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During this year’s Open House, our ESL teachers focussed on giving parents a unique opportunity to experience English class alongside their children by participating in hands-on activities like centres and games.
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- Written by Sophia Wang
One of our Canadian high school teachers shares about her firsthand observations and experience living and teaching in Taiwan during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Originally posted to Facebook on 4/3, re-shared with permission.
Living in Taiwan during COVID-19 is…honestly, pretty normal.
Read more: When “Normal” Becomes the Outlier: Living in Taiwan During COVID-19
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These creative ESL students were challenged to showcase their collaboration, critical thinking, and story making skills by creating impromptu skits. In small groups, they worked together to plan their skits using their own creative writing books, including the characters, setting, and problem, as well as making props to help act out their stories - all in one day!
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Name: Araceli Becerra
Hometown: El Paso Texas, America
Role: Elementary Lead Teacher
Favourite Quote/Words to Live by:
"If a child can't learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn" - Ignacio Estrada
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Name: Rachel Tucker
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Role: Program Support Teacher
Favourite Quote/Words to Live by: “Once you realize that the road is the goal and that you are always on the road, not to reach a goal, but to enjoy its beauty and its wisdom, life ceases to be a task and becomes natural and simple, in itself an ecstasy.” ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj
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Name: Erica Pires
Hometown: Yonkers, New York
Role: Elementary Lead Teacher
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Name: Diane Yang
Hometown: Taipei, Taiwan
Role: HR Specialist
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Name: Daniel Glizer
Hometown: Toronto ON, Canada
Role: Program Support Facilitator
Favourite Quote/Words to Live by: "On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." The Little Prince
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Name: Clive Siu
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
Role: Elementary Lead Teacher
Favourite Quote/Words to Live by:
"A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself and lights the way for others." Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
"The best teachers are those who tell you where to look, but don't tell you what to see." Alexandra K. Trenfor
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Name: Jen Long
Hometown: Hamilton, Canada
Role: Teacher Director
Favourite Quote/Words to Live by: "Knowledge is not passively received from the world or from authoritative sources but constructed by individuals or groups making sense of their experiential worlds." -Kaya Yilmaz