The Thesys Blog
ELLoquence Summer Programs: Catch Up or Jump Start!
Summer classes are beginning soon and for ELL students this can be a key time to catch up or get a jump start on reaching their English language proficiency goals or their school's goals. ELLoquence makes it easy for teachers to lead students to the next level of...
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ELLoquence Helps Teachers Build Relationships with ELL Students
Caroline Wu, an ELLoquence user and alternative education teacher at Rancho Learning Center (Arcadia, CA), has found that ELLoquence's focus on speaking and listening has led to building relationships with her students and getting to know them better. "ELLoquence...
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Testing Tips for the ESL Classroom
Testing can be stressful for your students and they need all the advice you, as a teacher, can give them. Here at Thesys, we use two acronyms to keep in mind helpful tips ESL students need before a test: relax and learn. Relax R – Read the question carefully, then...
read moreSpeaking to Build Writing Fluency
When working through the writing process, there are many engaging activities you can do with your English language learners to integrate the core skills of reading, speaking, and listening. We invite you to join our 30 minute webinar hosted by ESL expert Brenda...
read moreStudent Success with ELLoquence: Khang Lam Dinh Do & Xinta Yang
“Honestly, my English proficiency today really boomed from my previous experience. I really enjoyed the strategies employed to make my study worthwhile. We learned vocabulary through many interesting readings composed by Mrs. Huey. She conducted a heavy load of...
read moreStudent Success with ELLoquence: Yuchen Zhang & Chloe Nguyen
“The ELLoquence program really helped me because when I came to the United States, my English was not good. The program built my confidence, helped me with my high school studies, and built a strong foundation for my future. During high school, I felt confident enough...
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7 Tips for Becoming an Online Teacher
About six years ago, I transitioned from a traditional brick-and-mortar teacher to being a full-time online teacher. There were challenges, but the benefits far outweighed them. My greatest challenge in the traditional classroom was simply classroom management. In...
read moreReading Strategies and Activities for ESL/ELL Classrooms
Teaching the skill of reading requires a specific flow and integrated approach that incorporates writing, listening, and speaking exercises. ESL Specialist Brenda Huey-Rosas as she reveals reading fluency strategies and comprehension activities for the classroom....
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How to Boost ELL Participation in Your Classroom
During the first week of her class, Victoria Villegas’ students are mostly silent and unwilling to speak, but soon open up with the help of a few creative activities. “Students learn from games better than listening to a teacher speak,” says Victoria as we discussed...
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Overcoming the Difficulties of Teaching ELLs to Read
A foundational element of every academic discipline, the ability to read in a studied language is vital. Working to develop central reading skills, such as utilizing a specific reading strategy and noticing discourse patterns, provide ELL students with the opportunity...
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Strategies for Developing ELL Critical Thinking Skills
“Expectations are set high for native speakers, so critical thinking skills are fundamental for setting ESL students up for future success,” says Chris Baarstad, an international junior high teacher at Fairmont Private Schools. Chris is in his fifth year of teaching...
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Tips for Teaching ESL Vocabulary
Courtney Raymond started teaching ELLs ten years ago while working as a surf instructor. After several years of taking international students into the water, Raymond got TEFL certified and entered the classroom. Her first teaching job took her to Chengdu, China where...
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Teaching Literature in an ESL Classroom
It’s critical to provide language acquisition support to English Language Learners enrolled in literature classes. Beth Libhart, teacher at Fairmont Private Schools, notes that not only are her incoming students performing below grade level, but they are mostly...
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The Key to a Successful Multi-Level Classroom
ELL students have one common goal: To learn English as quickly and efficiently as possible. Teaching ELL in a multi-level classroom at the secondary level is one of the most rewarding and dynamic teaching environments. However, regardless of your experience level,...
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Teaching English Language Learners in the STEM Classroom
Teaching ESLs in subject areas outside of English class can be challenging. You may find that students are more focused on getting the hang of the language than investigating scientific principles. Or they’re less engaged because the concepts seem far removed and the...
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ESL Engagement Strategies with Blended Learning
Students constantly interact with technology, and if they don’t find something engaging or stimulating, they’ll retreat to a more fun activity on their tablet, computer, or phone. Technology allows students different ways of interacting with class materials, provides...
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Creative Ideas for Teaching ESLs in Subject Areas
Ten months after beginning his teaching career, Nathan Horton left the United States and trekked to Kyrgyzstan to teach English as a foreign language. After almost two years of teaching English in central Asia, he returned home to California and began teaching English...
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Interview with a Teacher: Creating a Welcoming ESL Classroom
Join us as Fairmont Private Schools teacher and ELLoquence instructor Mr. Robert Esquerre reveals how he creates a welcoming classroom for his ELL students to thrive in! What’s your ELL teaching background? I have been teaching ELL students for four years. My teaching...
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How Can ELLoquence Help Your ESLs Succeed?
Are your students taking too long to achieve English language proficiency? How can your school help international students succeed in the classroom and beyond? Over the past three years, Thesys’ ELL specialists have created and implemented ELLoquence, a digital...
read moreThesys International Paves the Way for More English Language Learners to Achieve Academic Success
To meet the educational needs of the nation’s growing number of English Language Learners (ELLs), Thesys International, LLC has developed ELLoquence, a digital curriculum that blends high-tech and hands-on instruction to significantly improve learning outcomes for ELL...
read morePasadena Unified Partners with Thesys International to Add District Wide Technology Enhanced Curriculum Program
ANAHEIM, Calif. - (EON: Enhanced Online News)--The Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD), in partnership with Anaheim-based Thesys International, LLC, is increasing efforts to provide additional online learning platforms to meet the needs of struggling high school...
read moreBoise State University
To Whom It May Concern, This letter confirms the independent evaluation of the Thesys program by Dr.’s Kerry Rice and Jui- Long Hung of Boise State University’s Education Technology Department. For two years now, we have examined the data from the Thesys program with...
read moreCIS Academy at Pasadena Unified and Blended Learning
CIS Academy is the alternative education high school within the Pasadena Unified School District. CIS Academy partnered with Thesys to provide students a Biology CP course taught in a blended format in the 2012/2013 and 2013/14 school year. Using the Thesys program,...
read moreFairmont Preparatory Academy and Blended Learning
For the past four years, Thesys has partnered with Fairmont Preparatory Academy, a private college preparatory school in Anaheim, CA, to provide blended course curriculum. Over the years, Fairmont Prep has seen improved students outcomes among students who take the...
read morePalos Verdes Unified and Fairmont’s Use of ELLoquence
ELLoquence by Thesys is designed to help English Language Learners improve their English skills through academic content taught in a blended format. Fairmont Preparatory Academy is a private school in Anaheim, CA, which has an on-site International Academy designed...
read moreResults and Success in the Spotlight
"I am seeing consistent improvement..." That's the kind of feedback we treasure at Thesys International. Samantha Weiss, RIS, ELD Teacher at Ridgecrest High School in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, recently shared a letter she wrote to her school board about her experiences...
read moreVocabulary Practice for ESL/ELL Classrooms
Research shows that vocabulary development is one of the most important skills students need to acquire to become English-proficient. When vocabulary is taught as isolated word lists, students revert to memorizing instead of actually learning the words for later use....
read moreELLoquence: English Language Learning
Teachers from Fairmont Preparatory Academy in Anaheim, Cornerstone Academy in San Francisco, and Calexico Mission Academy in Calexico, California discuss the Thesys ELLoquence English language program and the many benefits that it provides both teachers and...
read moreSchema Building for ESL/ELL Classrooms
Teachers and administrators! It's your turn to be the students in our short workshop discussing schema building in an ESL/ELL classroom.Discover new ideas and real life applications that you or your teachers can use in their own ELL classrooms.
read moreMulti-Level Teaching Strategies for ESL/ELL Classrooms
Are you an administrator looking for alternatives to single level classrooms? Are you an ELL teacher with the daunting task of working with multi-level students all at once? Please join our chat with ESL Specialist, Brenda Rosas, as she discusses the challenges and...
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