Posts by J.Alphahttp://www.brighthub.com/search/searchresults.aspx?u=2439&o=DateDescending&a=275Posts by J.Alphaen-USHarvest/Thanksgiving Day Festivals Around the World: A Collection of Educational Resourceshttp://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/11957.aspxMon, 20 Oct 2008 17:47:52 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:11957JAlphaThis information will be of value for ESL, foreign language, and general language arts students to explore the topic. Giving thanks on Thanksgiving is an important American tradition, but it is not just a tradition celebrated in the United States. A United Nations Thanksgiving Proclamation In November 1997, the U.N. General Assembly unanimously dec...The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade: An ESL Cultural Perspective on Americahttp://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/11560.aspxWed, 15 Oct 2008 20:32:51 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:11560JAlphaRooted in the homeland yearnings of America’s first generation of European immigrants, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is a lively resource for ESL teachers to utilize when introducing America’s Thanksgiving culture to their English as second language students. *To watch in person: the route changed! The Parade's Hist...Cooking Up Tasty American Recipes for Successful ESL Summer Activitieshttp://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/33175.aspxMon, 27 Apr 2009 18:42:03 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:33175JAlphaSummer is here! The fourth article in a series of four featuring ideas for cooking up tasty recipes for summer learning activities for ESL students of all ages. Summer: A Time for Icy Cold Lemonade, Picnics, Cookouts, and Fireworks! Depicted around the world as a time for Americans to relax and take vacations, summer provides a bounty o...Adding Humor to ESL Classroom Activitieshttp://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/4772.aspxMon, 11 Aug 2008 20:07:24 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:4772JAlphaDid you hear the one about . . . three EFL students walking down the road to their language comprehension workshop? 

"It's windy" says the first. 
"No it isn't, it's Thursday" says the second. 
"Me too." says the third, "Let's go for a drink! Using Humor to Enh...Meeting the Challenges of Suggesting Fiction for English as a Second Language Learnershttp://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/6518.aspxFri, 05 Sep 2008 18:58:23 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:6518JAlphaWhen it comes to required classroom reading, ESL students are no different from native English speaking students, with varied tastes in the selection of reading material. Some ESL students will enjoy fiction, while others might consider it a waste of their time. Often, ESL teachers do not have adequate time to effectively complete intensive learnin...MILLEE: Mobile Technology And Immersive Learning for Literacy in Emerging Economieshttp://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/12506.aspxFri, 24 Oct 2008 21:09:58 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:12506JAlphaIn rural India, where almost half of school-age children can’t go to school, because they need to work to help support their families, cell phones are serving as m-learning educational resource that the children can access anywhere and anytime. What is MILLEE? Primarily funded by the National Science Foundation (USA) under Grant No. 03265...Spring Poetry for ESL Classroomshttp://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/29620.aspxFri, 20 Mar 2009 13:29:34 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:29620JAlphaInaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, poetry month also marks the birth of William Wordsworth, a world-renowned English Romantic poet who wrote a classic spring-themed poem, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, also known as Daffodils. Wordsworth's Daffodils I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, also known as Daffodils, is a classic spri...USAID Helps Children In Remote Andes Learn Spanish Through Poetry and Rhymehttp://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/29207.aspxThu, 12 Mar 2009 19:33:50 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:29207JAlphaIn the remote Ecuadorian Andes village of La Vaqueria, school children are learning to speak Spanish through poetry and rhymes, as the result of a USAID program which trains teachers to implement creative methods to make learning Spanish more efficient for nonnative speakers. As the students attending the Dolores Cacuango Primary School in the remo...Cooking Up Tasty American Recipes for Successful ESL Spring Activitieshttp://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/28260.aspxTue, 03 Mar 2009 14:53:30 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:28260JAlphaThe third article, in a series of four, featuring ideas for cooking up tasty Spring recipes for learning activities for ESL students of all ages. Spring: A Time for Daffodils and Celebrations Viewed around the world as a time of growth and renewal in nature, spring celebrations are a familiar cultural component of many countries. Shared stories...Internet Tools for Studying International Arthttp://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/24067.aspxWed, 21 Jan 2009 17:08:48 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:24067JAlphaThe integration of technology into 21st Century art curriculums and classrooms is providing opportunities for meaningful cultural exchanges with students from other countries, as well as enabling students to demonstrate their knowledge and creativity before a worldwide audience. Thanks to technology, international art is reaching out to new audienc...