Washington English Center
Washington English Center offers English as a second language, computer, and literacy classes to adult immigrants in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. This blog is for the volunteer teachers, tutors, students, and staff at Washington English Center (formerly known as Language ETC) . It provides resources to help fulfill the school's mission of improving the lives of immigrants through education.Header photo credits: Kate Maloney
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Just the Facts, Ma’am: Using Personal Titles in English
Those who were thoroughly confused by last week’s post on greetings will be glad to know that this week’s topic, use of personal titles, is slightly less vexing — if only because there are fewer variations to choose from.
Posted in Conversation Activities, Writing Activities
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How Is Your Tiredness? Teaching Greetings in English and Other Languages
What I’ve learned about teaching English as a second language is this: the very things that seem to us native speakers to be basic and oh so simple often turn out to be Oh. So. Hard.
A Few Favorite ESL Websites
Type “English as a second language” into Google and you get more than 10 million hits. “ESL” brings up 92 million. Even after you subtract websites for the Electronic Sports League and ElectroScience Laboratory and the like, it’s still an … Continue reading
Posted in Using Supplemental Materials
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Beyond Voting: DC-Area Immigrants Make Their Mark in State, Local Office
At Language ETC, we often say we’re helping immigrants learn English so they can participate fully in US society and civic life. What does that really mean?
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