Tag: Volume 9.5

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ESL Lessons Holidays

Christmas and New Year ESL Resources

Check out the rich Christmas resources on our SOCEM site including Christmas lessons from the Virtues series and the Conversation Guides: https://eslministries.org/resources/teaching-materials/seasonal-resources/ An excellent reading about the North American Christmas traditions, with a glossary: http://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/christmasday.pdf Christmas traditions around the world; good for starting conversations with students: http://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/ http://www.santas.net/aroundtheworld.htm https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/ Stories behind favourite Christmas carols and […]

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ESL Program Ideas Language Learning Resources

Smart phones in the pronunciation class? Yes!

Author’s Note: Here’s an article I wrote for the TESL Ontario blog back in the summertime, while researching for the workshop I presented at the October SOCEM Gathering. Then at the Gathering, at our lunch table, I learned of yet another way to use smart phones for pronunciation—see the PS at the end! Aren’t SOCEM […]

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Mission & Outreach Resources

Would You Be the ESL Teacher and Mentor of the Children We Met in Africa?

By Inji Kim and Sangho Suh Technology is making it easier than ever for us to communicate with people all over the world. But is this enriching our lives or is this having a negative impact on our lives? We are Sangho and Inji, graduate students at the University of Waterloo in Canada and Seoul […]

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Gatherings

Gathering XV Report

On October 27, 2018, about 85 of us gathered at Trinity Church Streetsville, Mississauga for SOCEM’s 15th annual conference. Attendees came from all over Southern Ontario including Kitchener-Waterloo, Owen Sound, Guelph, Hamilton and Bowmanville. We were all interested in or involved in ESL ministries. Many were faithful participants year after year while others came for […]

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ESL Lessons Holidays Seasonal

Seasonal, Secular, Sacred Christmas*

By Mary Cummins What is Christmas? In many places in the world, Christmas is probably the most popular holiday in the year, especially for Christians. It is very nostalgic for many people—the sights, the sounds, the smells and time spent with family and friends. Since Canada is in the Northern Hemisphere, Christmas comes in the […]

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Devotional

Working in the Dark

Isaiah sets the context of the event. Matthew recalled Jesus’ words. “…the people living in darkness    have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death    a light has dawned.” Isaiah 9:2;. Matt.4:16 NIV Hymnology alludes to it: ‘O holy night’; ‘Yet in thy dark streets shineth’. Jesus arrived […]