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The
"Language Rich" Schoolhouse
John De
Mado, Longman
Keystone Author
For students learning to read and for
students
learning English, the importance of
vocabulary to general comprehension cannot be overstated. The breadth
of a student's vocabulary is an important component of
understanding increasingly difficult texts.
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Two
Secrets for Using Online Software
John
Brezinsky, Higher
Education Marketing Manager
More and more ESL teachers are trying out
online software. There are plenty of tips to help make the process
easier for you and more pedagogically useful for your students. Here
are two secrets (from conversations with teachers all over ESL) that
will save you time and help your students learn.
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What
Is Student Persistence?
Oliva Fernandez, Marketing
Director,
Adult and Higher Education
The definition of student persistence is not
a
synonym for "retention." Retention speaks specifically to the time a
student is attending class. Once that student is no longer attending
class, he or she is traditionally defined as having "dropped out."
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How
to Improve Student Writing
John
Brezinsky, Higher
Education Marketing Manager
Writing teachers don’t want to
waste their time. They have a stack of papers to correct and they want
to give the kind of feedback that will improve student writing. Recent
research suggests that the best feedback is comprehensive, and recent
advances in technology make it easier for teachers to follow this
advice.
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Why
Aren't Your Students Using their Dictionaries?
Tania Saiz-Sousa, Marketing Manager
How many times have you asked your students to use a dictionary to
support classroom learning, only to be met with moans and groans? Maybe
the problem is not your students, it's your dictionary.
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Recent
Research in Teaching Grammar
John
Brezinsky, Higher
Education Marketing Manager
How important is grammatical knowledge? How
can we balance grammatical accuracy with communicative fluency? Can
grammar even be taught? These questions have been debated for as long
as language has been taught. Two recent articles provide new insight on
the role of grammar in language classrooms.
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