Add a Little Spinning to Your Class

As an adult education ESL teacher, I feel like I am always looking for (and sometimes struggling to find) a way to introduce an element of fun and randomness that is still appropriate for adult students. Creating this “element of randomness or fun” has...

I Joined Literacy Connexus . . .

My involvement in ESL ministry started with an invitation to “check us out.” I had heard of internationals inside of their homes not having English to aid in shopping for groceries, helping with their children’s schooling, or making new friends. I...

Join us . . .

At one time, the measure of a class in English (or French or Spanish) as a second language was, “What do I know that I didn’t know before?” A better way to evaluate the experience is, “What can I do that I couldn’t do before?” For...