I have been blessed to know some amazing ESL teachers over the last several years.  Thanks to our ever-shrinking world, teaching English as a Second Language is crucial for the millions of students in American schools who need to operate bilingually every day.  The English language is the second most widely used language in the [...]

Do you have a particular homophone weakness?  You know…a pair of words that you can’t ever seem to remember which one to use when??  Mine is most definitely the homophone pair hangar and hanger.  I am NEVER sure which one holds clothes and which one holds airplanes.  Maybe you have more than one set that [...]

Compound words can be surprisingly fun for students to study. (A compound word is made when two or more words are joined – – with or without a hyphen – -  to form a new word and subsequently, a new meaning.) Don’t miss this opportunity to really engage your students.  One school has annual Compound [...]