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Navigating Employment Paperwork as an ESL Learner: A Guide for ESL Teachers

Navigating Employment Paperwork as an ESL Learner: A Guide for ESL Teachers

Finding a job can be challenging for anyone, but it can be especially difficult for ESL learners who are not familiar with the employment process....
How to Make ESL Classes More Culturally Engaging

How to Make ESL Classes More Culturally Engaging

ESL classes should be designed to provide a deeper understanding of the language being learned and connect students with the culture behind it. By ...
Good Tips for Teaching ESL to Beginners

Good Tips for Teaching ESL to Beginners

ESL Teaching Resources & Learning Materials Using visual aids is one effective way to teach ESL to beginners to understand the meanings of wor...
Teach, Learn, & Enjoy Any Subject  Through Question & Answering

Teach, Learn, & Enjoy Any Subject Through Question & Answering

Parts & Pieces H-02.13 & H-02.14a = English Through Citizenship / a Journey Through America: The Game with Civics & (Sheltered) Social ...
Attain & Share Knowledge of Course Content & Subject Matter Through Question & Answer Games

Attain & Share Knowledge of Course Content & Subject Matter Through Question & Answer Games

Get knowledge of course content & subject matter through question & answer games, as demonstrated in Aging Agreeably.
(Make &) Use Materials Based on Biographies of (Famous) Figures & Personalities

(Make &) Use Materials Based on Biographies of (Famous) Figures & Personalities

 Parts & Pieces H-01.01 through H-01.06 = Biographies: Short, Short Stories Based on “Messages” of People’s Lives                            ...
Simple, Complex, or (Re-)Organized, Take In Content of Maximally Assorted Variety.

Simple, Complex, or (Re-)Organized, Take In Content of Maximally Assorted Variety.

Competency Puzzle “Read & Write Effectively” Pieces F-07.01 to F-07.16: Get Right to the Point of What’s the Point? Book One—Visually and/or T...
To Clean It All Up, Get What You (Might) (Want to) Use for Reading & Writing

To Clean It All Up, Get What You (Might) (Want to) Use for Reading & Writing

Competency Puzzle “Read & Write Effectively” Pieces (F-01.10 &) F-02.01 to F-06.10: Consider Written-Language Skills Assessments, Lessons,...
To Appreciate Complexity, Get the Visual & Textual Meanings of Written English Symbols & Signs.

To Appreciate Complexity, Get the Visual & Textual Meanings of Written English Symbols & Signs.

Competency Puzzle “Read & Write Effectively” Pieces F-00.01 to F-01.10: Celebrate Complexity One (Corona / COVID) Symbol or Sign at a Time “Ex ...
“Stressed” Spelled Backwards is Just “Desserts”—After Healthy Helpings of Syllables, Emphasis, & Rhythm.

“Stressed” Spelled Backwards is Just “Desserts”—After Healthy Helpings of Syllables, Emphasis, & Rhythm.

Competency Puzzle “Listen & Speak with Understanding” Pieces E-02.01 to E-02.11: Numbers of Syllables, Stress Patterns, Meaning Focus, & Re...
Make Pauses for Clauses

Make Pauses for Clauses

   Competency Puzzle “Apply Grammar” Pieces D-15.01 to 15.05: Join Co-ordinate & Subordinate (Independent & Dependent) Clauses in Compound ...
Keep a Masked Distance But Don’t Stop Laughing, Listening, Learning, & Linking

Keep a Masked Distance But Don’t Stop Laughing, Listening, Learning, & Linking

Competency Puzzle “Listen & Speak with Understanding” E-00.01a & b: Get & Assert Meaning with Body Language Remember when we used to tr...