Teacher Discussion Forums

The most important and successful thing you can do to promote cultural exchange and acceptance is the simply keep your classroom open! Make sure you keep an open mind and reward students who do as well. Many ESL projects you can work often allow for cultural elements and implementations. These proje...

:shock: I must have been more of a nerd in high school than I thought! :lol: I thoroughly enjoyed my four years of French, French in college (though I didn't enjoy it near as much in college), and year of Spanish. I truly enjoy learning languages, and I get discouraged with those who don't. I reali...

I just finished a year teaching Spanish, not English or ESL, and the problem I've had to deal with is that of linguistic prejudice. Do ESL teachers have this problem with students unwilling to learn English? Many of my students were completely unwilling to learn Spanish. They saw no point in learnin...