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Newcomers, Refugees & Internationals Resources

From the 2018 Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/annual-report-parliament-immigration-2018/report.html#introduction

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ESL Lessons Language Aspects Language Learning

Thinking about Grammar

By Carol Blake Does grammar make you nervous? Do you wonder if you know enough to be able to help your students with their grammar? Let’s take pronouns, for example. Can you explain when to use who or whom? You and I or You and me? You can Google these issues fairly easily and find […]

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ESL Lessons Holidays Seasonal

Illustrations for the Easter Story

Consider using these little stories as “Easter lessons” for Intermediate/Advanced students, as lead-ins to the truths of Easter. They are short, easy to read, and we can easily devise comprehension questions and vocabulary exercises out of them. I hope that they can become spring boards for discussions on what Christ has done for us on […]

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ESL Lessons ESL Program Ideas Holidays Seasonal

Easter ESL Resources

Beginners’ level http://www.bestofthereader.ca/Ebooks/Holidays-print.pdf (pp. 14, 15) http://bogglesworldesl.com/easter_worksheets.htm (an assortment of fun activities like crossword, rhyme, word search) Conversation questions http://iteslj.org/questions/easter.html http://teflpedia.com/Easter_conversation_questions Readings http://www.eslholidaylessons.com/04/good_friday.html (with lots of accompanying exercises) http://www.eslholidaylessons.com/04/easter_sunday.html Miscellaneous https://busyteacher.org/classroom_activities-vocabulary/holidays_and_celebrations/easter-worksheets/ (Free Easter worksheets, different levels) https://www.esolcourses.com/topics/easter.html (Easter – online lessons, activities, and worksheets) Specifically Christian content Good Friday, Easter Part 1, Easter Part 2 […]

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Devotional

The New Life of Spring

By Mary Hogan We are blessed in Canada to be able to experience four seasons throughout the year. Indeed, the seasons are a favourite topic of our ESL learners.  From the heat of summer with its ever-expanding array of water sports, to the magnificent display of yellow, orange and burgundy fall colours, to the pristine […]