Teachers know that students don’t like writing assignments, especially those with strict requirements and deadlines. To break up the monotony of those typical tasks, ask ESL students to write short ...

After almost five years teaching writing, English, ESL, and humanities courses to high school students and undergraduates, I have come to the conclusion that it is a serious mistake to ground ...

Teaching and learning good writing can be a challenge to educators and students alike. The topic is no stranger to this column—you can see many previous related posts at Writing Instruction.

Rather, they view English 110 as an important stage in their personal character arc. “I think very few students imagine they will discover anything about themselves in a first-year writing course,” ...

TESOL-Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages-is the acronym that refers to the professional association, the profession, and the field itself. Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia USA, ...

Jenny Vo earned her B.A. in English from Rice University and her M.Ed. in educational leadership from Lamar University. She has worked with English-learners during all of her 24 years in education ...

She said writing was not necessarily a skill that students picked up naturally. “By supporting all teachers – whether they are teaching ­English, science, or humanities – to feel confident ...

The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), a not-for-profit professional association of educators, is dedicated to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all ...

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Program Requirements (3 credits each) ESL 501* Approaches to Teaching Second Languages (prerequisite course) ESL 503* Second Language Assessment ...