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A great impediment to clarity, as well as a source of poor advice to teachers that often results in deficient teaching, is the false dichotomy of “student-constructed learning as opposed to teacher-transmitted information.” An effective teacher gives students the tools to keep on learning and also empowers them by providing the knowledge, skills, and frequent practice which work together to give them the confidence and the ability to use what they learn.
Read MoreEven after more than thirty years of teaching English to international students, I sometimes have epiphanies about why students write poorly.
Read MoreThe million dollar question for ESL teachers is often "Should I really teach that English concept at this level?"
Read MoreOver many decades, in the history of both bilingual education and ESL, there have sometimes been very bad tradeoffs: good things that went bad, and bad things replaced by different bad things, with unintended consequences for students.
Read MoreESL Imprinted offers materials promoting ESL, with an emphasis on literacy as an aid to language acquisition.
