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Up and At 'Em: 3 Strategies to Reach Every Learner Inject new energy into your lessons and develop fresh ways to motivate yourself and inspire your students. Explore these 3 strategies to reach and inspire each and every learner in your encounter ...

How Do You Say That? The 10 Coolest Pronunciation Tools for ESL Students ESL students struggle with a lot of things. Many of these they can practice with the use of self-study materials. They can do as many grammar exercises as they want; they can work with audio and ...

5 Simple Steps to Teaching the Perfect Listening Lesson As English teachers, we know how to listen. But not many of us have taken listening classes, at least not in English. How then does a person teach listening when she’s never had a listening ...

Making the Shift: Moving from a Teacher Centered Classroom to a Student Centered Classroom In the past, classrooms were often all about the teacher. This “sage on the stage” was there to offer what he or she knew, and it was up to the student to make the most of it. These d ...

6 Fun Exercises to Improve ESL Pronunciation Effective communication is a two-way street. ESL students must understand others when they speak English. But they must also make themselves understood. For ESL students who struggle with pronunc ...

Cool as a Cucumber: Delectable Uses for Food Idioms Idioms in general are a momentous and exciting development in every learner's experience. Food idioms provide substance everyone can relate to and enjoy. Your students will definitely devour thes ...

Dealing With Impulsive Behavior Inside the Classroom Impulsive behavior of students can be a great problem for any teacher. It distracts the whole class, disrupts lectures, and can be a hindrance to the learning process. Teachers must be able to un ...

7 Worst Pronunciation Mistakes ESL Students Make Around the World Proper English pronunciation can be a big problem for some ESL learners and more difficult for some students than for others. A student’s native language determines, for the most part, the d ...

Around the Water-Cooler: Building Listening Skills for Employment One lofty goal of many advanced-level ESL students is to gain employment in an English-speaking workplace. If this is the focus of one of your groups, there is a lot you can do to develop listeni ...

You’re Mohammed, Right? Or Sean? Learning Student Names without Going Crazy A couple of years ago, I had a student in a reading class, a very nice young man who traced his heritage to Saudi Arabia, whose name listed on my roll sheet was “Mohammed Al-Saad.” Ho ...

Pronunciation 101: 7 Things Your Students Need to Hear You Explain Bad pronunciation is bad news for ESL students. It negatively affects comprehension and so, negatively impacts on communication. The problem is compounded by the fact that good pronunciation is o ...

Did You, Do You, and Who are You: 3 Ways to Willfully Work on Question Creation Creating questions in the right format continuously can be a stumbling block for students. Give your students a head-start by following these 3 ways to work on the critical skill of question crea ...

5 Important Questions to Ask Yourself Before Teaching English Online The Educational world is changing. For years, we have seen an increase in the number of online learning opportunities. Not only can students take college classes online, but even high schoolers c ...