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It’s been a year full of challenges. Teaching a Literacy class with sensitivity can be tough. I also worked as a supply teacher in a split-level class which came with its own challenges. It is fair to say that once our summer hiatus came, I was exhausted. I decided not to teach over the summer and to take a much-needed break.

I wanted to spend time with my family and t...


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You might have watched it happen: You’re mid-explanation, working through a grammar point with real care, and you can see the exact moment your class checks out. Then, five minutes later, you rephrase something on the fly, add a gesture, slow down just slightly, and suddenly heads are nodding again. That gap between “teaching at” your learners and “teaching just beyond” them ...


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In 2024, the federal government introduced significant changes to its immigration policy, reducing the cap on international study permits and tightening eligibility for temporary foreign workers and perm...


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I teach Literacy and CLB 1. Pictures can help students understand, but I have found that having a speaker and audio version of the students’ language is also very useful. So, I purchased a portable speaker a few months ago. It’s about the size of your hand, and I use it in the classroom. I connect to it using the Bluetooth on my iPhone. I use Google Translate and for words th...


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