The Bridge English Placement Test measures competencies in all English language and academic skills, including reading, writing, listening and speaking. Per University requirements, incoming ...

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As most educators know, the Common Core State Standards provide little guidance for how teachers can assist their English-language learner students to meet them. To fill the gap, here’s a short ...

The University Writing & Speaking Center (UWSC) offers individual writing support to Multiple Language Learners (MLL). Typically, about one-quarter to one-third of our consultations are in support of ...

When you have a conversation, how much time do you like to spend speaking, and how much time listening? Most people have a marked preference for speaking over listening, according to Jonny Thomson, a ...

“I have a difficult question we need to discuss,” a client emailed my colleague and I requesting an immediate phone call. Once on the call, the client asked the question, and one of us jumped in ...

Communication skills are among the most important and needed in every job, regardless of the level of the position. Most people concentrate on speaking and writing but give very little emphasis to the ...

In our first installment, we shared a short summary of the speaking and listening standards, along with a few ways that we attempt to meet them in our classrooms. As we stated, discussions—both in ...