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In English, we use 'Progressive' and 'Continuous' interchangeably.  But did you know that in general linguistics, there is a slight difference?  The two are very similar, but it's helpful to know what those differences are.

Check out this video for more on Progressive/Continuous tenses.

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Resource Description: In writing and training, the presenter has found that so-called taboo subjects and language are often censored in the name of cultural diversity. In this thought-provoking session, he will argue that this is often the result of cultural stereotyping and the infantalization of students. The presenter will claim that ‘taboos’ are not taboo when teachers’ primary focus is on language (not issues) and when teachers help students express their own ideas.

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Resource Description: In this activity, students practice interrupting politely as well as story-telling and culture sharing. Students are asked to tell a story about a tradition in their family or culture, and other students are tasked with interrupting politely to ask for clarification or details. This activity always has my class completely attentive and excited to listen and share! It can also be a great "icebreaker" activity to help students learn about each other. 

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Here's how to teach the 3 parts of Indirect Question sentence structure, whether they are reported questions or polite or formal requests or inquiries.

The full resource is a seven-minute video.

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Resource Description: This resource can be used as a way to teach students how to revise and edit their own writing.

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Resource Description: This is a lesson I use with advanced level learners as a cumulative review of all grammar points. 

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Resource Description: The communicative competencies have been foundational principles in TESOL/Applied Linguistics for several decades. They are included in theoretical and methodological textbooks for teacher candidates with little modification over the years. Yet, conversations on the construct of communicative competencies have continued to evolve since Canale and Swain (1980) proposed the organizational model; Celce-Murcia, Dornyei & Thurrell (1995) made some notable modifications. In recent years, Richards (2012) proposed a reconceptualization of the model by adding ideas of communicative capacity and complexity. Lotherington and Ronda (2014) posited the need to consider the communicative skills in light of digital and multimodal technologies. Lui, Ortega and Bryam (2015) explored the notions of critical intercultural competence and empowerment. Hall (2018) reasserted the importance of interactional competence. For such an important guiding principle, teacher educators and researchers need to reconsider what communicative competencies look like today and how our teacher preparation courses and materials should be evolving with these conversations. This session will review recent developments on the model of communicative competencies and facilitate an interactive conversation on how teacher educators can use this information.

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Resource Description: This lesson plan should be used to introduce ELD 3 (English Language Development) students to writing persuasive letters.

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Resource Description: This virtual seminar offers an overview of the 6 core principles for exemplary teaching of English learners and their applications to classrooms, programs, and schools. Presenters share the rationale for the 6 Principles, describe effective instructional and assessment practices that support them, explain optimal conditions for English language learning, and discuss how to use 6Ps for school improvement. Participants have opportunities to ask questions and provides ideas for implementation in their educational settings.

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Resource Description: As educators, sometimes too much paperwork gets in the way of MEANINGFUL lesson planning, which can seem time-consuming. In this webinar, we will explore strategies that will transition you from teacher to mentor and put into place real tactics for developing the learning potential of our students. 

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Resource Description: Teaching is one of the most challenging and rewarding occupations. This webinar will provide proven strategies for avoiding teacher burnout by empowering teachers to reflect, recharge and say no. Ideas for preparing future teachers to balance work-life demands will be shared. 

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A video on how to teach Adjectives ending in -ING or in -ED/-EN.  These are also called 'Passive and Active Adjectives', or 'Participle Adjectives'.

The video not only shows how students can understand why we use them, but also helps us to remember which is which.

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Resource Description: The lesson aims to introduce and practice vocabulary “advertising” in speech; practice speaking skills

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Due to recent immense technological progress, both education process and language teaching has been experiencing particular changes in the way of transforming the knowledge. The CALL approach is a good possibility to broad the classroom and let your students practice 24/7. This article summarizes the main tools that are extremely helpful and effective in CALL teaching.

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