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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....

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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 ...

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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...

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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 ...

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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.

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(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 ...

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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...

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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,...

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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 ...

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“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...

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Make Pauses for Clauses

Competency Puzzle “Apply Grammar” Pieces D-15.01 to 15.05: Join Co-ordinate & Subordinate (Independent & Dependent) Clauses in Compound ...

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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...

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