be discussed in the video. Then the instructor hosts a video discussion with one participant and an expert in the field to help them answer the question. It is an informal conversation among colleagues, and their hope is to strengthen their professional networks and build communities of practice.

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Resource Description: Interaction is a crucial element of instructed language learning, and it is essential to learning content as well. Among many other benefits, peer interaction gives students opportunities to personalize their learning and test their knowledge, and class-wide discussions allow instructors to assess students’ comprehension. In both instances, classes shift to more effective student-centered modes of instruction. This workshop explores techniques for preparing students for such participation, and for making the most of collaborative work and discussions.

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Resource Description: This lesson plan is about practicing listening gap fill questions. Students should use logic and general knowledge to make predictions about listening texts and answers.

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In this activity, learners will practice the language they should use in formal and informal letter writing. Each students will receive a card with either formal or informal expression on it. Students have to stick the card on their clothes and start to find the synonym pair. Once the students find the correct pair, the students have to sit together. The students who first form a correct pair win the game.

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Resource Description: Literacy, in prior years, had an exclusive focus on print. In the 21st century, new technologies integrated in all areas of life have required an additional set of literacy skills. Terms such as digital competence, information and communications technology (ICT), e-learning, and digital literacy seek to address needs in current and future contexts. While there are differences between these definitions, there is a consensus: digital skills are necessary for employment, academia, and various other contexts in adults’ lives. During this program, participants will explore elements adult learners must address to become digitally literate, provided in the Digital Literacy Framework for Adult Learners and examine practical application of these elements through lesson activities and curated resources found in the Digital Literacy Framework: Instructor Implementation Guide.

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This activity provides a fun and interactive way for students to speak or write about classmates’ opinions or interests. It is particularly useful for students to practice using quantifiers, adverbs of frequency or percentages or fractions in their communication.

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With the shift to online education, the following questions remain:

• "How is the online learning experience different for my English learners?"
• "How can I teach my English learners online?"
• "How can I effectively support English learners in online classes?"

Online Engagement Strategies for English Language Learners is a learning experience in which global educators can understand the unique characteristics of distance learning for English learners (ELs). Through this lens, we will explore effective and practical strategies that educators can implement to support ELs in online learning environments.

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This lesson can be used when students begin learning about oral presentations.  It involves learning about stage fright, preparing and delivering a role play and a short oral presentation. It is presented as an online teaching class but could easily be done face-to-face.

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Resource Description: Teaching tips for online teaching during the COVID-19 lockdown.

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