This blog is to keep my colleagues, parents, and anyone else who is involved in the education of ESL students informed. Thursday, July 19, 2012. It is mainly used in personal letters, diaries, comics, poetry, advertising, newspapers, magazines, and in some literature. Another fact I learned was that all varieties of Chinese are tonal. You may be saying what is tonal. Tonal means that each syllable can have a number of different meanings depending on the intonation with which it is pronou.

A Blog by Marty Seither for History, Geography, Government, all Social Studies, and ESL and Linguistics. ESL 2 FAQs and Legal Foundation. ESL 3 Language Learning Facts. ESL 4 Programs and Models. ESL 5 Teaching and Assessing. ESL 6 Helpful Links and News. ESL 9 Linguistics Sounds and Speech. Welcome to the Classroom Blog of Mr.

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Difficulties in using knowledge of word parts. Links to the WIDA and TESOL Standards. Making Content Comprehensible for ELLs. Over identification, Under identification, and Misidentification. Sample of a Modified Lesson. Supporting ESL Students in the Learning Language of Science. Word Recognition View and Sociosycholinguistic View.

Sunday, August 28, 2011. Give me your tired, your poor,. Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,. The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,. Advice on technology for parents and teachers. A History of ESL Instruction.