These blog posts provide tips for facilitating language learning for ESL learners.
Glenn Groulx June 2019 Abstract Connective writing involves a dialogue among others, but more importantly, it requires learners to adopt a reflective stance while interacting with their own ideas, the ideas of others, and with content. This paper will provide an overview of how learners navigate through online practice networks engaging in both the knowledge-construction process and … [Read more…]
The facilitation of an English Study Group requires some planning. It is involving dialogue and conversation, but is more than that. There needs to be some structure, some guidance, some demonstration of expertise, but not too little or too much. Too much structure, to much teaching, and too much direction, and the dynamic shifts to … [Read more…]
If we were to design learning events based on learners’ intentions on what role(s) they would like to develop skills for, then we could begin, hypothetically, with a few “personas” that would guide how their tutor and peers and others would interact with the learner. Many learners may be motivated to develop a number … [Read more…]
This table below describes a framework in progress of a non-formal English language sharing circle; it is a blended delivery model for English language learners in combination with the English Study Group activities and the Essential Skills practice activities. Again the principles for engaging participants are similar: participation is voluntary, the activities are based … [Read more…]
For Instructors: This activity is intended for intermediate students as listening/speaking practice to review simple past forms, phrasal verbs, and some commonly used Canadian idioms for newcomers living in Northwest Coastal British Columbia. I suggest starting with the teacher talking about their Winter Break, highlighting the use of some of the terms, before handing out … [Read more…]