ELT World Blog- ELT World TEFL Website of the month: ELT ChatELT Chat With the current big bang-scale increase of the twittersphere, a new type of chat has surfaced for English language professionals. The wonderful #ELTChat is currently being moderated by Twitter TEFL heavyweights @ShellTerrell, @Marisa_C, @englishraven, and @olafelch (although the … Continue reading → […]
- United States: Subject Matters – Reading, Writing… and Readying for TestsIt’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 → […]
- United States: Feds Make ELLs a Priority for Tests Based on Common-Core StandardsThe 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 → […]
- Vietnam: Pilot English Teaching Project is Hit by Staff Shortage and Poor SkillsFactors including a serious lack of facilities, as well as a shortage of qualified teachers have adversely affected the Ministry of Education and Training’s pilot English language teaching programme for primary school children, notes VietnamNet. Read more on this… Post … Continue reading → […]
- Would you have done this for a job?Simple question: would you have done what this person did to try and get a job in the Gulf? She flew me to Qatar on a 1-way ticket (despite my several written requests for a return ticket since it seemed … Continue reading → […]
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Category Archives: United States
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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Teaching the teachers lessons on culture in Massachusetts
To remedy concerns about what some say is a gap in city teachers’ knowledge of students’ culture, language, and customs, students and advocates from Sociedad Latina, a community-based youth organization in Roxbury, have launched a campaign to persuade city leaders … Continue reading
US: Researchers advise race to top applicants on ELLs while ‘Common Core State Standards Initiative’ takes effect
States need to give test developers explicit instructions on how to avoid unnecessary linguistic complexity when designing content tests, reports Education Week. They need to provide detailed guidelines to school districts on how to select and use testing accommodations for … Continue reading
Does the NCLB act promote monolingualism?
The United States is now eight years into the No Child Left Behind Act and educators, researchers, and advocates remain locked in heated debate over the effects of the law’s testing and accountability mandates on students, many from immigrant homes … Continue reading
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Can Obama's New Requirements Keep Pace with English Language Learner Student Needs?
United States: As President-Elect Obama transitions into the White House, one major area of focus is the state of education in the United States. While many changes are planned with respect to the No Child Left Behind Act, a key … Continue reading
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California Seeks New Ways to Teach English
Check out my latest roundup of American TEFL headlines over at the ELT World news blog. Here are the headlines: Minnesota: Second Thoughts on ESL Programs Connecticut School ‘Outsources’ ESL California: Valley Educators Seek New Ways to Teach English Kansas: … Continue reading
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America: The Ell of Learning English
Give us your poor, your tired, your huddled masses longing to be free… we might even take a few of you who aren’t TEFL teachers. Welcome to TEFL, America style: Florida: Demographic Changes On Horizon For County Schools A new … Continue reading
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Arkansas Teachers ‘Discover’ Word Lists
Word List to Improve Readiness Arkansas: In a move that can hardly be considered revolutionary, Northwest Arkansas teachers have created a targeted vocabulary list this year to help students with limited English skills score better on state mandated Benchmark exams. … Continue reading
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ESL in California
I honestly can’t imagine what it would be like teaching English in the United States, let alone California. All I can tell you is that I imagine it to be a world away from the experiences that I have on … Continue reading
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