It’s the beginning of a new course, and you’re very excited to meet your new students…until you see their names. Wanghaoxuan? Zhuhaoxi? You don’t know…
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It doesn’t take long in a classroom to realize that not all students learn in the same manner. Some pupils need to hear things repeated,…
The Value of the Laugh and Learn Method “Laugh and the world laughs with you” or in the case of the ESL tutor, the online…
Recently, I had the opportunity to chat virtually with Tara M., one of 10 online ESL teachers to receive the 2018 Teachers of the Year…
We have all been there– sitting in class or a meeting, and after 20 minutes our knees begin to feel stiff, our lower backs start…
As a middle grades education major, the thought of teaching English to young learners absolutely terrified me. I had plenty of experience corralling a bunch…
Albert Einstein once said, ‘If you can’t explain it to a six-year-old, you don’t understand it yourself.”¹ Perhaps an ESL teacher would suggest that Einstein…
Examining Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation in ESL Students Let’s be honest, friends- learning English is no smooth sail. It truly does take quite the impressive…
With the new year now in full swing, it’s natural to want to improve and be a better version of yourself than you were last…
When I think about my school days as an elementary student, it isn’t so much the actual educational content that comes to mind, but rather…