今日はちょっと時間がないので短いnoteで。興奮冷めないうちにひとことだけでも。 Yurikoは今週、知り合いのカナダの小学校校長先生の計らいで、カナダの公立小学校の「ELLプログラム」の説明会に参加させていただきました。 ELLというのは、「English Language ...

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On the last day of class, everyone in Jeff Libman’s English as a Second Language course at Truman College brought a native dish — but at this party, ethnic cuisine took a back seat to Scrabble.

ESLの先生にも図書館でお会いして、クラスがないのに来ちゃっている私を心配してくださいましたが、「大丈夫です」とだけ伝えてこの日記を書いております。 Today I rushed to the library, thinking it was ESL class day. But… surprise! No class today. I met my ESL teacher—she looked ...

PRESCHOOLERS were dressed as everything from pumpkins to princesses and Tigger to Thomas the Tank Engine on Wednesday. The costumed children marched in a parade, heard a story and chose free books – ...

Teacher Vivian Kelly drew a circle on a whiteboard and asked her class of 10 elementary-school pupils to identify it. “Circle,” one child called out. Ms. Kelly asked the class to repeat it. “Circle,” ...

Seven adults are gathered around two folding tables in the children’s room of a library in Valley Stream working on pronouncing the word “tornado.” After sounding out the word and playing around with ...