These blog posts provide tips for facilitating language learning for ESL learners.
In a recent ESL class, discussion among students surrounding the nature of relationships between employees and employers has led me to note down my observations and reflections. For one thing, I am struck by the assumptions we all make about how to communicate in the workplace, which is made up of a series of protocols, … [Read more…]
As I proceed with teaching the evening class, I am challenged by the limited number of hours I can focus on language skills each week. So, I ask myself what I can accomplish with learners for 1.5 hours each week? I focus more on business communications. The last lesson, for example, emphasized leaving a voice-mail … [Read more…]
One of the concerns I have about enabling student blogging is that sometimes academics (and students, I hasten to add) entering into blogging with students have not themselves clearly identified heuristics for handling self-sponsored writing – blogging by students that is reflective, emotional and highly personal, and often not directly connected with anything being taught in the course.
Welcome to the first online learning project for ESL learners. This series of blog posts will focus on the theme of media and information and will be delivered using online resources and web tools. Grammar Focus: Narrative tenses, transitional phrases Online Activities: Accessing Information Online: Service Canada Website Activity 1 Vocabulary: blog, twitter, tweet, tags, … [Read more…]