In this section there are 2,124 articles that cover essential ESL topics such as how to teach grammar, use realia, and teach young learners. There are also a lot of lesson ideas and fun activities included in the articles. This ESL article, for example, is about teaching grammar and describes five great activities. It has been given five stars by other busy teachers so it obviously has useful content. Check it out for yourself or take a look at other articles that relate better to your questions or teaching situation.
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Whether you want students to learn new vocabulary words or just encourage them to think outside of the box, word association games can help. The main goal of a word association game is to help stu ...
Formal instruction is not the only component of a quality language learning program. People who are working hard to learn English can benefit from other products and resources designed to help the ...
Creativity is not just an art - it takes place within policy making, game strategizing, problem solving and lesson planning. It’s a long process that comes in many forms, starting from the r ...
Writing can pose unique challenges for students who are learning English. Often, the processes involved with writing differ from the processes involved with thinking. Students have to stop and thi ...
If you use any sort of social media sites these days, you're probably very familiar with GIFs and memes. Memes are constantly being shared on Twitter and Facebook, while GIFs now crowd the comment ...
Want to spice up the lessons in your classroom? Try incorporating some audio. From listening to music and spoken word pieces to recording their own voices, their many ways to help students learn ...
Almost everyone has a smartphone these days, so why not start using this technology to help you teach? The best ways to get started is to use the camera feature. Getting your students talking abou ...
Puzzle stories and riddles make great classroom activities. You can use them as warmups, fillers or cool downs. Puzzle stories help develop speaking skills and serve as a great way to practice ask ...
Dictation might feel a bit old-fashioned but it’s a great, interactive way to get students writing and talking. It doesn’t take a lot of preparation time or complex feedback and it can ...
Making films with smartphones is easy and fun. Here are five simple ways to exploit this pocket technology in your English classes.
1. Conduct a Simple Interview
You could use this as part of an ...
Sick of technology? Why not try some more traditional games? Traditional games, such as board and card games, have a lot to offer your classroom. Here are 10 great traditional games you can use ...
With Google maps and Street View you can get your students to explore the world without ever leaving the classroom. Here are some ways you can incorporate the technology into your lessons.
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At times, we all encounter students who we find it difficult to deal with. It's easy to let those students get to you, but we have some tips to help you handle the students before they get the bes ...
We’ve all seen "America’s got Talent," "Britain’s got Talent,” or one of the many talent shows that appear on television or have viral clips on YouTube these days. But have ...
Role-play activities are a fun way for students to practice vital speaking skills. Give students some masks and assign them characters to play and they can "be" someone else while practicing the ...
Try these strategies to help students learn to speak the language of math in English.
It has been said that math is a universal language. Whether you’re in China, Brazil, or the United Stat ...
A few weeks ago, I spent ages setting up https://getkahoot.com/ so my students could interact with an interactive whiteboard using their phones.
It’s awesome, fun technology that engages th ...
An anecdote (to quote OALD) is ‘a short, interesting or amusing story about a real person or event’.
They are a great way of learning English, they are fun, entertaining and whether y ...
Finished all the material for your class and have ten minutes left to spare?
Need a warmer to fill up the first ten minutes and get your class engaged?
Sometimes the old tricks are the best and ...
Have you ever been illiterate?
That’s a crazy question, you might think. How on earth would I be reading a blog if I couldn’t read? It’s easier than you think. After completing ...
I will never forget lugging a briefcase packed with teaching books, seriously the thing must have weighed fifty pounds, through the airport in Newark, NJ to LAX to Tokyo to Shanghai to Beijing.
I ...
How many years have you been teaching?
If you’re in your first or second year, you probably remember a lot of what you have done in the classroom. Everything is fresh and new. But picture y ...
Teaching ESL isn’t your average, everyday teaching kind of gig.
When someone is a math teacher, for example, you probably picture them in front of a classroom full of twenty to thirty stude ...
Professional development refers to the various ways people can improve their skills and knowledge related to their field of expertise.
In ELT, there are numerous options for pursuing professional ...
I’ve heard it said that teachers never truly retire.
The lessons of their profession lends themselves to so many others walks of life, and emerges in such a variety of ways, that they remai ...
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