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Parallels in Teaching and the Presidency
I've spent a lot of time as a teacher. In fact, I've been in the field actively for over fifteen years. My teaching experience includes every...
Effective Ways of Handling a Multi-Cultural Class
Academic institutions of learning are now turned into international communities with diverse students of varied and complex cultures. As a result,...
How the Teacher's Schedule Can Improve Student Achievement
Elementary schools that still schedule students into self-contained classrooms could be depriving their students of a better education. Teachers in...
Vocabulary Development Powered By Film Credits For ESL Learners
"When all think alike, then no one is thinking." - Walter Lippman The development of technology plays a highly vibrant part in media evolution...
Mixed Ability Young Learner Classes
~~From time to time in any teaching situation you will come across mixed-ability classes. People learn at different rates and develop different...
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5 Creative Ways to Decorate Your Classroom Bulletin Board This Winter
Back to school, fall leaves, Thanksgiving and Christmas all easily lend themselves to great decorating themes, but what to do when those are over...
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Bulletin boards have long been existent in campuses. They have proven to be such versatile and useful aids in both the learning and teaching...
Walk into just about any classroom and you will find one: A dark green board on the wall, lined with pieces of chalk and felt erasers. Chalkboards,...
For a small minority, writing report cards isn't a big deal. But most teachers generally dread report card writing time. Completing the comment...
The Most Useful American Business Words
The Most Useful American Business Words: Here's a list that will come in handy for any student enrolled in an English as a Second Language (ESL)...
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100 Ways to Improve your TOEIC Listening
As most people find TOEIC listening Part One an easy place to pick up points and it comes at the beginning of the exam and so can give you...
English Language Teaching (ELT)
Interesting ESL Group Activities
Joanne Elliot outlines several activities for using groups to teach children. Activities include cultural charades, word association, and memory...
Is thought not energy? Thought is the energy source that allows man to create his world. Naturally, with thought (E), persistence (T) and focus...
English Language Teaching (ELT)
The Relationship Between Language and Culture and the Implications to
The relationship between language and culture is deeply rooted. Language is used to maintain and convey culture and cultural ties. Different ideas...
Does the Long Tail Work for ESL?
Do we - English language teachers - get more varied resources satisfying the needs of niche learning groups?