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Don’t Do It: 10 Things Never to Do in the Classroom Teachers are the head of a classroom, and with that responsibility comes a certain amount of authority. Remember that all teachers have bad days and make mistakes. This list of 10 things never to ...

The Power of Words: 5 Easy Tools to Help Your Students Learn Vocabulary Vocabulary instruction is a part of every ESL class. Whether you are teaching reading, speaking or listening, your students will encounter unfamiliar words. As an ESL teacher, part of your job is ...

They Already Read It, But Did They Get It? 10 Ways to Check Reading Comprehension The process of reading, being able to connect semantic input with the letters on the page, does not mean much if language learners cannot understand what they have read. The following exercises, ...

10 Simple Ways to Make Reading Class Fun Whether the kids in your ESL class enjoy reading or it is the class they most dread, you can inspire them and give them a love for reading, and it is easier than you think. These few simple tips ...

Teens and Tweens: 4 Most Effective Ways to Reach Younger Learners Younger learners can be both fun and frustrating depending on the time of day, the cycles of the moon, and the distractions that almost every new day can bring. Students have a lot on their plate ...

7 Specific Strategies for Your Next Reading Class When reading class is just on the other side of the bell, it is not too late to incorporate the following activities into class. They take very little preparation (some take none at all) and can m ...

Are You Tense About Tenses? 5 Tense Review Activities There is no need to be tense about tenses. One of the best ways to ensure that students are progressing is to provide occasional review of several of the tenses the students have been learning. I ...

Where Have You Been? 5 Perfect Tips for Practicing Present Perfect Present Perfect tense is a big turning point in a student’s language learning. Once they have gotten to this grammar point, they have mastered a lot and are moving into more and more complex ...

3 Perfect Ways to Introduce Past Perfect Tense This tense is reserved for advanced learners for good reason. Students can pretty easily get around using the tense altogether by just using two past tense verbs with some time markers. It is stil ...

Reading Stronger, Faster, Better: 5 Activities for Teaching Reading Strategies Reading is paramount to language learning, yet, much to the disappointment of teachers, it can be a difficult skill to teach. How do you teach students to become better readers, especially with ac ...

I Like Swimming: 3 Tremendous Techniques for Teaching Gerunds and Infinitives The topic of gerunds vs. infinitives is a notoriously confusing one among students of all levels. To native speakers it comes naturally, and we don’t really ever think about why we use one i ...

The Toughest Class You Will Ever Teach: 9 Tips for Engaging Middle School Students Teaching little kids can be fun. They have energy and a fascination with the world that only comes from the innocence of childhood. Adult students, on the other hand, have a higher cognitive abili ...

What Does She Look Like vs. What is She Like? Distinguishing Between Descriptions One of the topics ESL learners really enjoy is describing people. It is a universal need and want to be able to talk about the people close to us. I adore teaching this topic because students are ...