It has been a while since we ran the following methodology article by Marcia Ryskamp, who, at the time, was with St. Louis University, served a short time as the director of the ESL Program, but now works for a community college in North Carolina. Her favorite teaching tip would be to use realia in the classroom along with a Silent Way chart of Gattegno’s.

The second teaching tip is by Dr. Phyllis Mithen, who has been one of the original architects of the ESL Program at SLU, as well as the long-standing director and all-around facilitator of the program. Her method of teaching comparatives should prove very helpful to ESL educators of all ages and levels.

Please remember that we hope to receive such articles from any and all of you members out there. To a large extent, education is sharing—not only with our students, but also with each other. Those methods that seem to work well for us in our own classrooms might work miracles for a colleague.

Ayse G. Stromsdorfer, Ph.D.