The countdown is on! The 2026 TESL Ontario Annual Conference is coming up November 4 through 6, and registration is now open. This year’s theme, Resilient. Relevant. Ready., reflects the…
It’s been a year full of challenges. Teaching a Literacy class with sensitivity can be tough. I also worked as a supply teacher in a split-level class which came with…
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,…
