ESL Stories
The following links will take you to stories submitted by educators. Each story documents specific experiences, challenges and success stories of ESL students and their teachers. These stories range from insights into the experiences of the ESL student in the Canadian classroom, to their education experiences in their home country. In addition, you will hear about teacher's ESL strategies used in Canada and abroad.
Teaching ESL Students in Canada
Teaching ESL/EFL Abroad
ESL Students’ Canadian Experiences
ESL Students’ Experiences Abroad
Issues of Cultural Diversity
The Need for More ESL Support
Learning a Second Language
Teaching ESL Students in Canada
Teaching technique for teaching ESL students (adults)
Affecting waves: coaching newcomers
Communication between the ESL and classroom teachers
First language and culture in the classroom
If you care, student will learn
The benefits of cooperative learning
Strategies for teacher/parent communication
Teaching ESL/EFL Abroad
By the end of the year they grasped the English language
An experience that changed my life
Connexion de Toronto à Jonquière
Learning Thai: Rising tone/falling tone? I still don’t understand
The benefits of learning a new language
ESL Students’ Canadian Experiences
Student to student connections
“Language difference effects friendship”
The story of my immigration to Canada
Humber College students ESL learning experience
“I feel comfortable in Canada”
“The more English I learn, the more friends I made”
ESL Students’ Experiences Abroad
A brief story on my studying in the States
Issues of Cultural Diversity
Not just a language, but a whole new culture!
A challenge with some newcomer ESL students
Easing newcomer students into the Canadian culture
Ethical dilemma with a neighbour
Challenge encountered by an ESL student
The Need for More ESL Support
Learning a Second Language