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Students can sometimes be frustrating. We as teachers put so much time, effort, care, and passion into our work and yet there will always be some students who, for whatever reason, are not particularly motivated. I have ...

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What not to do to ESL students, especially those who have had traumatic backgrounds, for example, as forced migrants and persecuted minorities:

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By Victoria E. Wilson, PhD in trauma-informed TESOL

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By Victoria E. Wilson, PhD in trauma-informed TESOL

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Content warning: tsunami, gun violence

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By Victoria E. Wilson, PhD in trauma-informed TESOL

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By Victoria E. Wilson, PhD in trauma-informed TESOL

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Recently I read The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland, which tells the true story of Walter Rosenberg/Rudolf Vrba, who was sent to the notorious death camp Auschwitz, from which he eventually escaped with a friend.

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There is so much evidence that we need to feel seen and heard. This relates not just to trauma and PTSD, but is a general human need and essential for mental (and therefore, physical) health.

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This post continues on from the last one, in which I started discussing the expectation that trauma survivors will have a new perspective on life that involves joie de vivre and lust for life. PTSD definitely disrupts th...

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A few years ago, a colleague of mine - who, like me, worked with former refugees and Iraqi international students - commented that once these students were in Australia and settling into university life, it wasn't long b...

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Sometimes, it seems like every man and his dog is jumping on the bandwagon of 'trauma-informed'. While at first glance this is very heartening, it ain't necessarily so. Just because someone says their organisation is tra...

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By Victoria E. Wilson, PhD in trauma-informed TESOL

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Last week I presented at the English Australia Mental Health SIG Symposium \"Brave New World\". At that event, I outlined some of the key findings into my PhD in trauma-informed teaching of English to adult speakers of oth...

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Using the findings of my PhD into trauma-informed teaching of English to adult speakers of other languages, I have created an acronym that summarises some of the key principles of my model. I will speak more about this a...

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Today I read an article in an education magazine that purported to be about how teachers can support traumatised students. Great! I thought. Then I read it and my dismay set in.

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In my PhD research into trauma-informed TESOL, and also over the course of my ESL and EFL teaching career, I have come across or heard about just a tiny minority of actively abusive ESL/EFL teachers. I really believe tha...

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Many educators and leaders of educational programs recognise that trauma in the classroom is not just a medical problem. As pioneering researcher in trauma-informed adult education, Jenny Horsman, wrote, we can't just te...

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Posted 6th May 2022

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