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by Marcella A. Farina and Nicole Hammond Carrasquel

Understanding, creating, and applying rubrics effectively continues to be challenging for both novice and experienced teachers.

Grammatically Speaking

by Michelle Jackson

Michelle Jackson covers how to teach count and noncount nouns with a classroom activity that provides your students with authentic context they provide themselves.

Mix It Up: Culture, Creativity, and Fiction

by Sarah C. Kassas

These three fun classroom activities, easily adapted to all levels, combine creative thinking and culture with language instruction.

Quick Tip: 3 Ways to Boost Collaboration in Your Class

by Olena Zastezhko

Student collaboration stimulates learner autonomy and turns students into active participants in the learning process. It is an integral part of active learning. Try out these classroom activities—covering writing, self-assessment, and independent learning— aimed at improving student collaboration.

A Free Activity From TESOL's Newest Book: Wordless Books: So Much to Say!

Gilda Martinez-Alba and Judith Cruzado-Guerrero, Editors

Wordless books help to develop oral language, listening, vocabulary, and more. This free activity uses the popular book The Snowman, by Raymond Briggs, to guide learners of any level in creating a snow creature and an original narrative using newly acquired vocabulary. The lesson plans in Wordless Books are aligned with the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and with the TESOL Pre-K-12 English Language Proficiency Standards.

Wordless Books: So Much to Say! New from TESOL Press. Enable your students to be successful regardless of their literacy level.

TESOL 2016 Convention & English Language Expo

Registration Now Open: Come to Baltimore and celebrate our 50th Anniversary with TESOL International Association!
TESOL Pre- and Postconvention Institutes: Full and half-day workshops available on topics like CALL, pronunciation, writing, CBI, and more!
NEW! TESOL Community College Day: A 1-day event for teachers and administrators of community college programs.
TESOL PreK–12 Day: A full day of interactive sessions for mainstream and ESL preK–12 teachers and administrators.

TESOL Introduces New Standards for Certificate Programs: Assess and align your short-term TEFL/TESL certificate program using TESOL's new set of standards.

TESOL Professional Development: Take advantage of all TESOL has to offer for your professional growth; sign up for one of these courses or events today!

TESOL Virtual Seminar: Using Formative Assessment in the Classroom to Monitor Student Learning Development (13 January)
TESOL Online Course: Foundations of Online Teaching (18 January–28 February)
TESOL Online Course: Grammar 1. Phrasal Structures: Spaces fill quickly–register today! (1–28 February)

Lesson Plan: Lessons on Acceptance and Forgiveness: A Tale of Two Americas (American Immigration Council)

Blog: The Reasons for the Seasons: Making Holiday Activities for ELLS (TESOL)

Toolkit: Improving Access to Postsecondary Education for Immigrant Students; Resources on State Campaigns for Tuition Equity, Scholarships, and Financial Aid (National Immigration Law Center)

Blog: Can We Really “Teach Peace”? (TESOL)

Fact Sheet (PDF): Information on the Rights of Unaccompanied Children to Enroll in School and Participate Meaningfully and Equally in Educational Programs (U.S. Departments of Education, Justice, and Health & Human Services)

Blog: Study Offers Snapshot of Global English-Language-Learner Trends (EdWeek)

Blog: ELL Programs Often Focus on Basic Skills, Not Higher-Order Thinking, Study Finds (EdWeek)

Video: For Young Newcomers, School Offers a Stepping Stone to Life in America (PBS)

Assistant Director, English Language Training Institute, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Middle School ESL Teacher, Opportunity Charter School, New York, New York, USA

ESL Instructor, Vinnell Arabia - Saudi Arabian National Guard Modernization Program, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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