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S2 34.0 Benefits of Professional Development
Find your professional development path with Brooke Leach Grable. She shares the importance of making and building connections to…
S2 33.0 Networking at Conferences
Attending workshops and plenaries are great, yet networking can shape your career. Professional conferences offer so many opportu…
S2 32.0 Professional Development Conferences
Ever feel overwhelmed by all of the choices at professional conferences? Learn tips for making the conference experience, whether…
S2 31.0 Professional Development 101
Learn how to take control of your professional development. Join Dr. Aileen Hale, Beth Trudell, and Dr. Peter Edwards for a discu…
S2 30.0 Service Learning and PBL
Discover the connections between Service-Learning (SL) and Project-Based Learning with Dr. Aileen Hale. She shares ways to take p…
S2 29 Task-Based Learning
Do you ever feel like the language you are learning isn't the language you need? This week Anesh Daya the founder of On the Spot …
S2 28.0 Leadership and Learning
Learn ways to engage your students in leading their project-based learning. Courtney Miles shares with listeners creative ideas f…
S2 27.0 Project-Based Learning 101
Project-based learning is an instructional approach that gives meaning to the languages our students are learning. Project-based …
S2 26 Rubrics - An Assessment Essential
Want to know a helpful strategy for making assessments fairer? Rubrics are the answer. Rubrics are tools used by both teachers an…
S2 25.0 Hexagonal Thinking: Putting the Pieces Together
Need an assessment that integrates language skills and requires students to think critically? Try hexagonal thinking. This strate…
S2 24.0 Beyond Exit Slips
Formative assessments can be easily integrated into your classroom teaching practice daily. In this discussion with Renuka Karuna…
S2 23.0 Assessment 101
Have questions about assessment for English Language Learners? This episode features experts in the field discussing what assessm…
S2 22.0 Minecraft: Great for ELLs
Have you heard of Minecraft? It is a great tool to teach vocabulary, verb tenses and use visuals to showcase sentence structures.…
S2 21.0 Review Games for Language Learners
Need new game ideas to keep learning interesting? Listen as Christian Kallio shares grammar, vocabulary, and reading review games…
S2 20.0 Tips for Using Improv Games
Join us to learn how Improv Games can engage students while creating a safe space for practicing their language skills. Build stu…
S2 19.0 Review Activities that Work!
Learn about review games such as syllabus search, vocabulary wheel, relay race, and more! These are all great in-class and onlin…
S2 18.0 Low & No Prep Online Games with Wordwall
Have you ever heard of Wordwall? Wordwall.net is a low-tech way to create your perfect teaching resource and bring engaging games…
S2 17.0 Technology Guaranteed to Increase Engagement and Participatio…
While getting English Language Learners to participate in classroom activities is often easier said than done, some time-tested m…
S2 16.0 Engaging Benefits of Cellphones for EL Teachers with Hansley …
In a world shaped by digital trends, cellphones are great teaching tools for English language learners (ELLs) who have limited te…
S2 15 Broadening Horizons with Technology in Teaching Language and Cu…
Originally from China, a young linguistic entrepreneur and PhD candidate, Yuchen Lui shares her knowledge of creating a new App t…
S2 14.0 Presentation Tips and Technology with Alia Attia
An entrepreneurial English Assistant from Egypt, Alia Attia shares her expertise on presenting with technology, integrating Slide…
S2 13.0 Building Vocabulary to Increase Reading Comprehension with Br…
Join us to hear Dr. Brenda Custodio's tips on building students' vocabulary to increase their reading. In this episode you'll lea…
S2 12 Creating a LOVE for Reading with Makaela Anderson
Makaela Anderson, a Senior Research Associate for Research Surveys and an adjunct professor for UCSD's EL Institute, shares her e…
S2 11 Using Drama and Role Play to Enhance Reading with Natasha Agraw…
Natasha Agrawal gained her own confidence in reading and speaking through drama, as a child in India. As a teacher of English lan…