Southern Ontario Cooperative of ESL Ministries
By Heather Berghuis Are you seeing a good work beginning, progressing, coming to completion in your life for the work of Christ’s Kingdom? Heather Berghuis cared for her family through 25 years of military family life and is just beginning to see a long-term passion to teach ESL and share the love of Jesus with […]
By Brian Seim – Urban Mission Research and Development, SIM Canada China has opened its doors once again for travel to and from their country. On January 8th, our Chinese ESL students were invited to return home. As the Economist wrote, “for the better part of three years—1016 days to be exact—China will have been […]
By Gordon Moulden, Ed.D In response to changes taking place in church ministries as a result of the COVID pandemic, Southern Ontario Cooperative of ESL Ministries commissioned me, as a professional researcher recently involved in a church-based ESL ministry in Metro Vancouver, to conduct a survey of representatives of church-based ESL programs across the country […]
What are the Biblical foundations for an ESL ministry? Perhaps you have considered them in one of our training sessions. At the start of another busy year of teaching and ministry, let us remind ourselves of these important questions: (1) We often think of ESL ministry as missional outreach. The foundation for mission is a […]
By Sarah Kim and Inji Kim from Pluscope (pluscope.com) Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request. (1 Chronicles 4:10) Pluscope […]
[Part 1 of the interview can be accessed here.] ESL Link: What is the most rewarding thing in your teaching or tutoring? AU: Relationships. These people become friends. You have good companions. They ask you, they task you. You build relationships. I personally don’t like to teach in groups. I don’t think group teaching is […]
Sandy has been my ESL class teacher. The atmosphere in her ESL class was always joyful and harmonious. Classmates and Sandy made friends with each other. In March 2019, I was lucky to join Sandy’s Bible study classes; all of my classmates were from the ESL class. We were excited. This was the first time […]
ESL Link: Hello Andrew. Thank you for chatting with us. I know that you are not originally from Canada. Can you tell us a bit about your background? AU: I’m from Poland. During WWII I was a soldier in the Polish Underground Army fighting the Nazis. I experienced Nazi occupation. In 1944 I took part […]
I found out not every ESL class is suitable for me. I tried some other ESL classes before, but I feel bored, so I gave up in a few months. I didn’t know why I chose this particular ESL class this time. This location was far from my house, but this ESL class is the […]
By Sandy Ho Teaching ESL is my job. Under the Covid 19 pandemic, the program where I teach told us to implement online learning. It was all very overwhelming and challenging. At first, it was tempting to just do the minimal, and I had thought, “It’s just a job.” But God is showing me otherwise. […]