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TESL Ontario Urges Adjustments to Immigration Funding and Language Education Cuts
Please find below TESL Ontario’s statement in response to recent cuts to immigration settlement funding among the ongoing reduction of international student study permits.
TESL Ontario is currently collecting stakeholder feedback through a series of short surveys to best inform our next steps. Members will be updated as the process moves forward.
Elevate Your Teaching Team with OCELT Certification
In the ever-evolving landscape of the language education field, having a team of OCELT (Ontario Certified English Language Teacher) certified educators is crucial to delivering the highest quality English language learning program. Certified teaching staff not only enhance…
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Call for Articles
TESL Ontario’s quarterly publication, Contact Magazine, is currently accepting submissions for this year’s Spring issue.
Submission Deadline: March 1, 2025
Contact Fall Issue
The Fall issue of CONTACT TESL Ontario Magazine is published and can be downloaded from our new website for CONTACT at
http://contact.teslontario.org/issues/
Call for Research
Canadian language teachers are eager to adopt plurilingual, action-oriented and digital pedagogies but may face challenges in the process. We are conducting innovative research to provide teacher resources and design a pan-Canadian toolkit with rich resources that will be made available for free but we need to hear your voice first.
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Recent blog posts
AI? No, Thank You. I’d Rather Stick with My Teacher. Â
February 17, 2025
Teaching and learning in the age of AI is fascinating for both teachers and students. Both can largely benefit from this phenomenon, making their journeys much more efficient. Of course, we all know when AI can backfire, and to be frank, as an ESL teacher, I think it backfires when irresponsibility creeps in on bot... Read more
Re-visiting webquest
February 10, 2025
In September 2015 I posted a TESL Ontario blog about revisiting WebQuests. Since then WebQuest founder Bernie Dodge closed his WebQuest site as well as its sister WebQuest archive resource QuestGarden. As well, Zunal.com has closed. As WebQuests have been such an established and relevant activity for language teachers and learners, digital alternatives must b... Read more
Teaching Lower Level Students with ABI
January 27, 2025
Many lower level students are living with the effects of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) from trauma, such as concussions, infection, and strokes. They struggle, while other students are learning and progressing. No matter how many times and ways we cover the same material, do the same activities, these struggling students still battle and labour t... Read more