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Hello, Everyone! Presently, I am a master's candidate at Ohio Dominican University completing a research project on the use of authentic materials in the high school ESL classroom to increase student engagement in the required curriculum. If you teach or completed student teaching in a high school E...

Although you are teaching older students, don't be afraid to use children's science trade books to at least introduce vocabulary. I am blessed to live near my metropolitan library where there is a wonderful children's section and staff to accompany it. The staff has eagerly helped me find appropriat...

Hello, Everyone! Presently, I am a master's candidate at Ohio Dominican University completing a research project on the use of authentic materials in the high school ESL classroom to increase student engagement in the required curriculum. If you teach or completed student teaching in a high school E...

When I first started teaching ESL classes, I had the same problem. Fortunately, I had the luxury of having several volunteers, so I could divide and mix the class into conversation groups every other class. Most of the time the groups would be pre-arranged according to the activity. I would be certa...

What grade(s) are you teaching? The older the students the more student-centered the lesson should be. Also, what was lesson that was reviewed? Did your principal elaborate on why he made this comment? Who is doing the most talking during the lesson? If you are teaching ESL, the students should be s...