What is a morpheme?
Think of a morpheme as the tiniest possible thing you can make from language and still make sense. You can say “go” and it makes sense. You can’t make it any smaller, though. You can’t say ‘g’ or ‘o’ and…
Teaching Methods and Curriculum
Think of a morpheme as the tiniest possible thing you can make from language and still make sense. You can say “go” and it makes sense. You can’t make it any smaller, though. You can’t say ‘g’ or ‘o’ and…
Wondering what the difference is between rime vs. rhyme? The short answer is: Rimes are about spelling, but rhymes are about sounds. Just remember, The Cat in the Hat utilizes Rimes! In the story, the rimes are: cat and hat. The…
Let’s talk about the Communicative Language Approach to teaching ESL: see what I did there? 😉 I think Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) is one of the easiest ways to teach a foreign language. The goal of CLT is to increase the…
Phonological awareness, phonemic awareness vs phonics The terms phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, and phonics are distinct. In this post, I will explain their differences. First, I will break each own down in a way that is easy to understand. Then,…
Positive Praise in an Online Class There are many ways to praise students in an online class creatively! So, if you are relying on the same “great job” and thumbs up repeatedly, maybe it’s time to change things up with…
Are you looking for new phrases to use in your feedback for your ESL classes online because your feedback kind of stale? After a few years of doing this, it is easy to fall into the trap of reusing the…
Saying goodbye in the end of an online class can be so hard! It is the saddest time of our class (or the happiest if you had a tough student, perhaps!) and we want to leave on a positive note.…
How to use Scaffolding while Teaching ESL Online Scaffolding is an important teaching technique that ensures the student can meet lesson objectives. You can think of a building’s scaffolding as a metaphor. While building, scaffolding provides support until the building…
Scaffolding in Language Teaching Scaffolding, also known as “Vygotsky scaffolding“, is a common-sense approach to teaching that you likely already intuitively utilize while teaching your online classes. A teacher can utilize the scaffolding teaching method or an advanced student can…