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In language teaching, considerable time and energy are often devoted to planning the beginning and middle of a lesson. Teachers carefully select engaging warm-up activities, activate background knowledge, introduce vocabulary, model language structures, and design meaningful tasks th

Artificial Intelligence is an exciting innovation which is taking the world by storm. Teachers and students are discovering the endless possibilities it offers, such as saving time searching for ideas, drafting, and assisting with various tasks. AI is a powerful tool, but in the hands of the uninitiated, it can lead to ethical issues. One can imagine...

Sharon (not her real name) recently asked me how I get my Literacy students to write on the line. Good question. Mostly it comes down to sheer repetition of the same activities and the same corrections until students get that it’s important to write not just on the line, but between the lines, as well. Not an easy feat.

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TESL Ontario is pleased to announce that our 2026 Annual Conference will take place virtually from November 4–6, 2026, bringing together English language educators, researchers, program administrators, p...

A few years ago, I posted about my progress learning and adopting generative artificial intelligence as an educator. While writing the post, Climbing Up and Sliding Down the AI Slope of Enlightenment, I thought that within a few months and committed effort, I would achieve confidence and control of GenAI and its potential. How naive I was! In order t...