330: Writing Is Complex: The Hidden Skills St...

Picture this. It’s October, and you give your third, fourth, or fifth graders a simple writing prompt. You pick up the first paper and it’s one sentence long. Or it’s one very, very long sentence held together by “and then, and then, and then,” with a capital letter at the start ...  Show more

Writing instruction can feel overwhelming, especially when you’re trying to fit everything in and help students meet grade-level expectations. But what if some of the things we think we need to do to build strong writers are actually making writing instruction harder than it need ...  Show more

🎙️ Welcome to ESL Talk! 🎙️A podcast for English Teachers, by English Teachers. Join us for an enlightening discussion on the topic of "Internationalization at Home and in the Curriculum" with our guest, Alma, a distinguished university teacher from Mexico. Explore innovative ap ...  Show more

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Students’ home languages should be seen assets in the English language classroom – but all too often they are viewed as problematic and detrimental. In this episode, the writers of the British Council publication Using multilingual approaches:moving from theory to practice share ...  Show more