This morning ESLC- English as a Second Language Council ATA is joined by Souvankham Thammavongsa, Canadian poet and short story writer, sharing her story of moving to Canada from a Lao refugee camp in Nong Khai, Thailand and her experience! #WOW #AlbertaESL

"Just because I didn't go to school doesn't mean I don't know things." She knows different things - like what it feels like to live in & survive war. #SouvankhamThammavongsa reads from her book. I've already ordered it from Red Deer Public Library - cannot wait to read it! #AlbertaESL ESLC- English as a Second Language Council ATA

If you want to check out Souvankham’s book!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the last four weeks of our webinar series ‘Saturday Coffee with ESL Keynotes’! It has been amazing to connect with teachers across Alberta, Canada, and beyond! #AlbertaESL

What an amazing 4 weeks! 🎉 Huge thank you to Danny Maas for helping us make this event possible! #AlbertaESL

Here's a virtual tug-of-war template to encourage student talk & help them identify reasons to support different sides of the issue. Ss can write or record reasons or "tugs" that pull them towards one side & place their sticky note or voice note on the rope. Enjoy, friends!

“We, the teachers have the power in our hands to make or break our classrooms in how we want our students to feel, how we want our students to run, & what kind of students we want to produce.” –Dr. Stephen Knight #TeacherAppreciationWeek

#MayTheFourth be with you this #TeacherAppreciationDay and always. ✨

"When English isn't your first language, you pick up whatever [and] imitate what they're doing word by word." #plurilingualism #inclusion ESLC- English as a Second Language Council ATA @IncL2l cbc.ca/news/canada/ne…

🌎You guys HAVE TO check out this FREE website! It is a gamified virtual field trip where you guess the locations using high-quality videos! ✈️ The best part is that it has a MULTIPLAYER mode where your whole class can view and play simultaneously! ⬇️ virtualvacation.us/guess

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We are excited to announce that the ESLC will be hosting its long-awaited in-person conference from May 6-8, 2022! We are optimistic about seeing our colleagues again in a face-to-face setting! Please see our event website for more details! #AlbertaESL event-wizard.com/ESLCConference…

This is going to be awesome for Alberta Teachers' Association! I hope to see you there! ❤️ #AlbertaESL

"As the blogger James Nicoll put it in 1990, English ‘pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary’". @NancyMorgan1 Crystal Cholin @AnnaDeligianis ESLC- English as a Second Language Council ATA

Join Mrs. D. for this 3-part series that will work to unpack some of the “mysteries” of #ESL proficiency benchmarking, & offer strategies to support language development for ESL students. Learn more/register: bit.ly/3zYkL4N #literacy #ELLs #inclusiveEd

Amazing 👏👏👏

Please join the ESLC in partnership with Apple Education in our FREE webinar series ‘Engaging English Language Learners with iPad and Mac’! Please click the sched link to register! We are excited to see you there! #AlbertaESL Alberta Teachers' Association ATA PD eslc2022.sched.com

For more information on our Apple PD series, please see the poster below! To register, please visit our sched site eslc2022.sched.com.

What an awesome opportunity for #AlbertaESL teachers! I’m so excited for everyone to join in the learning! ESLC- English as a Second Language Council ATA

Have any #ELLs who never say anything, or struggle with speaking? Join @mrs_d_9 for this session which will highlight some of the research behind oral language & provide simple strategies to foster student talk. Learn more/register: bit.ly/3jAQsuP #ESL #ELL #erlcpl