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Tired of PPTs? We Know You Are. Time to Try Prezi! Not every teacher is able to show digital presentations like PowerPoints (PPTs) in their classroom. However, those that are might have discovered that these presentations can be rather uninspirin ...

Too Tired to Teach? 7 Tips to Detox, De-stress and Regain Your Energy The alarm goes off, and you groan. Getting out of bed is a feat of sheer will. You love teaching, and you enjoy the time you spend with your ESL students – most of the time. But they are no ...

Real World Approaches to Reading: 10 Simple Strategies You Can Use Today Very few would argue that in today’s world, reading is important. For ESL students, reading can provide grammatical instruction and vocabulary development even as it confers information on t ...

The 3 Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig: Teaching Opposites What would you do if a big, bad pig tried to blow down your little brick house? Run away as the bricks tumbled, just like the three little wolves did in Eugene Trivizas’ story The Three Lit ...

10 Essential English Skills Your Students Need for the Business World Many students travel overseas to study English, and though they may be in a scholastic setting their real goal is advancement in the business world. Many ESL programs offer classes and courses of ...

End with a Bang! 10 Ideas for Mind-Blowing Last Lessons The end of the year is a special time for any class. Students may have a tough time focusing on getting through the final days of school, but there is a lot you can do to keep them engaged. End y ...

What Every New Teacher Should Know About the First Day of Class Going into a new class on the first day can be exciting and intimidating for new teachers and experienced teachers alike. Depending on your teaching situation there are a lot of variables to take ...

Top 25 Online Learning Resources for Students As a teacher, sometimes you want to give your students access to more than just the run of the mill Wikipedia and Google search results for out of class education. This is true whether you're tea ...

Excuse Me, Teacher, Can I Go to the Bathroom: Managing Interruptions You are probably familiar with the scenario: you at the front of the room, in the middle of lecturing on some important grammar point, when someone raises his hand. “Excuse me, Teacher?&rdq ...

Brilliant Brainstorms: How to Use Mind Maps to Jump-Start Writing Writing is intimidating enough for second language learners, so why not simplify the process for them. Using mind maps to organize thoughts, brainstorm ideas, and synthesize information will sure ...

Say What? 3 Tips for Perfecting Pronunciation Pronunciation is an immense issue for every language learner no matter their age or their level. It is a constant issue that students struggle with, and it is imperative to have focused practice ...

Why You Should Use Cell Phones in Class: 8 Activities For Putting Phones to Positive Use in the ESL Classroom When the typical teacher sees her students using cell phones in class, her response is to put it away, take it away or through some other means remove the phone from the classroom. Today’s ...

10 Out of the Ordinary Places Your Students can Pick up New Vocabulary Learning any language in an immersion situation by its very nature offers endless opportunities to pick up new vocabulary. In fact, sometimes the volumes of new vocabulary can be utterly overwhel ...