English Learners Are The Most Appreciative Students
I have now been teaching ESL for 9 years (including my volunteer time), and what has stuck with me from the beginning is that we are not just teaching, we are providing a lifelong skill that could turn someone's life around for the better. Teaching English as a second...
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When I first started teaching English as a Second Language I had 3 years of experience in teaching Spanish as a foreign language under my belt. I understood the basics of language learning, but teaching students who just arrived in the USA with little to no English was something new. I had to learn teaching strategies for newcomers very quickly on the spot.
read moreSix Steps to Inspiring ESL Students to Read and Write
How I Inspired My 49 year old, Dyslexic English Learner to Pick up Reading and Writing Whenever I teach adult ESL students they are always dead-set on improving their speaking skills. All they want to do is talk, talk, talk. They don't care about grammar lessons,...
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Babies don't learn from memorizing lists; why should children and adults? -James Asher, Speech at Cambridge University (TPR World) What is it? Total Physical response is a language teaching strategy developed by James Asher. He observed how babies learn language and...
read moreWhy I Am Starting Fund ESL
I have worked with hundreds of kids as both a Spanish teacher and an ESL teacher for the past 10 years. I knew I wanted to teach and motivate people from a young age because I saw how much teachers could influence kids both negatively and positively. I remember one...
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