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International Women's Day for Low Beginners

Posted by Nancy Callan on 3 March 2019 | 0 Comments

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Many countries celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8th. In some countries, it is the equivalent of Mother’s Day or Valentine’s Day.

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New Year's Activities for Beginner and Intermediate

Posted by Nancy Callan on 29 December 2017 | 0 Comments

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The most common ESL activity for the first class back after New Year's is writing New Year's Resolutions. It’s a great way for beginner classes to practice the future tense and can make for some fun reading if posted in the classroom. 

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Veterans Day for Very Low Beginners

Posted by Nancy Callan on 15 October 2017 | 0 Comments

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Help your students crack the cultural code with a simple story on Veterans Day. This story is created for very low beginners. If it's not right for your level, perhaps you could pass it on to another teacher who could use it--it's completely free to download for classroom teacher use. 

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Remembrance Day for Very Low Beginners

Posted by Nancy Callan on 15 October 2017 | 0 Comments

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Help your students crack the cultural code with a simple story on Remembrance Day. Created for LINC 1, this story is geared to very low beginners. If it's not right for your level, perhaps you could pass it on to another teacher who could use it--it's completely free to download for classroom teacher use. 

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Low Beginner Country Introductions

Posted by Nancy Callan on 7 October 2017 | 0 Comments

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Here's an introductions speaking task for low beginner ESL answering the question "Where are you from?" I love tap sheets (see below). You could have students cut out the words and then arrange them into sentences, but you could also use it as is as a tap sheet, over and over.

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Low Beginner Name Introductions

Posted by Nancy Callan on 25 February 2017 | 0 Comments

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Here's an introductions speaking task for low beginner ESL. I love tap sheets (see below). You could have students cut out the words and then arrange them into sentences, but you could also use it as is as a tap sheet, over and over and over and.....have you taught really low beginngers? 

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Simple Halloween Lesson for Low Beginners

Posted by Nancy Callan on 24 October 2016 | 0 Comments

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Halloween can be disconcerting for new immigrants and refugees who may not understand what it's all about. An important role for ESL teachers is helping students crack our cultural code. 

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Having Fun with New Canada Jigsaws CLB 5-6

Posted by Nancy Callan on 4 March 2016 | 0 Comments

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Field testing of Callan's New Canada Jigsaws has been completed with over 35 field testers from all across the country. Here are a couple highlights of some of the fun field testers had. 

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Field Testing Has Begun For New Canada Jigsaws!

Posted by Nancy Callan on 29 August 2015 | 1 Comments

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Teachers and their classes across Canada have begun testing the material from Callan's New Canada Jigsaws.

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Intermediate Level Personal Information

Posted by Nancy Callan on 29 August 2014 | 0 Comments

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Filling in forms is one of the most common activities English language learning students have to do outside the classroom. It's a mistake to assume once students reach the intermediate level they have fully mastered the language required for those tasks. 

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