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Nov 17, 20221 min read
Using Picture Books To Teach A Foreign Language - Part I
One of the best tools I use for vocabulary development when teaching English as a second language are picture books. This includes older...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Play Ball! A fun way to review lessons in class.
I want to share a really fun lesson plan I used a few weeks ago. This was my opening class for a multi-level classroom. I have fluent...
Nov 17, 20221 min read
When Research and Teaching Methods Don't Match Up
About a month ago we shared a fascinating article with you about how teachers are not being trained to teach reading! The article rightly...
Nov 17, 20221 min read
Dear Gaila - Top Five Mysteries for Young Readers!
Some children - people - enjoy mysteries and figuring out the whodunit part. Others enjoy the thrill of it. Here are the most popular...
Nov 17, 20221 min read
Dear Gaila - Speaking English with Slang, Idioms and an Awareness of Nuances
What is the difference between slang and idioms? Yael Dear Yael, It is true that in many ways slang and idioms are similar. Both are...
Nov 17, 20221 min read
Dear Gaila - The Value of Professional Articles
Last week you mentioned reading newspapers as precursors to professional articles. Could you expand some more on the value of reading...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - The Value of Reading Newspapers
The other day we got a phone call from a newspaper company trying to sell us a subscription. In my childhood home, I remember my parents...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - Non-fiction Book Picks
Are you a non-fiction enthusiast? Or maybe after reading this column, you are looking for non-fiction books to entice your son. Here are...
Nov 17, 20221 min read
Dear Gaila - How to Read a Text?
Dear Gaila, How do I read a text? It is not only hard to read, but is dense with information. How do I get through it? A Student Dear...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - How to Enrich a Child's Vocabulary at Home:
What can you, as a parent, do at home to enrich your child's vocabulary? First of all, all the games we mentioned in the previous column...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - How to Enrich a Child's Vocabulary as a Teacher:
Do you have a student who needs to enrich their vocabulary? Here are a few tips to use in your classroom: First you can use dialogues....
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - Boys' Picks vs. Girls' picks
Dear Gaila, I have a son in 6th grade, a daughter in 5th grade and a son in 3rd grade. While my daughter is an avid reader, I find it so...
Nov 17, 20221 min read
Dear Gaila - Book Circles & Disinterested Readers
Dear Gaila, Last week you posted about Book Circles for struggling readers. My son can read well enough by now but he is disinterested in...
Nov 17, 20221 min read
Dear Gaila - Book Circles & Struggling Readers
Dear Gaila, I've seen your posts on facebook that the Readathon is around the corner. You have also mentioned these Book Circles. My...
Nov 17, 20221 min read
Dear Mr. Bennett - Ministry of Education English Reforms VIII
Dear Mr. Naftali Bennett, While I haven't received a response from you following all my letters about ideas to improve English fluency in...
Nov 17, 20221 min read
Dear Mr. Bennett - Ministry of Education English Reforms VII
However, until those lucky preschoolers get to first grade we have to enable other children to acquire English easily.
The solution is two
Nov 17, 20221 min read
Dear Mr. Bennett - Ministry of Education English Reforms VI
Dear Mr. Bennett, It's me – Gaila Cohen Morrison from A.H.A.V.A. Last week I opened up the topic of what changes the Ministry of...
Nov 17, 20221 min read
Dear Bennett - Ministry of Education English Reforms V
Dear Mr. Bennett, It's Gaila Cohen Morrison from A.H.A.V.A. again. Last week I shared with you my amazing experience of multilingualism...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Mr. Bennett - Ministry of Education English Reforms IV
Dear Mr. Bennett, I would like to share with you an amazing experience I had during Succot. My eldest daughter is on שליחות in Antwerp,...
Nov 17, 20221 min read
Dear Mr. Bennett - Ministry of Education English Reforms III
Dear Mr. Bennett, It's me again. Gaila Cohen Morrison from A.H.A.V.A. English Learned in a Natural Method. Last week I wrote to you a...
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