Diary of an ESL Teacher During the Time of COVID-19
During the pandemic, I have had the opportunity to meet many extraordinary teachers and consultants from all over Quebec who have reached out to share…
IntenSIG Café Collaborative Document-June 4
Seventeen Intensive ESL teachers from all over Quebec met online for the IntenSIG Virtual Café on June 4, 2020. Teachers shared their different teaching realities…
Teaching COVID-Style
Olga Chashka is an Intensive ESL teacher at CS des Découvreurs. She is currently teaching her students in the classroom, and online. Her positivity…
chalk.n.coffee: An ESL Podcast for the Times
We have recently been witness to an unprecedented generosity within our ESL community. Everyone is sharing ideas and offering help in a plethora of ways.…
Elementary ESL Café Summary Document
The first Online Elementary ESL Café was held on May 22, 2020. ESL professionals from all over Quebec met on Zoom for an hour and…
IntenSIG CAFÉ Collaborative Document
In the present extraordinary context, the situation in education is evolving at a rapid pace and the need for collaboration is more than ever necessary…
MISSION POSSIBLE: ESL Challenges for Primary and Secondary Students
These missions were created by consultants from LEARN, SPEAQ and the CSDL, and were developed for students to practice English at home in a safe…
We Need a New Mantra: What Will Yours Be?
We Need a New Mantra: What Will Yours Be? Mantras are one way to practice mindfulness because we focus on a word or phrase as…
The Linguistic Risk-Taking Passport: Take a Risk!
A passport that takes students outside their linguistic comfort zone by taking risks with their family, their community, and eventually with the world! Are you…
Get a Grip!
The latest Junior Tech Challenge is here! Are you looking for a fun science and technology activity that will provide your students with the perfect…
SPEAQ Convention 2019
Journal of a Participant: My SPEAQ 2019 Convention in Montreal #yourpotential Thursday November 21 2:00 PM Preamble I’m ready to go. Bags packed, workshops ready.…
Summer reads
Summer vacation is here so let’s celebrate with a book, or a few! Here are the books on our summer reading list, for both adults…
Introducing the ESL-FSL Tandem Canada Platform: Partnering Up!
by Susan Parks, Professor at Laval University, Québec * * * * …
My (Very Positive) Experience with Tandem Learning in My Classroom
(A special thank you to Tony Jenniss from CS des Chênes for sharing this experience with us!) If I needed to come up with one universal…
RÉCIT: Highlights From Our Facebook Chat: May 30, 2018
RÉCIT offered four different online training and sharing sessions. Here are the highlights of the second one, Q & A: Resources to Integrate Technology in…
RÉCIT: Highlights From Our Twitter Chat-Strategies for a More Inclusive Classroom
RÉCIT offered four different online training and sharing sessions. Here are the highlights of the first one, Strategies for a More Inclusive Classroom presented on…
My Year of Experimentation: Intensive ESL and the Developmental Literacy Continuum
The Developmental Literacy Continuum was introduced to us just over a year ago by Thomas Stenzel of LEARN. After, a couple sessions, we were hooked!…
RÉCIT Webinar-June 13, 2018
RÉCIT is four different online training and sharing sessions. The fourth, and last of the series, Supporting Language Learners Who Are At-Risk for Reading and Language…
RÉCIT Swap Shop-June 4, 2018
RÉCIT is offering four different online training and sharing sessions. The third, 5-Minute Presentations on Great Ideas to Integrate ICTs in Your Classroom will be…
Intensig Spring Gig 2018: The Happiness Project
On May 4, 2018 Intensive ESL teachers from all over Québec met with SPEAQ’s IntenSIG team at the CSDGS in La Prairie and we all…