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Offering Students Non-Overwhelming Authenticity – Part 2

Featured, Peer InsightsBy admin February 8, 2019

by Kaylene Powell In Part 1, I introduced the idea of using TEDEd video lessons to help ESL students build vocabulary, listening fluency, and critical thinking skills with inviting input. Today, I want to focus on another source of authentic input I like to use with my college-aged and adult students. While building my program…

Offering Students Non-Overwhelming Authenticity – Part 1

Featured, Peer InsightsBy admin January 25, 2019

by Kaylene Powell While building and revising curriculum for an updated ESL program at Bellevue University, I’ve faced this challenge: how do I design and run courses in a way that will help students improve their daily fluency and confidence while also preparing them with EAP knowledge/skills they will need in other university courses down…