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Once upon a time, many years ago, I spent a year in Sweden as a high school exchange student. Attending a school where all the instruction was in Swedish gave me valuable insights when I became an ESL teacher decades later because it was really easy for me to empathize
July is synonymous with “vacation” in the U.S. so Laurah and I have decided our monthly #ELLEdTech Twitter chats will also take a break. There will not be a chat this month but we will return on the third Sunday in August. I’ll post the topic and guidelines in advance
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” — The Declaration of Independence Source: Wikimedia Commons It’s America’s birthday today! Let’s wave some
Most if not all of teachers spend their summers working another job, preparing for the upcoming school year, and/or (mostly and) engaging in professional development to enhance their teaching skills. To help with the latter, I’d like to offer a link up of books that educators have found useful in
Please join co-host Laurah from Tools for Teachers by Laurah J and me for June’s #ELLEdTech Twitter chat. The topic is Favorite Tech Tools. Join us this Sunday for June’s Twitter chat! Schedule and Questions 7:00 = Tell us your name, location, level and subject taught #EllEdTech 7:05 = Q1:
“Ramadan Mubarak!” — Traditional greeting in Arabic for the start of Ramadan Source: The ESL Nexus Yesterday and today sure have been busy! I woke up to discover that one of my freebies was spotlighted in TpT’s Sunday newsletter. I was thrilled and decided to put my entire store on
Today is Memorial Day in the United States. Below are some facts about the holiday that you might not already know. For more information about Memorial Day, please visit my Pinterest board Holidays Around the World. Collage created by The ESL Nexus 1) It was originally called Decoration Day because
For two countries who share the same language, more or less, the differences between the education systems in the U.S. and the U.K. are striking. To find out more, this month’s guest blogger is Rebekah Humphrey-Bullen from TpT store LittleStreams. I am very pleased that she will provide us with
Yesterday, there was a mix up about the #ELLEdTEch Twitter chat. I thought it was scheduled for May 15th but my co-host Laurah had it down for May 22nd. The month of May started on Sunday the 1st so the third Sunday came sooner than expected. I sincerely apologize for
Wow, it’s already the third Sunday of the month tomorrow! Please join co-host Laurah from Tools for Teachers by Laurah J and me for May’s #ELLEdTechTwitter chat. The topic is Tools for Assessment. Below are the details: Join us on Sunday! Schedule and Questions 7:00 = Introductions: Tell us your
You know, the one about school letting out? I was certainly aware when I was a classroom teacher that districts in other parts of the U.S. as well as other countries followed different school calendars. I marveled at the fact that many states in the southern U.S. started in early
Teaching adults in China isn’t very different from teaching students in U.S. public schools in one respect at least: In both contexts, it’s wise not to talk about politics. Arriving in China less than a year after the Tiananmen Square massacre, I was intensely curious about what people in the
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