by Ashley English | Mar 1, 2017 | Blog Posts
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...
by Ashley English | Feb 24, 2017 | Blog Posts
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....
by Ashley English | Feb 15, 2017 | Blog Posts
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...
by Ashley English | Aug 24, 2016 | Blog Posts
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...
by Ashley English | Aug 24, 2016 | Blog Posts
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...
