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- How to introduce an English Textbook to your Students1. Introduction “Tell me and I forget, Teach me and I may remember, Involve me and I learn. “ -Benjamin Franklin Textbook is one of the main instruments of educating and preparing students for the examinations. On the first or … Continue reading → […]
- What a TESOL certificate can do for your careerTESOL is interpreted in many ways. For some, it refers to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. To others, it is Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), or Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL). In the UK, … Continue reading → […]
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United States: Business English speakers can still be divided by a Common Language
Business is the most popular subject for international students in the United States, notes VOA News website. An estimated 21% of foreign students at American colleges and universities are studying business and management. So, what are the effects on the … Continue reading
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United States: National Conversations on English Learner Education
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA), in partnership with the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans and the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, is pleased to announce a … Continue reading
United States: Subject Matters – Reading, Writing… and Readying for Tests
It’s the best of times and the worst of times, exclaims the unusually Dickensian CNN, for English teachers as they find themselves more accountable than ever for the academic success of their students, while balancing new technologies that change time-honored … Continue reading
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United States: Feds Make ELLs a Priority for Tests Based on Common-Core Standards
The federal government, notes Education Week, is intending to provide grants for the development of English-language-proficiency assessments that are aligned with the national common-core standards. The proposed grant competition would push the country toward more uniformity for the definition of … Continue reading
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United States: Getting teacher assessment right – What policy makers can learn from research
Given the experience to date with an overwhelming focus on student achievement scores as a basis for high-stakes decisions, policymakers would do well to pause and carefully examine the issues that make teacher assessment so complex before implementing an assessment … Continue reading
Evaluations that help teachers learn in the U.S
United States: A good system of teacher evaluation must answer four questions: How good is good enough? Good enough at what? How do we know? and… Who should decide? Read more about this at the ASCD website… Post Footer automatically … Continue reading
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An Interview with Guofang Li (NNEST of the Month)
United States: Dr. Guofang Li is an associate professor of second language and literacy education in the Department of Teacher Education, Michigan State University. In this interview, conducted by the TESOL Nonnative English Speaking Teachers (NNEST – what a catchy … Continue reading
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How to fix U.S schools
How to Fix Our Schools: A Manifesto by Joel Klein, Michelle Rhee, and Other Education Leaders Washington, DC, United States: As educators, superintendents, chief executives and chancellors responsible for educating nearly 2 1/2 million students in America, these people know … Continue reading
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California adopts the Common Standards
When California adopted the common core standards (the State standards initiative) in Ausgust, it didn’t accept the preface material, which included an introduction and spelled out how to apply the standards to English-language learners or students with disabilities. An advocate … Continue reading
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Speaking in Tongues: Bilingual Education and US Immigrant Communities
Consider the ‘divisive’ nature of bilingual education in American society: is it the natural representation of the functional and celebrated diversity of America, or is it an insidious wedge guaranteed only to sow rancor? This is the subject of an … Continue reading