The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) and Nelson Education launched a ground-breaking partnership in developing
In the news: English is ‘stupid’ and settlement cuts
The Toronto Star recently featured these ESL stories: ESL teacher Judy Thompson tries to make
Movies in the classroom
And the Oscar for the Best Achievement in Vocabulary Notes on an ESL Movie Site
Canadian content: new ESL resource
Looking to include more Canadian content in your ESL classroom? Citizenship and Immigration Canada has
TESL Ontario SNAP newsletter cancelled
Due to cuts by Citizenship and Immigration Canada, TESL Ontario’s SNAP newsletter is coming to
In the news: Ontario failing to attract ‘best and brightest’ immigrants
According to Toronto Star Queen’s Park columnist Martin Regg Cohn, when it comes to attracting
The 30 Goals Challenge
The Consultants-e’s Shelly Terrell has an reflective, inspirational and proactive set of goals for educators
In the news: Changes to immigrant language rules on the way?
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has announced that he hopes to make changes to language requirements
Teaching Toronto: Contest and Idea Swap
Congratulations to Teaching Toronto Contest winner Margaret Loney from University of Toronto’s Comprehensive English Program! (Check
In the news: King James Bible’s lasting impact on English
“Today, English girdles the globe. All who speak it do so in the shadow of the KJV” – the King James Version of the Bible. So says Globe writer Michael Valpy in a recent article about the KJV’s 400th birthday, its history and its impact (greater than Shakespeare’s!) on the English language. Among the enduring idioms with their genesis, so to speak, in the KJV: ‘No man can serve two masters’, ‘how are the mighty fallen’, ‘out of the mouths of babes’, and ‘the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak’.