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MONTREAL — Another Muslim teacher took the stand at the court challenge to Quebec’s secularism law on Tuesday, testifying that her hijab has no impact on her ability to teach.

“I do not see any conflict between my faith and the way I teach,” Bouchera Chelbi testified on Day 2 of the legal proceedings against Bill 21, the law that bans public sector workers in positions of authority — including teachers and judges — from wearing religious symbols on the job.

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A Heartland woman and her sister are helping teach English to children in their home country.

Valentina Curbet taught her sister, Ecaterina Stepanuic, English while working on their farm in Moldova. Now, the sister duo teaches other children their second language.

“The name of the book is English with Val and Kate… Throughout the book your see a path of our life. Most of the text is based on our lives. It’s a living book,” said Stepaniuc.

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Samuel Isaiah’s nomination as the top ten finalists for the 2020 Global Teacher Prize had my phone ringing over the past few days. I have been receiving calls and WhatApp messages asking me whether it was me.

The reason being I was a teacher too and more so because we share a second name that sounds similar and which is quite uncommon. His second name is Isaiah while mine is Yesuiah. Both are biblical names though. Learn more about this topic by reading on NewStraitsTimes.

“The ESL(English as a Second Language) Club was my first opportunity to realize that I could be like the other students. I also have opportunities, I just have to work harder for them,” Lopez said.

Kean’s ESL program administrators introduced Lopez the idea of creating the club as a space for students to interact. The ESL program at Kean assists students admitted to the university whose English is not their first language.

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For seven months Sharifa has been at home with her family. The 18-year-old attends a Pittsburgh Public high school and like her peers, has been learning remotely since March, when the district moved online to slow the spread of the coronavirus. She’s learning English as a second language and says the disruption in her learning has been challenging and frustrating.

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Once technology enters the classroom, it rarely leaves. These days, as online learning emerges as the next technology to find a home inside the classroom, we have an opportunity to look further into the future. This is a great time to consider the next digital horizon for education—specifically the emerging fields of augmented reality and virtual reality. Both technologies are already being experimented with for learning in general and language learning in particular. As our teaching practices continue to evolve, I want to explore what the technology looks like and what best practices could help us engage successfully in virtual language teaching.

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Speaking and reading a second language offers huge benefits, but if you remember high school Spanish class you know it can be tough. However, teaching children from a young age makes it easier and gives them an edge. Now, a new language learning app for kids is also giving them a leg up like never before.

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The Federation of English Language Teaching Organizations of Malta (FELTOM) has welcomed the Budget 2021, describing its measures as a step in the right direction that will help operators in this fragile sector alleviate the difficult scenario of the past and coming months.

“The extension of the wage supplement to March 2021 …will ensure minimal staff loss , whereas the tax deferral, also up till March of next year, should help our member organizations retain a stronger cash flow,” the federation said.

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Families Struggle With Online Learning – An ESL teacher from Dover High School is making efforts to ensure that English second language families are succeeding with online learning.

Carmen Crowley is an ESL teacher at Dover High school. She says online learning has been especially challenging for non-English speaking students and parents at the district.

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Teachers work to replicate bilingual experience – Lesley De Paz would normally be giving instructions and having conversations with her third-grade students in Spanish, able to offer praise or a gentle grammar correction in real time.

That changed when the pandemic hit and her classroom went virtual. Gone was the easy back-and-forth chatter. In the first week of distance learning, her students were quiet and hesitant.

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