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Unlocking the Power of Accurate Spelling: Strategies for Teaching ESL Students

Unlocking the Power of Accurate Spelling: Strategies for Teaching ESL Students

As ESL educators, one of our primary responsibilities is to teach students the importance of accurate spelling. Achieving spelling proficiency in a foreign language can be a daunting task for many ESL learners, but it's a critical component in the development of reading and writing abilities. In this blog post, we discuss the significance of spelling in ESL learning and offer effective strategies to aid instructors in teaching spelling skills to their students. By incorporating spelling games, repetition, and technology, we can help our students gain fluency in English spelling, boost their academic performance, and build their self-confidence beyond the classroom.
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...
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.
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...
“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...
Active or Passive, Perfect Usage of Verb Tenses, Aspects, Voices, & Moods

Active or Passive, Perfect Usage of Verb Tenses, Aspects, Voices, & Moods

Competency Puzzle “Apply Grammar” Pieces D-13.01 to D-14.04: (Present, Past, Future, & Modal) Perfect Verb Tenses & Aspects + the Passive V...
Verb Tenses Making You Tense? How to ReVerberate with Verbiage on Other Aspects of Verbs & Verbals

Verb Tenses Making You Tense? How to ReVerberate with Verbiage on Other Aspects of Verbs & Verbals

[CLICK ON ANY BLUE UNDERLINED link to see all the grammar tools. Just scroll down to what you want.] So far, Verb Tenses (Past, Present, Future) &...
How to Put Together the Parts & Pieces That Make Language Work: Grammar Competencies Part 4

How to Put Together the Parts & Pieces That Make Language Work: Grammar Competencies Part 4

Competency Puzzle “Apply Grammar” Pieces D-08 through D-09: Use the Simple Past; Relate to the Past Time Frame  At the Present time, it still feels...
How to Put Together the Parts & Pieces That Make Language Work: Grammar Competencies Part 3

How to Put Together the Parts & Pieces That Make Language Work: Grammar Competencies Part 3

Why and how we can/could, will/would, may/might/must, should/shall go out to teaching/learning grammar in an unprecedented, weird new world... Comp...