One of the ESL teacher’s missions is working with students on active memorization. Students who are new to an English-speaking learning environment can be overwhelmed with language elements and enabling them to develop their productive skills can be difficult. ESL teachers can develop ways of improving… read more…

Published first on Schoolwidefundamentals.com (hence US spellings!)

You know that feeling you get of not quite being included and on the same level as everyone else if you join a group activity half way through? It’s all to do with a sociological phenomenon called entry. It’s the first thing that happens human beings join a group and build relationships with the other people in it. If it goes well, the group is more likely to co-operate. If it doesn’t, the group is more likely to fracture. Managing entry is vital for adults and young people in educational settings as it sets the tone and expectations for how the group are going to work and behave.

Read the rest of the post at Schoolwidefundamentals.com where this post was originally published on 3rd June 2009.