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Cause and Effect Concentration Game
Some time ago I made a concentration game using PowerPoint and put the template here on this blog. The template doesn’t have any content, but you are welcome to take it and add your own content.… more →
A TESOL ESL File Drawer (Higher Ed.)
Cause and Effect Concentration Game
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pjgalien wrote 1 month ago: Some time ago I made a concentration game using PowerPoint and put the template here on this blog. T … more →
Word Magnets
pjgalien wrote 1 month ago: Over the weekend I learned about Word Magnets from Nik Peachey’s blog. I haven’t used it … more →
English for Coming Americans: Teacher's Guide
lanceelyot wrote 1 month ago: Roberts, Peter. English for Coming Americans. New York: Association Press, 1912. Preface This textbo … more →
"A String of Textbooks"
lanceelyot wrote 1 month ago: Miranda, Deborah. “‘A String of Textbooks’: Artifacts of Composition Pedagogy in I … more →
The Uses of the Simple Present Tense
pjgalien wrote 2 months ago: The simple present tense isn’t really all that simple and it is used a lot in college courses. … more →
Concluding Sentences
pjgalien wrote 2 months ago: Here are two very short things that I use when I first introduce students to concluding sentences. O … more →
Prepositions of Time
pjgalien wrote 2 months ago: Here are more portable flashcards. This time they are for working on prepositions of time. We are us … more →
Writing about Contrasts
pjgalien wrote 3 months ago: Earlier, I mentioned that one of the remarkable things about using digital material is the wide vari … more →
Prepositions of Location
pjgalien wrote 3 months ago: Some words in English have a larger meaning than others. The easiest words to learn are the words wi … more →
Writing Sentences of Contrast (Contrasting Two Paintings by Monet)
pjgalien wrote 3 months ago: One of the beautiful advantages of materials accessed through digital memory versus material accesse … more →
Contrast (Writing a Sentence)
pjgalien wrote 5 months ago: My students enjoy stories. And I love to tell them. One of the stories that I use in my writing clas … more →
A Paragraph on Giving Instructions
pjgalien wrote 5 months ago: This post is a combination of two earlier posts. I have taken the PowerPoint presentation that I use … more →
Grammar for Spatial Order
pjgalien wrote 6 months ago: This fall I’ll be teaching Beginning Intensive Writing without a textbook for the first time a … more →
OWL - excellent resource
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Joseph wrote 8 months ago: Here is an excellent resource for basic to advanced grammar help. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/ … more →
Writing or Grammar Review Games
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pjgalien wrote 8 months ago: Previously I wrote about nonlinear PowerPoint presentations and some of the creative, interactive th … more →
Opinion Paragraphs
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pjgalien wrote 8 months ago: I recently heard a very useful presentation by John Fleischman. He spoke on Technology as a Change A … more →
Voicethread for Extensive Writing by Steven Ahola
pjgalien wrote 9 months ago: I recently learned about Voicethread from Steven Ahola who uses it for the extensive writing portion … more →
Reid, Joy. “Responding to ESL Students’ Texts: The Myths of Appropriation.”
Santosh wrote 9 months ago: Reid, Joy. “Responding to ESL Students’ Texts: The Myths of Appropriation.” Landmark Essay on ESL Wr … more →
Tools for Teachers
pjgalien wrote 9 months ago: Last weekend I went to a conference and learned about Voicethread from Steven Ahola. He uses it for … more →
