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From the Archives: Marisa’s post on the “Power of Play”

By Tara Benwell

Friday, May 28th, 2010

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This #FF tribute goes to Marisa Constantinides for her blog post on the importance of play.

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Podcast: Importance of Community

By Tara Benwell

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

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This podcast offers a preview the the audio section of ESL-Library’s Discussion Starters lesson on Community. Student can download all of our podcasts for FREE on iTunes.

The 7 Habits of Being Funny

By Tara Benwell

Monday, May 24th, 2010

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You might already be a highly effective teacher, but if you want to be memorable, you need to do more than teach your students English. You need to keep them laughing.

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From the Archives: Aniya’s Post on the ABC’s of Online Teaching

By Tara Benwell

Friday, May 21st, 2010

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This week’s #FF tribute goes to Aniya, The English Teacher Online. We hope you enjoy this archived post.

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Podcast: Fashion Trends

By Tara Benwell

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

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This podcast is an audio preview of the Discussion Starters lesson on Fashion Trends in the ESL Library.

From the Archives: Clarissa’s Post on Mass Market Magazines

By Tara Benwell

Friday, May 14th, 2010

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This week we rescued a post from Talk to the Clouds. If your English learners are attracted to mass market magazines, check out this archived post.

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Podcast: Second-hand vs. New

By Tara Benwell

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

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This podcast provides an audio preview of ESL Library’s Discussion Starters lesson “Second Hand vs. New”.

7 Reasons Why English Learners Love Idioms

By Tara Benwell

Monday, May 10th, 2010

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Why ELL’s love idioms and where you can find more resources to keep your learners happy.

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From the Archives: Seven things you Probably don’t know about Nik Peachey

By Tara Benwell

Friday, May 7th, 2010

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Did you know that Nik Peachey used to teach guitar in a prison?

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Podcast: Body Piercing

By Tara Benwell

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

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This podcast provides an audio preview of the Discussion Starters lesson on Body Piercings.


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The Grass Is Always Greener… When You Paint It

Here is a fun way to introduce the English saying "The grass is always greener on the other side". This fun story is an interesting way to explore the differences between "literal" and "figurative" language.

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Parallel Structure and Paired Joining Terms

ESL-Library blog: May 16, 2013

Mistakes with parallel structure are all too easy to make. Refresh your memory on the rules for using parallel structure, and teach your students how to use the common expressions not only...but also, either...or, neither...nor, and both...and.

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