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| By ESLFocus Editor |
07/14/09 |
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The CALL Interest Section of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL) offers language teachers world-wide the opportunity to participate in the Electronic Village Online (EVO), a professional development project and virtual extension of the TESOL 2010 Convention in Boston. The free 6-week sessions allow participants to engage in online discussion and/or short hands-on workshops on topics of professional interest in the field of ESL/EFL. |
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| 05/31/09 |
| Sometimes with the learner-centered approach to teaching, we teachers may forget that we must still maintain control of the class in order to assure that each student gets his or her fair share of the learning experience. For instance, what to do about the cute couple, young man and young woman, in ... |
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| 05/27/09 |
| What is Concept Checking? Concept checking is a technique used by the teacher during the lesson that involves the language learner in the process of discovering and understanding language. It often follows on from eliciting (see Eliciting), but can also be used whenever new words/ terms/ concepts h... |
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| 05/21/09 |
| What is Eliciting? Synonyms: searching, drawing out, discovering, realizing, understanding. Eliciting is a technique used by the teacher during the lesson that involves the language learner in the process of discovering and understanding language. Anything in the lesson can be elicited: vocabulary... |
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| 04/24/09 |
| You’ve got what you think is a great activity for your ESL students. You prepare them to do it. You’re enthusiastic and motivated about your class. And then—your students don’t take to it. |
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| 04/16/09 |
| A common issue that teachers have to deal with is how to correct student errors. No-one likes being corrected; however, the school and the parents often demand it, and students themselves will complain that a teacher doesn’t correct them enough. So how can you create a win-win situation? |
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| 04/08/09 |
| There are many ways to give feedback on your learners’ written work. The most important guideline, however, is to consider just how much to correct. Low-level learners may become demoralized by over-correction. Using a red pen to excessively mark up a paper that the learner has struggled to produce,... |
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| 04/01/09 |
| Having taught ESL for 3 years in two foreign countries, I have learned one very valuable lesson; just how important a set curriculum is. Although there are pros and cons to everything, in this case, the pros by far outweigh the cons. There is really only one disadvantage to having a set curriculum, ... |
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| 03/26/09 |
| A resume should ideally be no more than two pages long. It is also important that you do not make the font too large or too small. It should be a summary of the most relevant experience rather than a description of everything you’ve ever done. Use bullet points for clarity and emphasis. |
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