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4 Types of Problem Students and Strategies to Manage Them As with any classroom setting you may encounter problem students in ESL classes. Problem students are challenging because they may disrupt the learning environment, make your job more difficult t ...

Goodbye, Boring Reading Classes: Using Reader’s Theatre To Spice Up The Reading Class Reading is one of the most essential skills to teach language learners; however, if you’ve ever been in a reading classroom, you know that reading can also be one of the skills students are ...

What Every Listening Teacher Needs to Know For ESL students, reading and writing have a tendency to occupy most of the teaching time, but listening and speaking are just as valuable, if not more so, in helping your students reach English f ...

What Every Teacher Should Know About Reaching Advanced Learners Teaching advanced language learners is very different from teaching any other level. Every teacher should have exposure to all different levels, but just like beginners, advanced students require ...

4 Fascinating Ways for Teaching -ED and -ING Adjectives The topic of -ED and -ING adjectives can be a refreshing one as it gives you the chance to introduce a higher level of new vocabulary as well as open up a whole new world of expressing opinions an ...

Hello, Hello: Be Ready for World Hello Day (November 21) with These ESL Activities Some people might consider themselves friendly: others might consider themselves shy. Either way, your students should be encouraged on a daily basis to use their language skills to interact with ...

Top 10 Time Fillers For Your Classroom Try as you might, careful as you are with your planning, sometimes what you plan to cover in class does not work with the clock. When you are ready for the bell but the bell is not quite ready fo ...

Top 10 Websites for the ESL Teacher The longer you have been teaching, the thicker your files are getting, but it is never too soon or too late to add to your pool of resources. You may already be familiar with the following websit ...

L: LOL – Have Some Laughs While Learning English [Teacher Tips from A to Z] There is nothing wrong with having a little fun as we learn. One of the advantages with teaching English is there are many different fun and funny things you can do with the language as you teach. ...

Top 10 Tongue Twisters: True Teacher's Treasure? Tongue twisters in the ESL classroom – yes or no? Although most don't make any sense at all, they can certainly help your students improve their pronunciation skills.

5 Non-Verbal Ways to Do Error Correction Effective error correction is one of the things ESL teachers struggle with the most. If you correct them too much, you might make them feel discouraged and compromise their fluency for the sake o ...

How to Encourage Student Participation Encouraging student participation can be difficult. Students who generally perform well will be more willing to volunteer and more confident when completing exercises whereas students who struggl ...

How to Teach Using Gestures and Mime A lot of teaching English is about acting. Keeping your energy high and being creative with your lessons will make your students more attentive. Outside of role play activities, you can use gestu ...