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Education articles about "how kids learn" "how adults learn" study tips, teaching tips, teaching resourcesESL in Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10702714354762980393noreply@blogger.comBlogger190125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047992604954206242.post-88310328849604991492023-08-10T16:34:00.006-04:002023-08-10T16:39:39.444-04:00A Short History of Failing English Grammar Instruction
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Grammar has long been regarded as the result of centuries of logical improvements in the systematic organization of language. Grammar has been held up as one of the defining criteria elevating mankind above mere animals.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Begun by well meaning researchers looking to improve mankind, Prescriptive Grammar and the rote drills to perfection became a practice to be ridiculed, ignored and then discarded. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the 1920s and 1930s, two great promoters of the descriptive linguistics tradition, Edward Sapir and Leonard Bloomfield, both wrote influential books that elevated the primacy of speech
over writing and the importance of a descriptive approach to language study.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The publication of Syntactic Structures in 1957 by Noam Chomsky of MIT began a revolution in linguistics. This began the on-going widespread belief that language acquisition is considered
an autonomic process dependent upon unconscious interactions between an innate, internal language acquisition device and the quality of the raw input material of the child's linguistic environment. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Chomsky's "Naturalist Theory" core premise was that in order for children to be able to learn a spoken language with such rapidity and thoroughness, children must be born with large portions of the universal grammar of
language already hardwired into their head.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">By the 1980's these Naturalist theories and subsequent transformational-generative grammar additions gained momentum and pushed regulators, education faculties, teacher trainers, educators and textbook editors to
eliminate traditional grammar instruction. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is unfortunate that Chomsky was only right about initial language acquisition.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Babies are born with an excess of neural connections, many of which are lost through lack of use over time. Beginning at about the age of nine or ten and continuing until kids are around the age of fourteen, the internal
mechanisms for intuiting syntactic, phonological, and morphological structures start breaking down.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Education theory promoters need to stop preaching the half-truth that grammar develops naturally through simple exposure to language. They need to admit that the internal language-learning mechanism is imperfect and
that this ability degrades as students age. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is interesting to note that some USA states have used 1930's Grade 6 English tests as a benchmark to show that most of the 1990's and 21st century first year college students could not even pass. Historical
comparisons have revealed that education tests and standards have been deliberately reduced to disguise the failures of the "Modern public English education curriculum".</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The second challenge is the elementary school students who had not formally learned English grammar are now teaching English. Many of these "modern English teachers" have never been exposed to the traditional grammar books of the 1940s and '50s, so when questioned cannot explain many of the rudimentary grammatical forms. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">These facts should provide language program designers with clear road maps. Program designers have to recognize that they have a window of opportunity in which to expose students to syntactically rich language.
Educators should prioritize technical grammar learning early and often.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Teachers must recognize that older students will not learn grammar simply by reading and writing. Teachers must correct grammatical errors that students have acquired during their early years.
For older students language learning is not autonomous. Grammar structures and mechanics have to be explicitly taught. </span></p>
ESL in Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10702714354762980393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047992604954206242.post-18012625762398252742023-07-12T22:56:00.002-04:002023-07-12T22:56:44.472-04:00Using BING AI Chat to search for ESL Teaching Resources<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdh4OcOFKFtngCR8iyA6C6DGh1dT8fJXMJoNMggABwiCEZOFaT9fy8xZfQ367yDpbrcAu1w8UllTpDMv_WXfJfBxXwjEgaDiv-gRzc8j6fhOorgCPdNhsrf6gu8eL7-l9nmjlTj8xUNOGKLh2WO8cC0WOGscg8PhVG6umTj2OZLrSuYI19N63iutvsHxo/s1031/teach4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1031" data-original-width="998" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdh4OcOFKFtngCR8iyA6C6DGh1dT8fJXMJoNMggABwiCEZOFaT9fy8xZfQ367yDpbrcAu1w8UllTpDMv_WXfJfBxXwjEgaDiv-gRzc8j6fhOorgCPdNhsrf6gu8eL7-l9nmjlTj8xUNOGKLh2WO8cC0WOGscg8PhVG6umTj2OZLrSuYI19N63iutvsHxo/s320/teach4.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-corpus-language-1689806" rel="nofollow" style="color: #33aaff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Definition and Examples of Corpora in Linguistics</a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">By Richard Nordquist Updated on February 12, 2020</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">In linguistics, a corpus is a collection of linguistic data (usually contained in a computer database) used for research, scholarship, and teaching. Also called a text corpus. Plural: corpora.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">The first systematically organized computer corpus was the Brown University Standard Corpus of Present-Day American English (commonly known as the Brown Corpus), compiled in the 1960s by linguists Henry Kučera and W. Nelson Francis.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Notable English language corpora include the following:</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">The American National Corpus (ANC)</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">British National Corpus (BNC)</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">The Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA)</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">The International Corpus of English (ICE)</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Advantages of Corpus Linguistics</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">"In 1992 [Jan Svartvik] presented the advantages of corpus linguistics in a preface to an influential collection of papers. His arguments are given here in abbreviated form:</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">- Corpus data are more objective than data based on introspection.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">- Corpus data can easily be verified by other researchers and researchers can share the same data instead of always compiling their own.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">- Corpus data are needed for studies of variation between dialects, registers and styles.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">- Corpus data provide the frequency of occurrence of linguistic items.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">- Corpus data do not only provide illustrative examples, but are a theoretical resource.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">- Corpus data give essential information for a number of applied areas, like language teaching and language technology (machine translation, speech synthesis etc.).</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">- Corpora provide the possibility of total accountability of linguistic features--the analyst should account for everything in the data, not just selected features.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">- Computerised corpora give researchers all over the world access to the data.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">- Corpus data are ideal for non-native speakers of the language.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Additional Applications of Corpus-Based Research</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">The following practical applications may be mentioned.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Lexicography - Corpus-derived frequency lists and, more especially, concordances are establishing themselves as basic tools for the lexicographer. . . .</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Language Teaching - The use of concordances as language-learning tools is currently a major interest </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">in computer-assisted language learning (CALL)</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">(Hans Lindquist, Corpus Linguistics and the Description of English. Edinburgh University Press, 2009)</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Nordquist, Richard. "Definition and Examples of Corpora in Linguistics." ThoughtCo, Aug. 26, 2020, thoughtco.com/what-is-corpus-language-1689806.</p>ESL in Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10702714354762980393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047992604954206242.post-35394440257922671012023-07-03T16:03:00.000-04:002023-07-03T16:03:43.229-04:00 Education is Freedom<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I do not want my students thinking that knowledge is hidden or only passed on to a chosen few.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I do not want to produce co-dependent or charismatic personality followers out of my students.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I do not want my students running after me for years and years begging for "interpretations" or "patterns we use".</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I share how to use skills, tools and methods.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I share what I know and where to find more.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I share how to apply, modify and invent.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yes I teach logic, coping skills, reasoning, how to verify truth and detect manipulation.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Students learn how to use multiple reference sources to gain more accurate knowledge.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Students learn how context, situations, history, environment, audience and politics change perceptions.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Students learn to communicate with the core organization of language using grammar and vocabulary.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Students learn how to test, modify and improve their inputs, outputs and communications.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My students become confident then independent and go out on their own.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The ability to learn whatever you want, without chains holding you back is exhilarating.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Education is freedom</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">***************</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Teach English Blog URL</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">http://teachenglishblog.blogspot.com/</span></p><p><br /></p><div><br /></div>ESL in Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10702714354762980393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047992604954206242.post-49657799250617981712023-06-09T11:00:00.001-04:002023-06-09T11:00:17.525-04:00Agency Services for Teachers<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <span style="background-color: white; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="1091" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir_0IrcO6P9yEQsfmf6Wud6fk6VKzG6hnUaM0F_eXNDYe8VaweyQ25f7_qrPHPsWKNGNKzKZrwrI3BMfKUSvSCIntp6mlHepBL86gKU5lmh3lQohuPUWBOreYoBsEtKxYRpYOGO_8fMxdGSk4uLSkGL5tU9Bp8Y4mE-G5kFIAW4XMBDh4AewFQZM1t/w550-h412/teach%20lit%20links.jpg" width="550" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The ESL in Canada Directory "<span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 10px;">English Literature Web Resources" have been moved to here: <a href="https://teachenglishblog.blogspot.com/p/english-literature-web-resources.html">https://teachenglishblog.blogspot.com/p/english-literature-web-resources.html</a></span><br /></span><p></p><div><p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 10px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />English Literature Web Resources from Aurthur to Yeats are available. This is a partial list of internet teaching resources, sites, societies, ezines, forums, books, journals, videos, tapes, cds for English literature teachers to improve English literature study.</span></p><div class="margin3" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, serif; margin: 10px 20px;"><ul style="list-style-image: url("images/mapleleaf.png"); margin: 0px; padding: 10px 20px;"><li><a href="http://www.arthuriana.org/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Arthuriana - The Journal of Aurturian Studies</a></li><li><a href="http://www.robertburnsfederation.com/newsletter/auld_lang_syne_newsletter.htm" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Auld Lang Syne - The Robert Burns World Federation Newsletter</a></li><li><a href="https://jasna.org/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">The Jane Austen Society of North America</a></li><li><a href="http://www.janeaustensociety.org.uk/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">The Jane Austen Society & Jane Austen House Museum (UK)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.saulbellow.org/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Link to the Saul Bellow Society and Journal</a></li><li><a href="http://www.blakearchive.org/blake/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">WELCOME to the William Blake Archive</a></li><li><a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/421" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">The Byron Journal is published twice annually for The Byron Society.</a></li><li><a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/43650" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">The Chaucer Review publishes studies of Chaucer's poetry</a></li><li><a href="http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Chaucer%20Society%2C%20London%22" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Link to the Chaucer Society Archives</a></li><li><a href="http://www.josephconradsociety.org/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">The Conradian - Journal of the Joseph Conrad Society</a></li><li><a href="http://ttupress.org/journals/Conradiana" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Conradiana - A Journal of Joseph Conrad Studies</a></li><li><a href="http://www.wilkie-collins.info/wilkie_collins_society.php" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">The Wilkie Collins Society Journal</a></li><li><a href="https://dickens.ucsc.edu/resources/dsa/index.html" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Dickens Studies Annual - Essays on Victorian Fiction</a></li><li><a href="http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/emily_dickinson_journal/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">The Emily Dickenson Journal - Sponsored by the Emily Dickinson International Society</a></li><li><a href="http://johndonnesociety.org/journal.html" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">John Donne Journal - Studies in the Age of Donne</a></li><li><a href="https://www.dreisersociety.org/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Dreiser Studies - The International Theodore Dreiser Society was formed in 1991</a></li><li><a href="http://www.jstor.org/pss/459882" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">George Eliot-George Henry Lewes Studies</a></li><li><a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/735" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">The Faulkner Journal</a></li><li><a href="https://margaretfullersociety.org/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">The Margaret Fuller Society Newsletter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.jstor.org/journal/gasksocij" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">The Gaskell Society Journal</a></li><li><a href="http://www.robertgraves.org/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Gravesiana - The Robert Graves Society Journal</a></li><li><a href="https://www.psupress.org/Journals/jnls_NHR.html" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Nathaniel Hawthorne Review</a></li><li><a href="http://www.hemingwaysociety.org/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">The Hemingway Society Review</a></li><li><a href="https://www.thehopkinsquarterly.org/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">The Hopkins Quarterly Online</a></li><li><a href="http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/henry_james_review/index.php" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">The Henry James Review</a></li><li><a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/article/533562/pdf" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Jeffers Studies</a></li><li><a href="https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/bucknell/the-age-of-johnson/9781684483013" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">The Age of Johnson: A Scholarly Annual</a></li><li><a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/101" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Joyce Studies Annual</a></li><li><a href="http://www.keats-shelley.co.uk/publications.php" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Keats-Shelley Memorial Association</a></li><li><a href="https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">The Kipling Journal</a></li><li><a href="http://dhlawrencereview.org/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">The D. H. Lawrence Review</a></li><li><a href="https://english.illinoisstate.edu/sinclairlewis/the_newsletter/newsletter.shtml" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Sinclair Lewis Society Newsletter</a></li><li><a href="http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/milton_quarterly/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Milton Quarterly - devoted exclusively to the life and writings of John Milton.</a></li><li><a href="https://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~creamer/review.html" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">The MILTON REVIEW is a home for juried reviews</a></li><li><a href="https://williammorrissociety.org/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">New William Morris Society UK</a></li><li><a href="http://www.peakestudies.com/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Peake STUDIES - the periodical dedicated to the life and work of Mervyn Peake.</a></li><li><a href="http://www2.lv.psu.edu/PSA" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">The Poe Studies Association provides a forum for the scholarly and informal exchange of information on Edgar Allan Poe, his life, and works.</a></li><li><a href="http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_seriesview.cgi?series=REIN" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Reinardus - Yearbook of the International Reynard Society</a></li><li><a href="http://www.shakespearesociety.org/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Skakespeare Society</a></li><li><a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/180" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">SHAW - The Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies</a></li><li><a href="https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/spenseronline/spenser-studies/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Spenser Studies (A Renaissance Poetry Annual)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.walden.org/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Welcome to Walden Woods and the Thoreau Institute.</a></li><li><a href="http://www.oscholars.com/" style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">The Oscholars - Oscar Wilde</a></li><li><a href="https://journals.scholarsportal.info/browse/19350244" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">William Carlos Williams Review</a></li><li><a href="https://journals.indexcopernicus.com/search/details?id=4935" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">The Virginia Woolf Bulletin</a></li><li><a href="https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/twc/current" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">The Wordsworth Circle</a></li><li><a href="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=yeatsannual" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Yeats Annual</a></li></ul><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>ESL in Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10702714354762980393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047992604954206242.post-69083407141404878982022-06-04T12:02:00.029-04:002023-05-29T22:12:30.120-04:00ESL English Teacher Web Resources<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVs6O9KZLjwX_Yzq-Z5MpA0cJFy_xwtoALqXqa8_PfzsoLg2m2Np6z4tj3xxAD0oV39NpAho0UeZGM4smUFbR-kiraWWtF48z_wfZxsuqvr9ddKAWZi1_k9hAixlCUysvO5qUKQFzVACVq0JQitarpYvqv8h9ggr34rGsTrBbsl7W90-JFGtkVXobv/s2248/teacher%20resources.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2007" data-original-width="2248" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVs6O9KZLjwX_Yzq-Z5MpA0cJFy_xwtoALqXqa8_PfzsoLg2m2Np6z4tj3xxAD0oV39NpAho0UeZGM4smUFbR-kiraWWtF48z_wfZxsuqvr9ddKAWZi1_k9hAixlCUysvO5qUKQFzVACVq0JQitarpYvqv8h9ggr34rGsTrBbsl7W90-JFGtkVXobv/s320/teacher%20resources.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">The original post "ESL English Teacher Web Resources" in the ESL in Canada Directory has been moved to: <a href="http://teachenglishblog.blogspot.com/p/esl-teacher-resources.html">http://teachenglishblog.blogspot.com/p/esl-teacher-resources.html</a></span></span></h2><p></p><p style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 10px;">The National Archives of Canada and the National Library of Canada were drawn together by the Library and Archives of Canada Act to create a new knowledge institution for Canadians: <span class="bold" style="font-weight: bold;">Library and Archives Canada</span>.<br /><a href="https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Pages/home.aspx" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Link to Canada's Digital Collections</a></p><p style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 10px;"><span class="bold" style="font-weight: bold;">The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency</span>, represents writers, publishers and other creators for the administration of copyright in all provinces except Quebec. The purpose of the collective is to provide easy access to copyright material by negotiating comprehensive licences with user groups, such as schools, colleges, universities, governments, corporations, etc. permitting reproduction rights, such as photocopy rights, for the works in its repertoire.<br /><a href="http://www.accesscopyright.ca/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Link to Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency</a></p><p style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 10px;"><span class="bold" style="font-weight: bold;">The Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks</span> supports the use of national standards in English and French for describing, measuring and recognizing second language proficiency of adult immigrants and prospective immigrants for living and working in Canada.<br /><a href="http://www.language.ca/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Link to the Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 10px;"><span class="bold" style="font-weight: bold;">CIC Canada Immigration Centre</span> screens and approves for admission, and issues visas to immigrants, foreign students, visitors and temporary workers who help Canada's social and economic growth.<br /><a href="http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/index.asp" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Link to the Canada Immigration Centre</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 10px;"><span class="bold" style="font-weight: bold;">The Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers</span> Offers direct support to second language teachers - Provides a professional networking community to second language educators - Presents a pan-Canadian view of second language education issues.<br /><a href="http://www.caslt.org/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Link to the Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 10px;"><span class="bold" style="font-weight: bold;">The ESL in Canada Directory</span> lists ESL English as a second language schools, programs, classes and resources for new Canadians, visitors, international students to learn or study ESL in Canada.<br /><a href="http://www.eslincanada.blogspot.com" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Link to the ESL in Canada Blog</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 10px;"><span class="bold" style="font-weight: bold;">The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada</span> is the voice of Canada's universities. The AUCC represents 95 Canadian public and private not-for-profit universities and university-degree level colleges.<br /><a href="http://www.aucc.ca/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Link to the AUCC homepage</a><br /><br />The full text of <span class="bold" style="font-weight: bold;">The Canadian Encyclopedia</span> and its related resources has been made available online by the Historica Foundation as a public service since 1999.<br /><a href="https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Link to the Canadian Encyclopedia homepage</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 10px;"><span class="bold" style="font-weight: bold;">The British Council with content and editorial support from the British Broadcasting Corporation both organisations receive funding from the UK government for their work in promoting English, supporting English language teaching (ELT) and providing information and access to ELT products, services and expertise from the UK. All teaching material on the site is free to access.<br /><a href="https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/resources/primary" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">practical resources to use in your primary classroom</a><br /><a href="https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/resources/secondary" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">practical resources to use in your secondary classroom</a><br /><a href="https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/resources/adults" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">practical resources to use in your adult and business classroom</a></span></p><p style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 10px;"><span class="bold" style="font-weight: bold;">OneLook Dictionaries</span> is a compliation of 19,317,398 words in 1063 dictionaries.<br /><a href="http://onelook.com/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Link to the OneLook online Dictionary</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 10px;"><span class="bold" style="font-weight: bold;">Dictionary.com</span> provides free online access to millions of English definitions, synonyms, spelling, audio pronunciations, example sentences, and translations.<br /><a href="http://dictionary.com/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Link to the Dictionary.com online Dictionary</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 10px;"><span class="bold" style="font-weight: bold;">Thesaurus.com</span> lists antonyms and synonyms<br /><a href="http://www.thesaurus.com/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Link to the Thesaurus.com online reference</a><br /><br />For more than 170 years, in print and now online the <span class="bold" style="font-weight: bold;">Merriam Webster Dictionary</span> has been an American provider of American-English language information.<br /><a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Link to the Merriam Webster online Dictionary</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 10px;">The <span class="bold" style="font-weight: bold;">Visual Dictionary</span> is a completely free, online picture dictionary designed especially for ESL students and beginning English,<br /><a href="http://www.visualdictionaryonline.com/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Link to the visual dictionary</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 10px;"><span class="bold" style="font-weight: bold;">The Guide to Grammar and Writing</span> is sponsored by the Capital Community College Foundation, a nonprofit 501 c-3 organization that supports scholarships, faculty development, and curriculum innovation.<br /><a href="http://guidetogrammar.org/grammar/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Link to the CCC Guide to Grammar and Writing</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 10px;">Since 1956 the <span class="bold" style="font-weight: bold;">International Reading Association</span> has been a nonprofit, global network of individuals and institutions committed to worldwide literacy. More than 70,000 members strong, the Association supports literacy professionals through a wide range of resources, advocacy efforts, volunteerism, and professional development activities.<br /><a href="https://www.literacyworldwide.org/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Link to the International Reading Association Home</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 10px;">Language and music are tied together in brain processing by pitch, rhythm and by symmetrical phrasing. Music can help familiarize students with connections and provides a fun way to acquire English." From <span class="bold" style="font-weight: bold;">Music and Language Learning</span> by Bob Lake<br /><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ALsQ3LkAAAAJ&hl=en" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Enhancing English acquisition through music</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 10px;">See Lexical similarities with <span class="bold" style="font-weight: bold;">Ethnologue: Languages of the World</span> - An encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world's 6,909 known living languages.<br /><a href="http://www.ethnologue.com//web.asp" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Link to Ethnologue an encyclopedic reference</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 10px;">Includes <span class="bold" style="font-weight: bold;">TPR</span> research articles and materials. TPR is based on the premise that the human brain has a biological program for acquiring any natural language on earth.<br /><a href="https://tpr-world.com/what/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Link to TPR World</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 10px;"><span class="bold" style="font-weight: bold;">The Educator's Reference Desk</span> provides high-quality resources and services to the education community. From the Information Institute of Syracuse, the people who created AskERIC, the Gateway to Educational Materials, and the Virtual Reference Desk, the Educator's Reference Desk brings 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information.<br /><a href="http://www.curee.co.uk/useful-links/educators-reference-desk-formerly-askeric" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Link to The Educator's Reference Desk</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 10px;"><span class="bold" style="font-weight: bold;">Online Directory of ESL Resources</span> by the The National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition and Language Instruction Educational Programs (NCELA) and the ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, with funding from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for LEP Students (OELA), and Institute of Education Sciences (IES), have created this online directory of ESL resources.<br /><a href="http://www.cal.org/jsp/ESL/esllist.jsp#searchResults" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Link to Online Directory of ESL Resources</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 10px;"><span class="bold" style="font-weight: bold;">TESL Articles 1995 to 2010</span> - The Internet TESL Journal's TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links of Interest to Teachers and Students of English as a Second Language<br /><a href="http://iteslj.org/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Link to TESL Articles on Reading</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 10px;">The <span class="bold" style="font-weight: bold;">SentenceMaster English Grammar Writing Games</span> provide a fun practical hands-on learning experience that will help students improve their English writing, practice their English grammar, vocabulary and language comprehension.<br /><a href="http://www.sentencemaster.blogspot.com" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Link to SentenceMaster blog</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 10px;"><span class="bold" style="font-weight: bold;">FLTEACH Archives</span><br /><a href="http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Link to Archives - FLTEACH - The Foreign Language Teaching Forum</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 10px;"><span class="bold" style="font-weight: bold;">DIALANG</span> is a major European Commission funded project aimed at providing effective diagnosis of language competence in 14 EU languages. It uses online tests, including placement and self- assessment tests, as key tools in this process.<br /><a href="http://www.dialang.org/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Link to Dialang server at Lancaster University</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 10px;"><span class="bold" style="font-weight: bold;">The British Council Website</span> includes links to news, learning English, teaching English, kids learning, and links to education resources.<br /><a href="http://www.britishcouncil.org/new/" style="color: #6091b9; text-decoration-line: none;">Link to the home page for the British council</a></p>ESL in Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10702714354762980393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047992604954206242.post-72035086551361557222022-05-07T10:44:00.007-04:002023-05-29T22:15:38.471-04:00Ontario Teachers College Shares Concerns Regarding Bill 88<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <span style="color: #1b2a5b;">On March 29, Interim Registrar & CEO Chantal Bélisle, OCT and Membership Analyst Nancy Tran addressed the provincial government’s Standing Committee on Social Policy to share concerns regarding proposed amendments to the</span><span style="color: #1b2a5b;"> </span><em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #1b2a5b;">Fair Access to Regulated Professions and Compulsory Trades Act (FARPACTA)</em><span style="color: #1b2a5b;">.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #1b2a5b;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The proposed changes would “establish tight and unyielding timelines in which regulators must respond to domestic labour mobility applicants for certification in Ontario.”</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #1b2a5b;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">While the College supports expediency in licensing Canadian certified professionals moving to Ontario for work, we must also ensure that the process:</span></p><ul style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #1b2a5b; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">remains fair and equitable for all applicants,</span></li><li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">does not negatively impact employment opportunities for labour mobility applicants from other Canadian jurisdictions,</span></li><li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">provides flexibility for the College to handle emergency situations,</span></li><li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">is consistent and implemented smoothly, and, most importantly,</span></li><li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">continues to protect one of Ontario’s most vulnerable populations – the more than two million students attending elementary or secondary school in the province.</span></li></ul><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #1b2a5b;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.oct.ca/-/media/PDF/Written%20Submission%20to%20the%20Standing%20Committee%20on%20Social%20Policy_EN.pdf" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #0e4c90; transition: none 0s ease 0s;">See the Ontario Teachers College’s written submission here</a>.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #1b2a5b;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; letter-spacing: 0.02rem;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Ontario College of Teachers</b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; max-width: 48rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Ontario College of Teachers, governs and enforces the standards of practice for the teaching profession.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; max-width: 48rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The College:</span></p><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; margin: -0.75rem 0px 1.5rem 3rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 48rem; padding: 0px 0px 0.75rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">issues teaching certificates / licenses teachers</span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 48rem; padding: 0px 0px 0.75rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">sets and enforces the standards of practice and conduct for teachers</span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 48rem; padding: 0px 0px 0.75rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">provides for the ongoing education of teachers</span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 48rem; padding: 0px 0px 0.75rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">investigates and hears complaints against teachers</span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 48rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">accredits teacher education programs and additional qualifications programs</span></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; max-width: 48rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Teachers in publicly funded schools must be members in good standing with the College. Many private schools also require their teachers to be College members.</p>ESL in Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10702714354762980393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047992604954206242.post-75628600899482322972020-09-29T11:10:00.000-04:002022-05-07T09:33:45.411-04:00Shortage of Ontario Certified Teachers During Pandemic<p> </p><p><br /></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; text-align: center; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: inherit; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt; margin: 0px;"><div style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://e.oeeo.oct.ca/trk/click?ref%3Dzrrf9c56w_2-e83x311adx057288%26&source=gmail&ust=1601478010828000&usg=AFQjCNHf5w-HwqRV7eQgfZGiOySs54nDpA" href="http://e.oeeo.oct.ca/trk/click?ref=zrrf9c56w_2-e83x311adx057288&" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Ontario College of Teachers" class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhLfGcrJk_cs0BNR_0ZK74q292vMZtdMSraAToqsSz6sxsvLiEGxyfFnbdlRJLEZ-yPBVBpqI59JSIoVyWVB-I7z7JX7M3ai0BGJwAqb3trdY0yJSFqkHQdurfhVdIQEXghVtHFWzXq-2wjCIrLElexh3oiZTdr9FOoo3G_A3uS=s0-d-e1-ft" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; width: 240px;" width="240" /></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt; min-width: 100%; text-align: center; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="font-size: 0pt; height: 20px; line-height: 0pt; margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; width: 576px;" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; text-align: center; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt; margin: 0px; text-align: left; width: 17px;" width="17"></td><td style="margin: 0px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt; min-width: 100%; text-align: center; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="font-size: 0pt; height: 20px; line-height: 0pt; margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; width: 542px;" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color: #044086; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, GT; font-size: 24px; line-height: 28px; text-align: left;">Shortage of Ontario Certified Teachers During Pandemic</div><div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt; min-width: 100%; text-align: center; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="font-size: 0pt; height: 15px; line-height: 0pt; margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; width: 542px;" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: inherit; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="color: #231f20; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, GT; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px;">Hello,<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt; min-width: 100%; text-align: center; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0pt; height: 7px; line-height: 0pt; margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; width: 542px;" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table>We sincerely hope that you and your loved ones are safe and well during these challenging times.<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt; min-width: 100%; text-align: center; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0pt; height: 7px; line-height: 0pt; margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; width: 542px;" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table>As you know, students and teachers throughout the province are returning to learning environments that look and feel far different from previous years. Schools are implementing health and safety measures to keep students, staff and communities safe. At the same time, teachers are moving ahead to provide high-quality education for every student in Ontario building on high standards of practice and the expertise they bring.<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt; min-width: 100%; text-align: center; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0pt; height: 7px; line-height: 0pt; margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; width: 542px;" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table>Ontario is currently experiencing a shortage of certified teachers, which has been magnified by smaller class sizes during the pandemic to improve physical distancing and reduce the risks of spreading the COVID-19 virus.<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt; min-width: 100%; text-align: center; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0pt; height: 7px; line-height: 0pt; margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; width: 542px;" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table><strong>In short, you are needed.</strong> Your significant and specialized knowledge and skills are needed.<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt; min-width: 100%; text-align: center; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0pt; height: 7px; line-height: 0pt; margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; width: 542px;" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table>Our records indicate that you are either suspended for non-payment of fees or retired.<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt; min-width: 100%; text-align: center; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0pt; height: 7px; line-height: 0pt; margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; width: 542px;" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table>We highly encourage you to pursue these new employment opportunities within your local school board or private school. You also may want to consult with your pension provider.<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt; min-width: 100%; text-align: center; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0pt; height: 7px; line-height: 0pt; margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; width: 542px;" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table>School boards in Ontario often recruit teachers through the following sites:<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt; min-width: 100%; text-align: center; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0pt; height: 7px; line-height: 0pt; margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; width: 542px;" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table>• <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://e.oeeo.oct.ca/trk/click?ref%3Dzrrf9c56w_2-e83x325c1x057288%26&source=gmail&ust=1601478010829000&usg=AFQjCNFEWtZBTmiTavGP8UifwIZkl1P1gQ" href="http://e.oeeo.oct.ca/trk/click?ref=zrrf9c56w_2-e83x325c1x057288&" style="color: #293773;" target="_blank"><u>Apply to Education</u></a><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt; min-width: 100%; text-align: center; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0pt; height: 7px; line-height: 0pt; margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; width: 542px;" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table>• <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://e.oeeo.oct.ca/trk/click?ref%3Dzrrf9c56w_2-e83x325a4x057288%26&source=gmail&ust=1601478010829000&usg=AFQjCNE73mHUZgUSoGOtWxxYaX6ISgW1wA" href="http://e.oeeo.oct.ca/trk/click?ref=zrrf9c56w_2-e83x325a4x057288&" style="color: #293773;" target="_blank"><u>Education Canada</u></a><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt; min-width: 100%; text-align: center; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0pt; height: 7px; line-height: 0pt; margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; width: 542px;" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table>• <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://e.oeeo.oct.ca/trk/click?ref%3Dzrrf9c56w_2-e83x3259cx057288%26&source=gmail&ust=1601478010829000&usg=AFQjCNGEcrVcBga-CIIjiz-0VVYjnExHsw" href="http://e.oeeo.oct.ca/trk/click?ref=zrrf9c56w_2-e83x3259cx057288&" style="color: #293773;" target="_blank"><u>Jobs in Education</u></a><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt; min-width: 100%; text-align: center; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0pt; height: 7px; line-height: 0pt; margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; width: 542px;" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table>• <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://e.oeeo.oct.ca/trk/click?ref%3Dzrrf9c56w_2-e83x325ccx057288%26&source=gmail&ust=1601478010829000&usg=AFQjCNEHBbc66ZjN5jn_S-Sg5YLammM3TQ" href="http://e.oeeo.oct.ca/trk/click?ref=zrrf9c56w_2-e83x325ccx057288&" style="color: #293773;" target="_blank"><u>Workopolis</u></a><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt; min-width: 100%; text-align: center; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0pt; height: 7px; line-height: 0pt; margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; width: 542px;" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table>Once employment is confirmed, you can return to good standing with the College by reinstating your membership online.<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt; min-width: 100%; text-align: center; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0pt; height: 7px; line-height: 0pt; margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; width: 542px;" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table><h3>REINSTATEMENT</h3><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt; min-width: 100%; text-align: center; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0pt; height: 7px; line-height: 0pt; margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; width: 542px;" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table>You can <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://e.oeeo.oct.ca/trk/click?ref%3Dzrrf9c56w_2-e83x325cdx057288%26&source=gmail&ust=1601478010829000&usg=AFQjCNG308JdCJVmJO6gJg2iFhzGx-8ZEA" href="http://e.oeeo.oct.ca/trk/click?ref=zrrf9c56w_2-e83x325cdx057288&" style="color: #293773;" target="_blank"><u>reinstate your membership</u></a> directly on the College’s website and receive your Certificate of Qualification and Registration.<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt; min-width: 100%; text-align: center; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0pt; height: 7px; line-height: 0pt; margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; width: 542px;" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table>You will need your College registration number. You can find your registration number through our public register on <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://e.oeeo.oct.ca/trk/click?ref%3Dzrrf9c56w_2-e83x3259dx057288%26&source=gmail&ust=1601478010829000&usg=AFQjCNGdJWQYrXc_P4ZWo_mq0NjX8FrdQw" href="http://e.oeeo.oct.ca/trk/click?ref=zrrf9c56w_2-e83x3259dx057288&" style="color: #293773;" target="_blank"><u>www.oct.ca</u></a> under <em>Find a Teacher</em>.<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt; min-width: 100%; text-align: center; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0pt; height: 7px; line-height: 0pt; margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; width: 542px;" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table>For students everywhere, life has changed drastically in recent months. They were isolated from classmates, friends and extended families. If you have always wanted to make an impact in the lives of children and young adults, now is the time.<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt; min-width: 100%; text-align: center; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0pt; height: 7px; line-height: 0pt; margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; width: 542px;" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table>You have a unique opportunity to make an important contribution to the learning environment and assist in a time of critical need.<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt; min-width: 100%; text-align: center; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0pt; height: 7px; line-height: 0pt; margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; width: 542px;" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table>You would also be helping to ensure students have qualified and competent teachers as they return to school during an exceptional time.<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt; min-width: 100%; text-align: center; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0pt; height: 7px; line-height: 0pt; margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; width: 542px;" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table>If you have questions on how to reinstate your membership with the College, our Client Services staff would be pleased to answer any questions you may have between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, at 416-961-8800 or toll-free in Ontario at 1-888-534-2222. You can also reach us by <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://e.oeeo.oct.ca/trk/click?ref%3Dzrrf9c56w_2-e83x3efdx057288%26&source=gmail&ust=1601478010829000&usg=AFQjCNEqS8Nr7CD6Wj00n1XrtvMxbo4-MA" href="http://e.oeeo.oct.ca/trk/click?ref=zrrf9c56w_2-e83x3efdx057288&" style="color: #293773;" target="_blank"><u>email</u></a>.<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt; min-width: 100%; text-align: center; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0pt; height: 7px; line-height: 0pt; margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; width: 542px;" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table>Ontario’s teaching profession has always been united by our ethical standards of care, trust, respect, and integrity. Our collective traits – the way we collaborate with others, commit to students’ well-being and persist in the face of challenges – are needed now more than ever.<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt; min-width: 100%; text-align: center; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0pt; height: 7px; line-height: 0pt; margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; width: 542px;" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table>Please continue to take good care of you and yours.<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt; min-width: 100%; text-align: center; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0pt; height: 7px; line-height: 0pt; margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; width: 542px;" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 0pt; line-height: 0pt; min-width: 100%; text-align: center; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0pt; height: 7px; line-height: 0pt; margin: 0px; min-width: 100%; width: 542px;" width="100%"></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" style="color: #231f20; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; width: 540px;"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 316px;" valign="bottom" width="316">Sincerely,<br /><br />Nicole van Woudenberg, OCT<br />Chair</td><td style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 218px;" valign="bottom" width="218">Chantal Bélisle, OCT<br />Deputy Registrar</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>ESL in Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10702714354762980393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047992604954206242.post-81846217651246684462018-12-21T09:07:00.009-05:002022-06-18T12:45:10.269-04:00Advice to Canadian Teachers in China<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.9rem; padding: 0px;">
The Alberta woman who is being detained is Sarah McIver. She has been teaching in China for months.</div>
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The National Post reported that she was teaching at a school in China when she was detained due to visa complications and that arrangements were being made for her return to Canada.</div>
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A friend of Sarah said "The Chinese government could be reacting to Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of tech giant Huawei's arrest by creating bureaucratic inconveniences for Canadians and includes cracking down on people who have overstayed their visas while awaiting their renewal. Canadians who study or do business in China may want to lie low and keep a low profile and avoid taking any risky activities because the political environment is just not conducive."</div>
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<a href="https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/advice-to-canadians-in-china-lie-low/ar-BBReFCq?ocid=mailsignout" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read the whole story at Canadian Press</a></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.9rem; padding: 0px;"><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="off" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_8AAA70FC-DCD8-1415-0F4D-CAE2A2C65298@published" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0c0c0c; font-family: cnnsans, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: var(--theme-paragraph__line-height--from-small); margin: 0px 0px 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying wouldn’t confirm McIver had been detained, but said on Thursday that the Canadian had received an “administrative penalty (for) illegal employment.”</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="off" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_52DC8FF7-1C81-99D9-9E6E-CAE3F3D9F1D1@published" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0c0c0c; font-family: cnnsans, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: var(--theme-paragraph__line-height--from-small); margin: 0px 0px 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Hua added that McIver’s situation was different from the two other Canadian detainees. “The previous two have been put under compulsory measures by state security on suspicion of endangering China’s national security. This person was given administrative penalty,” she said.</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="off" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_5298A466-A62A-9793-60BC-C4CB3AD3E1F5@published" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0c0c0c; font-family: cnnsans, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: var(--theme-paragraph__line-height--from-small); margin: 0px 0px 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Those detentions were seen by many as retaliation for <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/17/politics/china-us-canada-tensions/index.html" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: var(--theme-paragraph__font-size--from-small); line-height: var(--theme-paragraph__line-height--from-small); text-decoration-color: var(--theme-paragraph__link-decoration-color); text-decoration-line: var(--theme-paragraph__link-decoration); text-decoration-skip-ink: var(--theme-underline-skip-ink); text-decoration-thickness: 2px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-underline-offset: var(--theme-paragraph__hover-link-offset);" target="_blank">Canada’s </a><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/17/politics/china-us-canada-tensions/index.html" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: var(--theme-paragraph__font-size--from-small); line-height: var(--theme-paragraph__line-height--from-small); text-decoration-color: var(--theme-paragraph__link-decoration-color); text-decoration-line: var(--theme-paragraph__link-decoration); text-decoration-skip-ink: var(--theme-underline-skip-ink); text-decoration-thickness: 2px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-underline-offset: var(--theme-paragraph__hover-link-offset);" target="_blank">December 1</a><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/17/politics/china-us-canada-tensions/index.html" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: var(--theme-paragraph__font-size--from-small); line-height: var(--theme-paragraph__line-height--from-small); text-decoration-color: var(--theme-paragraph__link-decoration-color); text-decoration-line: var(--theme-paragraph__link-decoration); text-decoration-skip-ink: var(--theme-underline-skip-ink); text-decoration-thickness: 2px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-underline-offset: var(--theme-paragraph__hover-link-offset);" target="_blank"> arrest of Meng Wanzhou</a>, the chief financial officer of Chinese technology giant Huawei, at the request of the US over alleged violations of Iran sanctions.</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="off" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_9D5C27C0-58B3-CB2F-CBD5-C4CCF1755A3A@published" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0c0c0c; font-family: cnnsans, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: var(--theme-paragraph__line-height--from-small); margin: 0px 0px 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">There has been no official confirmation the detentions were linked to Meng’s case but the Chinese government has made clear its anger at her arrest, with numerous furious editorials in state-run media.</p><p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-analytics-observe="off" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_9D5C27C0-58B3-CB2F-CBD5-C4CCF1755A3A@published" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0c0c0c; font-family: cnnsans, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: var(--theme-paragraph__line-height--from-small); margin: 0px 0px 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/19/asia/third-canadian-detained-china-intl/index.html">Trudeau says third Canadian detained in China</a><br /></p></div>ESL in Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10702714354762980393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047992604954206242.post-14309096060914240662018-06-24T11:56:00.000-04:002022-05-07T09:28:24.928-04:00Teachers Duty to ReportThe Council of the Ontario College of Teachers approved this professional advisory on June 4, 2015.<br /><br />This advisory applies to all members of the Ontario College of Teachers, including, but not limited to, teachers, consultants, vice-principals, principals, supervisory officers, directors of education and those working in non-school-board positions.<br /><br />Professional advisories inform professional judgment and practice. The Council of the Ontario College of Teachers approved this advisory on June 4, 2015 to remind members that they have a duty to report abuse and/or neglect of children and youth.<br /><br />This may be read in conjunction with previous advisories such as:<br />- Professional Misconduct Related to Sexual Abuse<br />- Sexual Misconduct, and Safety in Learning Environments: A Shared Responsibility<br /><br /><a href="https://www.oct.ca/-/media/PDF/2015%20Professional%20Advisory%20Duty%20to%20ReportENWEB2.pdf">https://www.oct.ca/-/media/PDF/2015%20Professional%20Advisory%20Duty%20to%20ReportENWEB2.pdf</a><br /><br /><br />ESL in Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10702714354762980393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047992604954206242.post-19113948448995779622018-06-16T15:31:00.000-04:002022-05-07T09:28:25.076-04:00Elementary Teaching JOBS for September 2018<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Below are a selection of some of the schools/vacancies that are asking for Canadian teachers! They would like to conduct interviews and make hires as soon as possible! If you would be interested in applying for any of these jobs, please let us know!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Borough:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> Camden, London </span><b><span lang="EN-GB">Year group:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> Year 5 </span><b><span lang="EN-GB">Contract:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> 1 academic year</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Description:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> This is a two-form entry primary school so you will work collaboratively with the peer teacher in the year group. The Headteacher, is also overseas trained teacher from Ireland and is experienced in appointing from abroad and understands how to support her staff in the initial transition to teaching in the UK. They are also federated with another local school in a neighbouring borough (Islington). They are incredibly well resourced, particularly with technology and are massive advocates of implementing ICT as much as possible. There are interactive boards and iPads accessible to all year groups. Moreover, as a federation they offer brilliant CPD training to their staff, allowing you to constantly develop your craft. They offer a creative curriculum which has a massive emphasis on Music, Physical Education, Humanities. There are many opportunities to lead/participate in extra-curricular clubs in the school.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><br /><b>Borough: </b>Angel, London <b><span lang="EN-GB">Vacancies:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> Early Years, Year 1 and Year 3 </span><b><span lang="EN-GB">Contract:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> 1 academic year</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Description:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> This two-form entry primary academy have been graded “Good” by OFSTED in their most recent inspection. The school's senior leadership team have been commended for their ethos of exerting a caring, ambitious and dedicated working culture across the school community, amongst both staff and parents. Class sizes are below average with approximately 20-25 children per class, as well as, ample support staff in class to aid pupil with EAL/special educational needs New North serve pupils from the local area of Angel, Essex Road, some of which come from the local estate therefore teachers that work well here embody pastoral qualities and see beyond the pupil’s circumstances. In return, the successful candidate will work with academically keen students, have the opportunity to work collaboratively with friendly peers, and be part of a modern, forward thinking primary school. This thriving primary academy boasts a modern, s tate of the art building, with fantastic technological devices in classrooms, along with a well equipment playground.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><br /><br />Location:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> Queen's Terrace, Isleworth TW7 7DB </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Current Vacancies:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> Reception Teacher, Year 1 Teacher and Year 3 Teacher</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span><b><span lang="EN-GB">Notes:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> The school is a small primary school with a small town community feel to it. The school are keen to speak to newly qualified teachers but aren’t averse to more experienced teachers. They have a massive emphasis on development and support of new teachers. The Senior Leadership team are extremely welcoming and have had many teachers from Canada, Australia and New Zealand before (and still do). The school is located in Isleworth (just across the western side of the River Thames and very close to Richmond Park). Although it is in West London the area has an almost rural feel to it but with easy access into Central London via public transport. The school are keen to conduct skype interviews immediately for September.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Shannon Edmunds</b> ,</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span lang="EN-GB"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">TimePlan Education Group Ltd.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>T:</b> 1 877 463 1055</div>ESL in Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10702714354762980393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047992604954206242.post-91133624143414718642018-06-09T12:00:00.000-04:002022-05-07T09:28:25.228-04:00FAQs for Internationally Educated Teachers<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px;">The Ontario College of Teachers welcomes internationally educated teachers.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px;">To teach in a publicly funded school in Ontario, you must register with the Ontario College of Teachers, which issues your initial licence to teach when you meet the registration requirements. All teachers working in a publicly funded school in Ontario must be certified by the College. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px;">The Ontario College of Teachers provides an assessment free of charge which takes approximately 30 minutes and is available in English and French. Certified teachers pay an annual membership fee to maintain their membership and certification.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px;">To be certified, teachers must:</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px;"></div><ul style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li>have completed a minimum 3 year degree from an acceptable institution</li><li>have successfully completed a 4 semester teacher education program </li><li>pay for certification, membership and registration fees. </li></ul><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">For additional info:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.oct.ca/becoming-a-teacher/requirements">https://www.oct.ca/becoming-a-teacher/requirements</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.oct.ca/becoming-a-teacher/internationally-educated-teachers">https://www.oct.ca/becoming-a-teacher/internationally-educated-teachers</a><br /><br /><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://university-in-canada.blogspot.com/2018/06/ontario-teacher-education-program.html" style="color: #33aaff; text-decoration-line: none;">ONTARIO TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM PROVIDERS</a></h3><div class="post-header" style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3260355317081244096" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 828px;"><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 10px;">List of Ontario's teacher education faculties</div></div><br /><a href="https://university-in-canada.blogspot.com/">https://university-in-canada.blogspot.com/</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>ESL in Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10702714354762980393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047992604954206242.post-19877389280632962142018-05-12T16:17:00.003-04:002023-05-29T22:18:43.440-04:00A History of English Grammar Instruction<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: 10px;">
Grammar has long been regarded as the result of centuries of logical improvements in the systematic organization of language. Grammar has been held up as one of the defining criteria elevating mankind above mere animals.</div>
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Begun by well meaning researchers looking to improve mankind, Prescriptive Grammar and the rote drills to perfection became a practice to be ridiculed, ignored and then discarded.</div>
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In the 1920s and 1930s, two great promoters of the descriptive linguistics tradition, Edward Sapir and Leonard Bloomfield, both wrote influential books that elevated the primacy of speech over writing and the importance of a descriptive approach to language study. ....</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">It is interesting to note that some USA states have used 1930's Grade 6 English tests as a benchmark to show that most of the "21st century" first year college students could not even pass. Historical comparisons have revealed that education tests and standards have been deliberately reduced to disguise the failures of the "Modern public English education curriculum".</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">To read the original article in full: </span><a href="https://teachenglishblog.blogspot.com/p/rescued-by-grammar.html" target="_blank">A History of English Grammar Instruction</a></div>
ESL in Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10702714354762980393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047992604954206242.post-12549762737980690652018-05-10T08:14:00.000-04:002022-05-07T09:28:25.377-04:00Teaching Vacancies in the UKSkype interview day: Monday 14th May & Tuesday 22nd May A specialist technology school, which is officially rated as 'Good' by Ofsted, is looking to expand its staff of international teachers. The school is currently recruiting: English teachers Mathematics teachers Science teachers Business studies teachers Performing arts, drama teachers The school has had great success recruiting from overseas in the past and so you will be well supported as you make the move into the UK’s education system. You will also be helped by our £2,000 relocation package, which includes 2 free holidays in Europe! The school is located on the edge of a small suburban town, just outside of London, in Essex. This ideal location is perfect for teachers wanting to take advantage of all the capital has to offer, while also benefiting from the lower costs of living. This is a chance to meet directly with a head teacher in the UK and a great opportunity to teach and travel abroad. If you are interested in taking part in this Skype interview day on Monday 14th May or Tuesday 22nd May contact us via: Email: recruitment@timeplan.net or telephone: +44 (0)20 8371 8058 ESL in Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10702714354762980393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047992604954206242.post-59279305308242512572018-04-29T10:52:00.001-04:002023-05-29T22:21:42.513-04:002018 News for ESL teachers in Canada<h3><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some interesting "2018" facts for new ESL English Teachers</span></h3>
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The world has definitely changed since September 11, 2001, the 2008 economic melt-down, the 2011 Arab Spring and 2016 election of Donald Trump. Refugees are swamping countries in the Middle East, Africa, Europe and even Canada.
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Worldwide demand for ESL English education has increased by 10%.
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Worldwide requests for overseas teachers up 300%.
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China trained 1,000,000 for the 2008 Olympics and needs the same for the 2022 Winter Olympics.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Read the updated 2022 News <br /><br /><a href="https://teachenglishblog.blogspot.com/p/teaching-is-difficult.html">https://teachenglishblog.blogspot.com/p/teaching-is-difficult.html</a></span><br /></p>
ESL in Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10702714354762980393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047992604954206242.post-73312311747104453902018-04-26T08:15:00.001-04:002018-04-26T08:15:12.625-04:00 Student wasn't assessed before being placed in an ESL program<br />
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<span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-size: 20px;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia, Cambria, Times New Roman, Times, serif;">https://www.thestar.com/calgary/2018/04/22/i-remember-the-first-day-of-esl-class-memory-still-bothers-calgary-woman.html</span></span>ESL in Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10702714354762980393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047992604954206242.post-88807299251953537392017-12-28T14:03:00.000-05:002023-05-29T22:24:26.179-04:00Teaching positions for Jan 18, 2018<span style="font-family: verdana;">We are looking for the following teachers ASAP:<br /><br />Hot Vacancies:<br /><br />* Experienced Maths Teachers in Leytonstone and Barking<br />* MFL Teacher (Spanish KS3 & French KS4) in Barking<br />* Sociology and Psychology Teacher in B&D<br />* History and Biology teachers - Redbridge<br />* Biology & Chemistry Teachers in Redbridge<br />* Geography Teacher in Cambridgeshire & Redbridge<br />* Business & Economics teacher in Redbridge<br />* Psychology teacher in Wickford, Essex - up to A Level Edexcel (part time)]<br />* English Literature and Lang teachers in Waltham Forest<br /><br />Please note these are all Jan 18 starts.<br /><br />You must also hold a PGCE & QTS/ QTLS along with a strong history of teaching in long term roles, and be available for face to face interviews/trials.<br /><br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; 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We are very much looking forward to welcoming you all to this year’s IATEFL Conference at the ICC Birmingham from the 13 – 16 April 2016.
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Special Interest Groups Pre Conference Events (PCE’s) will take place on the 12 April 2016.<br />
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We hope that the information below will be useful in planning your time with us. You will also find lots of useful information on our Birmingham webpage so please take the time to visit this site and use some of the resources available:
<a href="http://www.iatefl.org/annual-conference/birmingham-2016">http://www.iatefl.org/annual-conference/birmingham-2016</a><br /><h2>Recorded webinars</h2>
We have a number of <a href="http://www.iatefl.org/web-events/qhow-toq-webinars">recorded webinars</a> which will help you prepare for conference. These include:<br />
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<li><a href="https://iatefl.adobeconnect.com/_a875541554/p5hv42kohti/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal">Tips for 1<sup>st</sup> time attendees at the annual conference</a></li>
<li><a href="https://iatefl.adobeconnect.com/_a875541554/p5hv42kohti/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal"></a><a href="https://iatefl.adobeconnect.com/_a875541554/p21fyjw10ua/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal">How to get the most out of the IATEFL annual conference</a></li>
<li><a href="https://iatefl.adobeconnect.com/_a875541554/p21fyjw10ua/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal"></a><a href="https://iatefl.adobeconnect.com/_a875541554/p47etaq2c9c/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal">How to get the most out of IATEFL Online</a></li>
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And if you are getting ready to present at the conference, you may find it useful to watch <a href="https://iatefl.adobeconnect.com/_a875541554/p6jftait8yd/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal">“how to prepare an effective conference presentation.”</a><br />
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<strong><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="EXHIB"></a>Visit the Exhibition</strong></h2>
With companies offering everything from books to board games, the ELT Resources Exhibition is a must visit. We have free tea and coffee available all day, kindly sponsored by <a href="http://www.hujiang.com/">Hujiang</a>, plus a new Pop Up presentations area for exhibitors and sponsors. The programme for the Pop Up Presentations can be downloaded <a href="http://www.iatefl.org/phocadownload/pop%20up.pdf" target="_self">here</a>. A full list of exhibitors can be seen on our exhibition <a href="http://www.iatefl.org/annual-conference/iatefl-exhibition" target="_self">page</a>.<br />
<br /><h2><strong>Take part in IATEFL Online</strong></h2>
IATEFL Online will provide online coverage of the annual conference to thousands of people around the world who are unable to make it to Birmingham in person. Kindly funded by <a href="https://www.britishcouncil.org/">British Council</a>, coverage will feature talks, sessions and recorded interviews with conference presenters and delegates.<br />
Follow on Twitter @iateflonline and #iatefl<br />
We hope on-site delegates will join in with IATEFL Birmingham Online to share ideas with teachers from all over the world and be a part of one of the biggest online events for teachers of English.<br /> Join in and follow all the action as it happens at <a href="https://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/">https://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/</a>ESL in Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10702714354762980393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047992604954206242.post-79776700947441377132016-03-14T19:33:00.003-04:002023-05-29T22:30:05.378-04:00Toronto Teaching Job Ad Acronyms <span style="font-family: verdana;"><strong>CALL:</strong> Computer Assisted Language Learning – Using computers to help teach language<br />
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<strong>CCLB:</strong> Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks – Organization that maintains the CLB<br />
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<strong>CELTA:</strong> Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults – A TEFL training program administered worldwide by the University of Cambridge<br />
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<strong>CIC:</strong> Citizenship and Immigration Canada – Federal department that funds LINC programs<br />
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<strong>CLARS</strong>: Coordinated Language Assessment and Referral System – a project to test the benefits of a harmonized approach to language assessment and referral for newcomers<br />
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<strong>CLB:</strong> Canadian Language Benchmarks – A system for measuring language levels, which LINC programs use<br />
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<strong>EAP:</strong> English for Academic Purposes – Language instruction that prepares students for post-secondary education<br />
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<strong>EAL</strong>: English as an Additional Language – often used in contexts where English may be a third or more language, not necessarily for daily use<br />
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<strong>EFL/TEFL</strong>: English as a Foreign Language/ Teaching English as a Foreign Language – Teaching English in a country where English is not the main language.<br />
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<strong>ELT:</strong> English Language Teaching, or sometimes Enhanced Language Training (language instruction that focuses on a particular job, e.g., English for Nursing)<br />
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<strong>ESL/TESL:</strong> English as a Second Language/Teaching English as a Second Language – Teaching English in an English-speaking country to non-native speakers<br />
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<strong>ESP: </strong>English for Specific Purposes – May include EAP or Enhanced Language Training<br />
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<strong>LINC:</strong> Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada – federally funded program that teaches English to recent immigrants and helps them adapt to life in Canada<br />
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<strong>MCI</strong>: (Ontario) Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration<br />
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<strong>OSLT:</strong> Occupation-Specific Language Training – language instruction that focuses on a particular job, e.g., English for Nursing<br />
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<strong>PTCT</strong>: Post TESL Certificate Training – a series of training courses for those already certified<br />
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<strong>TCDSB:</strong> Toronto Catholic District School Board<br />
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<strong>TDSB:</strong> Toronto District School Board<br />
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<strong>TESOL:</strong> Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages – Encompasses both TESL and TEFL</span><br />
<br /><br />ESL in Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10702714354762980393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047992604954206242.post-58083973566307368802016-01-31T16:38:00.004-05:002023-06-30T23:21:14.938-04:00TESL Training in Toronto<h3>Getting Started as an ESL Teacher</h3><p><span class="bold">Prerequisites</span><br />There are some English conversation jobs and countries where English conversation practice is required. The only conversation job requirement is native speaking ability.
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These positions are open to native English speakers. These positions are for ESL conversation practice not ESL teaching. Some countries in Asia and Africa will allow foreigners conversation practice jobs without university degrees. </p><p>Most international ESL teaching jobs require a work permit. In most countries, it is impossible to obtain a work permit for a professional ESL teaching position without a university degree and a professional ESL teacher training certificate. </p><p>Many overseas countries also require a police search and certificate verifying no and I mean no criminal activity. These countries will reject candidates with any indication of alcohol, drug, violence, fraud or theft activity. </p>
<h3><span class="bold">TESL Teacher Training in Toronto Canada</span></h3>
<p> Four teacher training programs starting in Toronto January 2016.</p>
<ol><li>TESL Certificate for Native English Speakers Tesl Canada Recognition STD 1 </li>
<li>TESOL Certificate Non-native English speakers Tesl Canada Recognition STD 2 </li>
<li>Cambridge University TKT: Teaching Knowledge Test </li>
<li>TESOL Preparation program for non-native speakers (intermediate levels) </li>
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<a href="http://www.eslincanada.com/english/torontotesl.php">Link to additional Toronto TESL CELTA TESOL Training Programs</a>
<h3>TESOL 130 Certificate</h3>
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<li>130 hour program</li>
<li>4 weeks full-time</li>
<li>MonFri, 9 am4:00 pm (1 hour for lunch) + practicum (Fri afternoon)</li>
<li>Start Dates - 2016 - Jan 4, Mar 28, Jun 20, Sep 12, Nov 7 </li>
<li>Full practicum arranged in one of the largest language schools in Canada</li>
<li>Certificate will be attained after successful completion of the practicum.</li>
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<h3>Program Description</h3>
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The objective of this teacher training program is to provide the hands on experience, theory and
training to enable participants to become qualified ESL/EFL teachers. New teachers may teach in
Canada or overseas.
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Students who successfully complete this program and have a degree may apply for TESL Canadas
Professional Standard Level One certification.
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English Language Proficiency scores will now be a requirement, not only for entrance
into a TESL Canada Recognized Teacher Training Program, but also during the application
process for individual TESL Canada Certification.
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All applicants for TESL Canada
Certification, who are non-native English language speakers, are
required to submit
one of TESL Canada Recognized English Language Proficiency scores when applying for
Certification.
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<h3>Entry Requirements</h3>
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<li>An advanced English level(e.g. iBT 80 or IELTS 6.5).</li>
<li>An Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent is required.</li>
<li>An undergraduate degree is recommended. </li>
<li>Some teaching experience also recommended.</li>
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<h3>Program Description</h3>
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The objective of our teacher training program is to provide trainees with the skills
and knowledge to become successful as an ESL/EFL teacher.
It is <strong>designed to
help both prospective and experienced teachers</strong>.
Students who successfully complete this program may apply for TESL
Canada's Professional Certification.
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<h3>Program Overview</h3>
<p><strong> Theory and Methodology:</strong> You will learn the principles of effective teaching,
develop pedagogic and practical teaching skills as well as gain reflective and hands-on teaching
experience.</p>
<p><strong> Lesson Planning:</strong> You will receive guidance and support to plan your lessons. </p>
<p><strong> Observations:</strong> You will have opportunities to observe classes in one of the largest
language schools in Canada, with experienced TESOL Canada certified teachers.</p>
<p><strong> Peer teaching:</strong> You will practice teaching with their peers in a safe and
comfortable learning environment. </p>
<p><strong> Practicum lessons:</strong> You will teach your own classes with real students under
the supervision of a sponsor teacher </p>
<h3>Employment Opportunities</h3>
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As one of the largest teacher training centers in Canada we are constantly being contacted by
schools and institutions locally and abroad who are looking for TESL Canada qualified teachers.
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We can put you in touch with the recruiting directors at many locations in: Montreal and Vancouver,
Canada; San Francisco and New York, USA; New Delhi, India; Sydney and Brisbane, Australia.
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For info Email to: <a href="mailto:eslincanada@gmail.com">eslincanada@gmail.com</a><br /></p>
ESL in Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10702714354762980393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047992604954206242.post-87631065753512589292014-05-08T15:38:00.000-04:002023-06-30T23:23:21.945-04:00New Teacher Registration for Teaching Jobs<span class="bold">Please copy the following Teaching Registration Information and email to:</span><div><span class="bold"><br /></span></div><div><a href=" eslincanada@gmail.com"> eslincanada@gmail.com</a><br /> <p><br /> Teacher Registration Form for teaching jobs in summercamps, wintercamps, corporate camps, HR training sessions, tutoring, mentoring, homestay, homestay tutoring, teacher tours, Executive English, Business English, Business internships, language school placements in Canada, USA, Mexico, China, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea.<br /> <br /><br /><br /> Please check all positions that you wish to apply for:<br /> <br /><br /><br /> ESL Teacher<br /><br /> Elementary Teacher<br /><br /> High School Teacher<br /><br /> College Teacher<br /><br /> University Professor<br /><br /> Adult Trainer<br /><br /> Education Consultant<br /><br /> HR and Business Training<br /><br /> Business Internships Trainer<br /><br /> Business English Teacher<br /><br /> Test Preparation Teacher<br /><br /> Homestay Tutoring<br /><br /> Tutoring<br /><br /> Summer Camps<br /><br /> Winter Camp<br /><br /> Tour leader<br /> <br /><br /><br /> Please idicate all locations that you will travel to teach:<br /> <br /><br /><br /> Canada__USA__China__Korea__Taiwan__Mexico__<br /> <br /><br /><br /> Please provide Teacher Registration information</p><br /> <br /><br /> <br /> Name<br /><br /> Date of Birth<br /><br /> Phone<br /><br /> Fax<br /><br /> Full residence address<br /><br /> Emergency Contact numbers<br /><br /> Email Address<br /><br /> Country of Citizenship<br /> <br /><br /><br /> Please tell us what teaching subjects(s) you are registering for<br /> <br /><br /><br /> Basic ESL English skills<br /> <br /><br /><br /> Writing<br /><br /> Grammar<br /><br /> Listening<br /><br /> Speaking<br /><br /> Reading<br /> <br /><br /> <br /> Advanced ESL English skills<br /> <br /><br /><br /> Accent reduction<br /><br /> Writing composition<br /><br /> Public speaking<br /> <br /><br /> <br /> Teaching formats<br /> <br /><br /><br /> One-to-one<br /><br /> Small class<br /><br /> Regular Class<br /><br /> Lecture hall<br /> <br /><br /><br /> Teaching Specialties<br /> <br /><br /><br /> High school admission<br /><br /> college board AP<br /><br /> academic preparation<br /><br /> TOEFL<br /><br /> TOEIC<br /><br /> CAEL<br /><br /> TSE<br /><br /> IELTS<br /><br /> other Test preparation<br /><br /> Business English for company employees<br /><br /> Public school Elementary Subjects<br /><br /> High school Subjects<br /><br /> College Subjects<br /><br /> University subjects<br /><br /> Camp skills and abilities<br /><br /> Other skills, abilities, functions<br /> <br /><br /><br /> Please check any additional information that you would like forwarded<br /> <br /><br /><br /> I am interested in becoming a teacher and require career counselling.<br /><br /> I am interested in receiving teacher training.<br /><br /> I would like to immigrate to Canada as a teacher.<br /><br /> I would like to have a website to promote my teaching business.<br /><br /> I have a website and need advertising to promote my teaching business.<br /><br /> I would like to start an educational consulting agency.<br /><br /> I would like to start or buy a school. <br /> <br />Thank you for your information - We will contact you soon - Have your resume, pictures, teaching portfolio ready<br /> </div>ESL in Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10702714354762980393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047992604954206242.post-15729621973909133242014-03-14T13:02:00.000-04:002022-05-07T09:28:26.427-04:00The 2014 Academies Enterprise Trust Teacher Recruitment Events<h2>The Spring Graduate Fair</h2><strong>Where:</strong> Senate House, University of London<br /><strong>When:</strong> Wednesday 19 March 2014, 12pm-5pm<br /><h2>Spring into Jobs Fair</h2><strong>Where:</strong>University of Sheffield<br /><strong>When:</strong>27 March 2014<br /><h2>The Yorkshire Graduate Jobs and Internships Fair</h2><strong>Where:</strong>University of Leeds<br /><strong>When:</strong>9 June 2014<br /><h2>Summer Graduate Fair 2014</h2><strong>Where:</strong> Olympia Central, London<br /><strong>When:</strong> Wednesday 11 June 2014, 11am-4pm<br /><h2>The London Graduate Fair</h2><strong>Where:</strong>Senate House<br /><strong>When:</strong>18 June 2014<br /><h2>The London Graduate Fair</h2><strong>Where:</strong>Senate House<br /><strong>When:</strong>14 October 2014<br /><br /><br />More details here:<br /><a href="http://www.academiesenterprisetrust.org/page/recruitment-events">http://www.academiesenterprisetrust.org/page/recruitment-events</a>ESL in Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10702714354762980393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047992604954206242.post-35968071170803350092013-08-13T18:22:00.000-04:002022-05-07T09:28:26.576-04:00ESL Teaching Job in Dammam - TAX FREE<b>Job Details</b> <br>Recruiter : Jobs Middle East <br>Location : Saudia Arabia<br>Salary : Salary Negotiable <br><br>This is an excellent opportunity for ESL/English Teachers, offering a strong tax free salary and relocation package. <br><br>Urgent requirement for qualified ESL/English teachers for Dammam, Saudi Arabia (ongoing project). Interviewing immediately and offers made within 2-3 days, so time is of the essence! <br><br>Dammam is the capital of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, the most oil-rich region in the world. It is a coast town with a very relaxed attitude to life and an amazing place to raise a family. <br><br><b>Incentives: </b><br><br>•Salary per Month (TAX FREE): US$3,000 - US$3,700 <br>•Airfare from country of origin to Saudi Arabia <br>•Accommodation + transportation + annual return tickets + medical cover <br>•Family benefit, housing allowance of 35,000 Saudi Riyal (Per Year) paid on monthly basis <br><br>Minimum Qualifications:<br><br>•Bachelor of Arts in English or English Literature, (BA/MA Linguistics and CELTA/TESOL/TEFL) •Minimum of three (3) years teaching experience in English as a Second Language (EFL/ESL) and/or English for Specific Purposes (ESP), of which two (2) years shall be in administering English programs in adult education <br>•Demonstrate teaching skills, abilities and practices based on well-established training procedures and methodologies <br>•Competent IT skills<br>Due to visa restrictions, applications are only accepted from the following native English speaking countries: UK, USA, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Canada. <br><br>ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED; INTERVIEW, SELECTION AND ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES WILL APPLY. <br><br>Please click on the link to view FULL details of this vacancy: <br>http://www.jobsmiddleeast.com/index.php?page=viewjob&id=162ESL in Canadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10702714354762980393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047992604954206242.post-49355644385717080382013-05-04T23:13:00.002-04:002023-06-30T23:28:26.198-04:00UpDates to ESL English Books and Study Links<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">For Updates to ESL English Books use google<br /><br />
Canada's Digital Collections:
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The Canadian Encyclopedia
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Internet bookstores
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Internet Resources for Teachers
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Teaching English - BBC and British Council Organization
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Capital College Guide to Grammar and writing
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Sentence Sense is an online textbook in basic writing
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the Purdue OWL - 200 free resources including: Writing and Teaching Writing
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CASLT - Activities for students
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The Center for Applied Linguistics
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