Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Inc.

Adult Language Learners: Context and Innovation presents instructional practices that are particularly successful with adults. Adult language learners are goal oriented and direct their learning to fulfill particular needs or demands: to advance their studies, to progress up the career ladder, to follow business opport...unities, to pass a driving test, to assist their children with homework, or simply to be successful users of the language. They usually require immediate value and relevance from their studies, and they often learn best when they are engaged in developing their own learning objectives.Visualizza altro

Why France Is Pushing Its Students to Master English

France: The faces look a little nervous and the words are spoken a bit timidly —all rather normal for a group of French students learning to speak English. But the hesitant responses aren't coming in a classroom where foreign language instruction is another obligatory... grind in a long day of courses. Instead, these 18-to-25-year-olds are paying up to $6,000 annually to master a language they all took for six years in high school before earning their Baccalaureate degrees and entering the job market.Visualizza altro

In tune with English

Thailand: Enconcept E-Academy, established in 1994, is now considered a new "breed" of English cram school. It has a string of interesting and pragmatic methods to attract more and more students to learn English, whether it's vocabulary, grammar, or conversation. All students at this renowned tutori...al school learn English words through a vast series of English-and-Thai songs composed by their dedicated English tutors, who want to implement their unique teaching technique to help their pupils remember as many difficult words and idioms as possible in a more enjoyable, yet practical, way.


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Tri-Service Nursing Team Building Professional Language Skills in Djibouti

Djibouti: Three nurses from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, are kicking off a new academic year here by teaching over 130 college students advanced skills in English. The course, which the volunteer instructors are calling "Introduction to English with... a Focus on Medical Terminology," is being taught for the first time at the Institut Superieur des Sciences de la Sante over the next four months.


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Methods for Teaching Another Language Evolving

Kansas: Within the next 50 years, every single teacher in the country will have a student in the classroom whose native tongue is not English, said Cristina Fanning, the associate director for Kansas State’s Center for Intercultural and Multilingual Advocacy. To prepare for... that change, Fanning said teachers have to adapt to a style that means more group work, hands-on learning and visual aids.


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