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CASLT ESL Monthly Newsletter – April 2012 Edition

  The CASLT ESL and Modern Languages Monthly Newsletter for April 2012 is now available at the following address: http://www.caslt.org/newsletter/caslt_esl.htm The CASLT ESL Monthly Newsletter provides news and tips to English as a Second Language (ESL) educators and is a free publication More…

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Réflexions: February 2012 Edition!

The February 2012 edition of Réflexions, the professional journal of the Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers, is now online and freely accessible at http://caslt.org/pdf/eng/Reflexions/reflexions-fevrier-2012.pdf .  Below is a screen shot of the table of contents:  

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Voice Over Sites to Improve Listening Skills

There are a number of voice over agencies – businesses recruiting artists who lend their voices for commercials, animations, documentaries, audio books, and so on – that provide demos of voices online. These can be valuable sources of authentic material More…

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Using Pinterest to Share ESL Resources and Ideas

“Pinterest is a pinboard-styled social photo sharing website. The service allows users to create and manage theme-based image collections. The site’s mission statement is to “connect everyone in the world through the ‘things’ they find interesting.” (Wikipedia) Several ESL teachers More…

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SHARE, TESL Canada’s e Magazine for ESL Teachers

The latest issue of SHARE is on the TESL Canada website at: http://bit.ly/zrhZTM “This annual publication focuses on practical teaching ideas for the ESL classroom, classroom technology, reviews of ESL teaching and learning resources and opportunities across Canada for professional development. More…

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CMEC’S Survey on the Explore Pogram

The Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC), which administers the Explore Program is conducting a survey intended for English as a second language or French as a second language teachers whose students have participated in the Exploreprogram within the last six More…

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CCERBAL Conference

This year the theme for the CCERBAL Conference is Innovative Practices in Computer Assisted Language Learning. Be sure to join us April 26 & 27, and take part in our presentations and debates by guest speakers. Plenary session speakers will be: Carol A. Chapelle, Iowa More…

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Réflexions Journal – Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers

Réflexions is the journal of the Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers. The latest edition of this Journal (October 2011) is available in PDF format and can be downloaded from www.caslt.org at http://caslt.org/pdf/reflexions-october-2011.pdf. Featured articles in this issue include the following: More…

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ESL and FSL Resources on Twitter

Looking for good online resources for your classes?  Here are few tweets gleaned from Twitter in recent weeks that link to some excellent resources for ESL and FSL: FSL and ESL Bilingual kids gain benefits in literacy skills – CBC More…

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For Valentine’s Day

Here are a few Web sites on Valentine’s Day with lesson plans, worksheets: Valentine’s Day Worksheets – Word scramble, crosswords, word search, riddles, and cards for Valentine’s Day. ESL Lessons and Exercises for Friendship, Dating and Relationships, Love & Marriage English More…

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