Our quest for engaging English learner families as our partners can be propelled by
providing students with multiple opportunities to demonstrate and
celebrate their learning and various cultural identities with families
and other stakeholders. This excerpt from The TESOL Zip Guide: Essentials for Engaging Families of English Learners shares a few ways to approach this endeavor through various events, as well as tips for hosting them successfully. Read More
TESOL Board Member Justin Shewell writes about his personal journey into TESOL International Association and shares how membership has impacted his life and career over the past two decades, from his undergraduate years at Brigham Young University–Hawaii to his recent time as an active member and leader in the association. Read More
TESOL Zip Guide: Essentials for Engaging Families of English Learners: This six-panel guide presents the six foundational elements for engaging, building, and sustaining lasting partnerships with families of English learners, along with valuable tips and activities for English language educators to start using right away.
TESOL Zip Guide: Advocating for English Learners: This six-panel guide presents the five fundamentals needed to advocate for English learners in the classroom and school, strategies and guidance for community advocacy, and much more.
Call for Submissions:TESOL Connections seeks feature articles (1,000–1,400 words) that are practical, highlight ELT trends, and/or contain useful, tested classroom practice tips or strategies.
Resources
Blog: Supporting Muslim Students During Ramadan: 4 Suggestions for Teachers to Consider (TESOL Blog)
Article: 14 Strategies for Teaching Intermediate English-Language Learners (Education Week)
Research-to-Practice Brief: Teaching the Whole Child: Instructional Practices That Integrate Equity-Centered Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning (American Institutes for Research)
Blog: Pragmatics, Fluency, and Present Tense (Cambridge University Press)
Article: "Finished, teacher!" What to Do With Fast Finishers in the Young Learner Classroom (British Council TeachingEnglish)
Article: 4 Ways to Decolonize Your English Classes (EFL Magazine)
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