How to Engage Students in Online Classes
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Creating Equity & Belonging in the ESL Classroom
A sense of belonging promotes knowledge acquisition by fostering a positive learning environment, supportive of risk taking and emotional safety (Johnson-Myers, 2020). As a prerequisite for learning, especially for adult…
Best Practices for Classroom Management
Classroom management for English as a Second Language (ESL) learning environments is different than K-12 learning environments because adult learners come with various unique lived experiences. Some of these might…
The Magic of Rhyme
I was singing Itsy Bitsy Spider to my 11-month-old granddaughter the other day and found myself pausing to let her fill in the words:
Learning to Spell with Dry-Erase Boards
A teaching tool that I found effective in my Literacy/ CLB 1 class is the use of dry-erase boards. I give each student a dry-erase board and markers. Some students,…
Get Outside the Plan
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