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5 Steps to Keeping Your 2016 PD Resolutions

New Year resolutions are easier to make than keep; try these simple steps to help you keep your ELT resolutions in 2016.

Discovering the Host Culture Through The Ethno Project

by Patrick T. Randolph

Try the Ethno Project in your ESL class to get students out into their local communities and learning firsthand about their host culture.

Back to Basics: ELT Techniques for 2016

by Eleanor Henning

This article includes techniques, examples, and resources for helping English language teachers return to the basics of effective language instruction.

Quick Tip: 7 Ways to Get ELLs Talking

by Alma L. Contreras-Vanegas and Burcu Ates

Getting your ELLs to speak can be a difficult challenge to overcome; language students are often reluctant to speak due to a lack of confidence, among other fears. Provide a safe environment for your students and help lower their affective filter with these seven games and group activities, excellent for use with ELLs at all proficiency levels.

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

TESOL 2016 Convention & English Language Expo

Registration 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!

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 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)
TESOL Virtual Seminar: Connecting Wordless Books to Websites, Apps, & Other Texts to Create Enthusiasm! Register by 21 Feb. (24 February)
TESOL Online Course:Teaching Reading and Writing Online. Special TESOL Online Course for 2016 only! (18 April–15 May)
TESOL Online Course: Separating Difference From Disability (18 April–15 May 2016)

Download the Professional Development brochure (PDF) for 50 years of quality education from the experts you trust.

EFL Instructor, St. Mary College - Nunoike Gaigo Senmon Gakko/Culture Center, Nagoya, Japan

Senior Lecturer, ESOL (Nontenure Track), Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA

Advanced Assistant or Associate Professor (Tenure Line), University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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