Southern Ontario Cooperative of ESL Ministries
By Tom More During the holidays, my learners often scratch their heads trying to figure out the reason for the season. If one were to try to guess at Valentine’s Day’s logic, they might have particular trouble. Various traditions identify more than a dozen important church figures with this name, several of whom have connections […]
Valentine’s Day: Love and Valentine’s Day lessons (The Virtues series) (readings, including from the Bible; discussion questions, quotes and other activities) http://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/valentinesday.pdf (excellent reading on the history and customs of Valentine’s Day, with glossary) http://www.eslholidaylessons.com/02/valentines_day.pdf (a reading with lots of accompanying activities) http://iteslj.org/questions/valentine.html (Valentine’s Day conversation questions) http://bogglesworldesl.com/valentines_day_worksheets.htm (vocabulary and writing activities for lower level) […]
The “Let’s Connect” event was held via Zoom on Saturday January 30 from 11:00am–12:30pm, as a collaborative effort between SOCEM and Cooperative ESL Ministries (CESLM) in Calgary. About 20 from Ontario, Alberta, BC and Manitoba participated. We had a brief opening with some thoughts from the representative from SOCEM and an introduction of all the […]
By Elmer Warkentin Teaching ESL as a volunteer is my cup of tea. No exams, no report cards, no budget. Just a group of intelligent, educated, appreciative young people informally gathering in my living room, me with my whiteboard interacting with them on a topic or field of mutual interest or an area of need. […]
The following is excerpted from a website. It is a good topic to talk about with your students. Do you have more to add? Send them to eslministries@gmail.com. What are some (more) unwritten rules in Canada? Don’t raise your voice in public places. It’s done in another English speaking country that shall remain nameless, but […]
Editor’s Note: Perhaps most of us have chatted with our students about their lives under Covid 19. Seldom, though, have we seen them expressed in writing. We continue to publish selected writings from the students of an ESL teacher in our midst, submitted in their knowledge and with their permission. Let’s hear the voice of […]