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April 17, 2019

ESL: An Ecological Perspective

“With ever greater demand for ESOL classes and a high level of insistence from governments that migrants learn English for purposes of integration, the job of ESOL teachers goes way […]
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March 28, 2019

Brittany Ober: MA TESOL ’12

“As a faculty member at Columbia University’s American Language Program, I teach in an intensive English program that has integrated skills classes. I also teach academic writing at the School […]
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March 14, 2019

Don’t Forget to Mind Your Ps

As we all look forward to the amazing information to come from this year’s International TESOL Conference in Atlanta and the many other great conferences still ahead of us in […]
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February 15, 2019

Prioritizing Teacher Reflection

Reflecting on my teaching practice is like pursuing a healthy lifestyle—I know I should do it, but I could stand to do better. I’ve attended and been inspired by my […]
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January 20, 2019

You Look Marvelous!

If you think about it, how do you usually respond to compliments? Do you always say, “Why thank you, you are so kind” or, “That’s very sweet of you”? You […]
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December 20, 2018

Mark Forehand, MA TESOL ’09, Georgia, USA

“I started the program in 2007 and finished in 2009 as part of the first group of 15 students in the MA TESOL. During my time in the program I […]
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November 28, 2018

Rob Sheppard, MA TESOL ’14, Asia

Rob Sheppard Rob Sheppard finished the MA TESOL program in 2014. He now lives in Asia (the exact location varies frequently) “For the past year and a half I’ve been […]
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Nergis Gjinolli, MA TESOL ’18, Kosovo

  Nergis Gjinolli Nergis completed her MA TESOL degree in the summer of 2018. She chose to complete the program fully onsite in New York City,  and now lives in […]
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November 26, 2018

Because Native Speakers

The other day I had an exchange with a student that left me in a quandary of a sort that I didn’t really expect to still have over a decade […]
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November 2, 2018

Kill your wifi

Disaster With a full mug of instant coffee in my left hand, and a blue crate of bulky toys in my right, I kneed the classroom door open, flicked the […]
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