Lates and absences in p...
Sir, don’t mark me late! Ma’am, don’t mark me absent! I decided to look at some numbers for this cycle, since students are now allowed to go up to 15% absences before being dismissed. These nu...
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Was I really reading?!
Love can make you do impossible things, and the love of reading opens up our minds to unexpected horizons. My Level II students made wonderful test subjects in a reading experiments. When required, I ...
Stop asking the questio...
Most often, teachers introduce a new topic in a class by asking questions. The learners will then be engaged in the process of finding the answers. However, some educators argue that flip...
Film and writing
An interesting way to motivate students to write is to use film. I have used film to encourage my students to write in different writing genres such as narrative and dialogue. They have written a jour...
Box.com: A Great Learni...
Box.com is an online storage website. It has an app version as well. I strongly believe that Box is a great mobile learning device, and every EL teacher needs to add it to his/her teaching tool box. ...
Idioms in the ESL Class...
As a child, I found great joy in reading the Amelia Bedelia series written by Peggy Parish. Amelia, the protagonist, works as a housemaid for a wealthy family. In each story of the series, Amelia find...