You might have watched it happen: You’re mid-explanation, working through a grammar point with real care, and you can see the exact moment your class checks out. Then, five minutes…
In 2024, the federal government introduced significant changes to its immigration policy, reducing the cap on international study permits and tightening eligibility for temporary foreign workers and permanent residents. Immigration,…
I teach Literacy and CLB 1. Pictures can help students understand, but I have found that having a speaker and audio version of the students’ language is also very useful.…
In language teaching, considerable time and energy are often devoted to planning the beginning and middle of a lesson. Teachers carefully select engaging warm-up activities, activate background knowledge, introduce vocabulary,…
Artificial Intelligence is an exciting innovation which is taking the world by storm. Teachers and students are discovering the endless possibilities it offers, such as saving time searching for ideas,…
Sharon (not her real name) recently asked me how I get my Literacy students to write on the line. Good question. Mostly it comes down to sheer repetition of the…
