Resources for Teachers: Assessing Student Needs

Assessing students’ English learning needs and goals is important for both teachers and English learners themselves. Here are some helpful articles: Why are You Learning English? (interactive quiz, with follow-up suggestions) Setting…View article…

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Resources for Teachers: Inflated Grades?

One of the least happy times for a teacher is grading. Beyond the raw score there are many external factors: the student needs an A to keep coming to school because of a scholarship, the department wants to look better, the college wants to keep students, student feelings which are related to teacher review sheets [...]

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Resources for Teachers: Quick Vocab Lesson Plans

Attention Teachers! Need a Quick Vocab Lesson Plan?
Synonyms, antonyms, parts of speech – they’ll have to know them all for those vocabulary words you handed them last week! This free vocabulary lesson includes a pdf of a concept definition map ready to go for quick, easy planning.read more

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Help for a St. Patrick’s Day Class

There are a lot of resources here for creating a St. Patrick’s Day themed class.
It isn’t a Christian site, and some of the definitions and importance of the day is not there, but if you are teaching on the day, this is a good first stop.
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For Teachers: What’s Missing in Out Teaching?

What’s Missing In Our Teaching?
 
True teaching aims at life change.  I can teach an amazing lesson complete with powerpoint and handouts, but if my students haven’t changed, then have I really taught?
Knowing full well that life change is impossible without God’s intervention, there are still some things that we as teachers must do.  I call it the M.I.A. (Missing in [...]

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Teacher Resources: What Makes a Skilled Teacher?

What Makes For A Skilled Teacher?
“The first and primary issue in teaching is do you live what you say?  Therein lies the greatest power the teacher has in his own pattern.  You begin…with example.  Skilled teachers set a living demonstration of their teaching for people to follow. I mean, that’s just basic.  If you teach [...]

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For Teachers: Teaching Telephone English

Telephone English: Getting Practice
Teaching telephone English can be frustrating as students really need to practice their skill as often as possible in order to improve their comprehension skills. View article…

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Resources for Teachers

Printable Quizzes for Class
I’ve received a number of requests for quizzes to be put into a printable form which can be used in class. From ESL.about.com
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Resources for Teachers: Teaching Absolute Beginners

Teaching Absolute Beginners (ESL) - 20 Point Program
Teaching absolute beginners requires the teacher to pay special attention to the order in which new language is introduced. This 20 point program provides a syllabus to take students from… View article…

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Resources for Teachers (New):Living out your faith in the academic world

Living out your faith in the academic world: conference audio from Following Christ 2008
. What does a Christian life look like in the world of academia? Last December, InterVarsity’s Graduate & Faculty Ministries put on the Following Christ conference, where speakers like N.T. Wright and Andy Crouch talked about faith and the academic world. And [...]

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