Category archives: Teaching Strategies

ECSD LINC Digital Literacy Progression List

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By Diana Agudelo - Academic Coordinator at ECSD LINC Diana Agudelo has been the Academic Coordinator for the LINC program at Edmonton Catholic Separate Schools (ECSD) since 2016. She supports teachers and creates curriculum for literacy classes at ECSD LINC in consultation with its instructors. She has an MA in TESL from Mankato State University, Minnesota,...

Translanguaging

by Heather Imorde Heather Imorde has recently joined TIES as a LINC Literacy Instructor. She has a passion for literacy and language and has been working in this space since 2008.   I have recently come across the idea of “translanguaging.” At first glance I liked its notions of language...

My Experience Teaching a CCLB Module: “Dealing with Emergencies” (CLB 1-2)

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by Patricia LenLINC Literacy Instructor at TIES Teaching the Dealing with Emergencies module was a great, positive experience for me and my students! I teach a full-time Literacy 1/2 split class online. I used this module before the Literacy module was released by the CCLB. There are now three dedicated literacy...

Helping Literacy Learners find Structure in English: Modified Functional Grammar

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by Jean Campbell Jean Campbell has a passion for helping ESL literacy learners and literacy teachers excel. She is the Literacy Coordinator for the Saskatoon Open Door Society where she has taught LINC literacy-designated classes for 19 years. She has a Master’s Degree in TESOL and wrote and teaches the...

The Whole-Part-Whole Approach for Literacy Instruction

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by Jeremy Wilson Literacy Centre of Expertise Assistant If you have been teaching EAL literacy for any amount of time or have looked through the CCLB’s ESL for ALL, you have likely come across the model known as Whole-Part-Whole (WPW). Used in many areas where complex skills are being developed...