Episode Summary There are certain truths about being an ELL teacher: When I ask teachers: if you could have a magic wand, what would you wish for you in your teaching situation, I get so many requests for a scope and sequence for newcomers and for a newcomer curriculum. So in today’s episode, I wanted…
Episode Summary Technology has increasingly become an integral part of teaching. Honestly, I cannot imagine teaching a lesson without it. Of course, I would if I needed to and I would have to adapt. It just makes things so much faster and easier. Pulling up an image to complement the topic. Checking the correct MLA…
Episode Summary In education, hard skills such as the academic knowledge of the subject and the know-how of teaching in general, the strategies, the methodology, the assessment are the focal point. But today, I wanted to talk about the soft skills that are much more difficult to define and quantify because they are less concrete,…
Episode Summary In episode 107, my guest Zach Camenker, and I explore the challenges and joys of teaching ELs in regular education classrooms. Zach, an English Language Arts teacher, shares his struggle with the repetition of the curriculum and his passion for reading instruction. The importance of adaptability, feedback, and collaboration in setting up a…
Episode Summary We talk a lot about instruction of English learners, how we can accommodate our lessons, how we can scaffold, and what to teach them in general. But today, I wanted to bring to light another aspect of working with English learners that is just as important for all teachers to know as the…
Welcome to episode 105 of The ESL Teaching Podcast. In this episode, I address three common misconceptions about teaching newcomers in regular classrooms and provide practical strategies to reframe them. I discuss the importance of understanding the language acquisition process, the role of subject area teachers in language instruction, and the need for differentiated strategies…