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10 Best Pieces of Advice You Could Ever Give Your ESL Students
ESL students come in all shapes and sizes, from adorable little preschoolers to senior citizens who want to learn another language in their free time. In the middle, we have all sorts of students, ...
7 Most Common ESL Problems and How to Solve Them
As far as your ESL class is concerned, you could face a multitude or problems – or none at all.
A typical ESL class, anywhere in the world, has its own set of typical problems and challenge ...
How to Be a Successful ESL Teacher
Congratulations! You’ve chosen to become an ESL teacher, and it’s one of the most rewarding professions around. Yet, you must be warned – though tremendously satisfying on a pers ...
ESL Teachers Beware: Are You Making These Mistakes in Class?
No ESL teacher is perfect, no matter if you’ve been teaching for 20 minutes or 20 years (present company included!) Anyone can make mistakes, most of which are results of our trying too hard ...
6 Ways to Make Presentation Tasks Work in Your Classroom
A lone student stands self-consciously at the front of the class, hiding behind a sheet of notes. She almost has to shout to be heard over the fragmented conversations of the rest of the class. Ev ...
The 9 Best Mobile Apps for Your ESL Students
If you haven’t witnessed the explosion of Smartphone popularity, you have been living under a rock.
Thousands upon thousands of applications are available from Apple’s App Store, Andr ...
The Tricked Out Classroom: 10 Things Every ESL Teacher Wants
No classroom is perfect. If we try, we could probably list hundreds of improvements we would like to see in our classrooms. Unfortunately, budgets are often our biggest enemies when it comes to cl ...
From ESL Zero to Hero: How to Teach Absolute Beginners
In today’s globalized world, most beginner ESL students have had some contact with the English language, usually through the Internet, movies or TV.
They have most likely studied English at ...
The 10 Commandments of the Ethical ESL Teacher
Not long ago, I was having lunch at a local cafe, and I witnessed an interesting conversation between a woman and her parents.
In all fairness, I wasn’t deliberately eavesdropping—the ...
6 Tips for Staying Fresh as a Teacher
Teaching is not the same today as it was even 10 years ago, much less four decades ago, which is when many of today's retiring teachers first entered the classroom as an instructor.
In the midst ...
7 Terrific Telephone English Activities for Adult ESL Learners
For those who speak English as a second language, speaking English on the telephone can be one of the most challenging and frustrating tasks.
On one hand, listening comprehension proves to be mor ...
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