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5 Non-Verbal Ways to Do Error Correction

5 Non-Verbal Ways to Do Error Correction

ClaudiaPesce
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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 ...
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How to Encourage Student Participation

How to Encourage Student Participation

hermione_111
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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 ...
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How to Teach Using Gestures and Mime

How to Teach Using Gestures and Mime

hermione_111
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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 ...
11 Views 139,963 All
How to Correct Mistakes

How to Correct Mistakes

hermione_111
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Throughout their studies, students will make lots of mistakes. It is an important part of the learning process. If they are not making mistakes then they are not being given difficult enough topic ...
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How to Teach English Idioms and Their Meaning

How to Teach English Idioms and Their Meaning

ClaudiaPesce
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Should we or shouldn’t we teach English idioms to ESL students? Although it is uncommon for ESL students to use them comfortably and effectively, if we choose to not teach them idioms, they& ...
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7 Best Ways to End a Lesson

7 Best Ways to End a Lesson

ClaudiaPesce
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Who among ESL teachers does not understand the purpose behind a warm up activity? We all agree that it’s important to get students focused, to introduce a task or topic, to break the ice, ...
52 Views 545,344 All
Classroom Songs: 16 Creative Ways

Classroom Songs: 16 Creative Ways

BUSYTEACHER_admin
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For a lot of teachers songs are something they only use to give their students a break. However, there's a whole lot more to using songs in the classroom than just taking a pot of correction fluid ...
36 Views 216,664 All