Dive into the challenging issue of student retention with Dianne Dow as she explains how evaluating your program's goals and values and understanding your students' needs and culture can improve your program's effectiveness & increase student retention.
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Connecting with the Worship Service Many ESL ministries want to figure out how to best integrate their ESL students into the church. This is a significant question that requires prayer, thought and planning. Some ESL ministries may partner with a local non-English language church (Spanish, Korean, Chinese etc.) and direct their ESL students to a church
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Caring for older adults in one’s family is often a stressful experience, even under the best of circumstances. When older adults appear to be suffering from depression, anxiety, or symptoms related to grief, it can be hard for their children and other concerned family members to know what to say and do to help. The
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Internationals: Who Are They? How far are the nations from your front porch? They’re closer than you think. The nations are all around us. To reach them, we must understand who they are. Just like us, internationals are not all the same. Here are just a few of the types of internationals among us: How
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Activity Name: Categories Areas of Practice: ListeningSource: Five-Minute Activities: A Resource Book of Short Activities, by Penny Ur and Andrew WrightSetup: Prepare a list of words that students have already learned that can be broken into two categories (e.g., food/drink;big/small; months/seasons)Procedure: Write the title of each category on the board, separated by a vertical line, to make two columns.
A fun and active game to help your students practice vocabulary. This is a great way to practice vocabulary and can be used with words or pictures (or both!) on the cards. Flyswatter Game Areas of Practice: Vocabulary Source: MNA ESL Training Setup: Write 9 vocabulary words on a posterboard or whiteboard (tic-tac-toe style). Have 2 (clean)
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A fun activity to help your students practice vocabulary by hearing, speaking and reading the vocabulary words. This is a great way to practice vocabulary and can be used with words or pictures (or both!) on the cards. Areas of Practice: lists of vocabulary (alphabet, months, days, etc.); reading; speaking; listeningSetup: You’ll need to create cards for
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