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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

My website has a new URL

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 Hello, ESL Literacy teachers, I was notified by the new Square-Weebly company that I would have to start paying at least $10 per month to r...
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Monday, April 4, 2022

Continuing to Help ESL Literacy Teachers

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 Hello from Arkansas, ESL literacy teachers and tutors! Though it's been two years since I left the field of teaching ESL, I continue to...
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Thursday, January 21, 2021

Thank You for the Help

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 Thank you to everyone who used the "Buy me a coffee" button to help me pay for my website domain. I was able to get Weebly to sto...
Thursday, December 10, 2020

Asking for a Little Help

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I hope you all, if there is still anyone reading, are doing well and surviving online teaching, something you've had to do with zero for...
Sunday, November 8, 2020

Update from Yuliya Desyatova - Nov 2020

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 I may no longer be in the field, but the field is still in me. Last week I got to participate in an independent focus group designed to gat...
Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Yes, You May Turn My Materials into Liveworksheets

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A teacher reached out to ask if I'd considered turning my activity packs into Liveworksheets. I told her that I have left the field, but...
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Saturday, July 18, 2020

A Good Run

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Ten years is a good run. It is longer by five years than the length of time I had ever stuck with one employer. I am sad to be leaving a goo...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2020

COVID-19 and Our Livelihood (and PBLA Update)

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Hey, teachers! Long time no blog, eh? I am posting from my mother's home in Arkansas where I travelled for spring break without thin...
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Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Just in Time for Black History Month: an Abridged 'Life of Josiah Henson'

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It's not as if I think Black history should be relegated to one twelfth of the year. Not at all. Black history is everyone's history...
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Thursday, January 23, 2020

Jan 2020 Update from Yuliya

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Dear Colleagues, I hope the New Year has been off to a good start for you. I have exciting news to share: another article on the r...

Calling Edith!

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If anyone knows how to get in touch with Edith, please let her know that I'm awaiting her mailing address, as she did win the book in th...
Thursday, January 16, 2020

Wanna Be There for the Draw?

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Okay, I have capped the draw at these six people: Cheryl, Tiff, Gaby, Sarah, Siddiqa and Edith. I am just checking now to make sure that th...
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Wednesday, December 11, 2019

My TESL Ontario Conference Experience

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Ah, lovely Toronto. In the summer of 2009, I impulsively quit a job that had turned hellish under a psycho supervisor and ran off to CCLCS t...
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Sunday, December 8, 2019

Using Linguistically Appropriate Practice by Roma Chumak-Horbatsch, a Review

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If you are an educator or childminder in a program where newcomer children are tasked with learning the school language, this book is for yo...
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Saturday, November 23, 2019

PBLA Survey

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This one has an open text (comment) box in each section after the qualitative questions. Yay! Make your voices heard, LINC teachers. su...
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Thursday, November 14, 2019

Those Missing Resources from Queen's Library English for Your Health Adult Literacy Program

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A reader commented the other day to lament the fact that Queen's Library has completely revamped their website and the adult literacy re...
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Sunday, October 20, 2019

Gifts

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Today in the meeting for discussion that took place before the Meeting for Worship of my group of Friends just five minutes across the Detr...
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Sunday, October 13, 2019

Grateful Heart

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I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend and day. At my school this coming week is a three-day teaching week, so I thought it was th...
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Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Teaching Seniors but Were Afraid to Ask

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Today I received an email from some nice educators at a very good service provider organization in Ontario saying they were toying with the ...
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