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Reading Horizons Teacher Trainers, Shantell Berrett and Jay Kelly, discuss how teachers should teach exceptions to the English language without confusing students'.

IDIOMIZER is an international idiom site in 40+ languages. A cool tool for language lovers worldwide because different cultures use different phrases to impart the same meaning. Come join us. It's free!...

Psychologist Shawn Achor has conducted research that reveals a simple task that can be completed each day to drastically improve a struggling readers success.

Today's students are pounded with distractions in the classroom: friends, cell phones, social media, computers, books, papers that are screaming to be doodled upon. Not to mention internal distractions: family drama, friend...

TESL OTTAWA, (an affiliate of Tesl Ontario ) is a professional organization for teachers of English as a Second Language.

Attention Education friends – You’re invited to a one-of-a-kind PD event that’s going to be a lot of fun … and best of all, it won’t cost you a dime! Come learn with educators from around...

Keynote Speaker- Lindsay Brooks will present concerning Dynamic Assessment **Plus a variety of excellent speakers covering Adult ESL, LINC, and Academic topics!!! Please see newsletter for descriptions and bios. Registration:...

TESL Ontario, is a non-profit organization serving the needs of teachers of English as a Second Language and English Literacy Development.

Please find the latest issue of SHARE below. This annual publication will focus on practical teaching ideas for the ESL classroom, classroom technology, reviews of ESL teaching and learning online and print resources and...

Mobile phones, Smartphones, and personal digital assistants can support young learners in developing communication skills. A mobile phone, usually referred to as a cell phone, is most commonly used to send voice, SMS (short...

What do you find to be the most difficult thing about teaching beginning and struggling readers? We recently asked this exact question open-endedly to educators as they registered for our latest webinar. Of all the varying...

After promising to publish every two or three weeks, this is only the second Grammarology column in two months. So it goes. Keep,  sending in your grammar questions. Anything from the trivial to the profound is welcome. And we...

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How do you cater for different learning styles in a class full of young learners? Peter Redpath, co-author of Incredible English second edition, looks back at his experience and offers some words o...

I recently covered ordinal numbers with my beginner student, Natasha. She found first, second, and third easy to learn and use. The challenge, especially in terms of pronunciation, began with fourt...