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Teaching Corporate English in Kazakhstan

JennyScott Thanks for this! It’s a fascinating look and most interesting. I’ve linked to it from our page on Kazakhstan and hopefully our students will also find it as useful as I did. Jennifer Gonzalez Hey, thanks for letting me know that! If you’d like to add a link to your page here, go right ahead. Add a description of what you do, because others who visit this article are likely to be interested in your organization as well. ESL Teacher Wow, I am shocked by the cultural insensitivities and US imperialism shown by this teacher. Did this guy spend…

4 Things You Don’t Know About the Jigsaw Method

…part was motivating the conversation amongst the “Experts”. I used the GROUP SCORING tip and when the students returned to their original group there was amazing, quality conversation taking place!!! Jennifer Gonzalez Jody! Thank you so much for telling me about this! I’m so excited to hear that you tried this again, and about your great results! Madame Nathalie Jennifer, thank you so much for your help with Jigsaw. I’ve used in the adult ESL reading classroom to introduce holidays like Veteran’s Day, Halloween, and Mardi Gras. For the final task, I have the Ss write a summary, which is…

Culturally Responsive Teaching: 4 Misconceptions

…found a University that offered an independent learning program whereI could create my own summer learning. I dove in and was reading, speaking, dreaming CRT all summer. It spoke to me as I have been teaching ESL for many years and now I am teaching at an alternative hs. Thank you thank you!! I want to continue learning more and helping my school to move forward in Culturally Responsive Teaching. I just wanted to share and express my gratitude. Debbie Sachs This is so great to hear, Gerri! Thanks so much for sharing — I’ll make sure Jenn see this!!!…

Making the Most of a 90-Minute Block

…get it Mariella Warren Hi Jennifer! I enjoyed very much your podcast. I currently teach 3 different ESL courses and pretty much use the classic organization in all my classes simply because all my students are “newcomers” and are learning the fundamentals of the English language. However, I think I will put into practice a “variety pack” structure to change the pace a little bit and make it more interesting for my students. Thank you for your input! Mariella Warren Margaret Harris-Shoates Mariella, I am so glad that the post was helpful in pushing your thinking about the organization of…

How HyperDocs Can Transform Your Teaching

…using the grid for students to fill in their answers. My assumption is that students also File + Make a Copy of this Document, is that correct? How do you get to see their answers? Must they share it with you? I ask because I do not have a Google Classroom and I’ll be using this with my Moodle LMS. I also teach ESL students, so I need functionality to be EASY. Do you know of any good Google ad on to make the Doc a Form? ciro scardina I love everything about you this blog. The style and simplicity…

9 Tips for Engaging Your English Class with Pop Culture

…students are familiar with the subject, the more they’d be comfortable in joining a conversation, which encourages learning (your goal). My wife, who is also teaching ESL, is looking for effective ideas in teaching her class. I think this would be a perfect example of that. Cheers! Joe I am so happy to see this post —as a music teacher, I used pop culture, lyrics, and text about music/bands/songs as prompts for writing. What is important is that they are engaged in the content NOT that the content is something I deem ‘worthy’. I highly suggest finding podcasts about pop…

How Dialogue Journals Build Teacher-Student Relationships

…presented here. Thanks for the models/examples provided because it makes educators more likely to adopt this activity with students when they see the process. Sarah Sturgeon Liz and Jen In the 1980’s, Leslee Reed taught across the hall from my classroom – and saved my sanity by sharing dialogue journals for use in my multilingual-cultural sixth grade class in downtown Los Angeles. Their personal and classroom relationships supported academic learning at all levels in this class of diverse students. In subsequent duties in 4th, K, 1st, remedial reading groups, and then ESL classes in Roatan, dialogue journals remained crucial lifelines….

How Pineapple Charts Revolutionize Professional Development

…Cano I love this idea Jennifer!!! I’m a Bilingual/ ESL Coach for McAllen ISD (Texas) and just presented it to the Middle School ELL committee. Teachers love the idea, especially the administrators. I’ll keep you posted and share pictures. Thank you!!! Tia I’m wondering how this could be laid out in elementary where everyone has different time slots for different content? 30 min blocks of time? Dan I’m an Elementary Principal whose trying to create more of a culture of collaboration and I love this idea! We’ve already promoted “peer pop-ins” by discussing benefits and offering to cover classes but…