Teaching Beginners: Scaffolding
Teaching Beginners requires skill, experience, and compassion. In my opinion, it can be the most…
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Free resources for the ESL Classroom: Activities & Games, Lesson Plans, Classroom Management, Teaching Different Levels, and more…
Are You Using ESL Games with a Communicative Purpose?
Young learners love ESL games because they are engaging and motivating. Having fun, however, doesn’t…
Teaching Integrated Skills with Information Gap Activities
‘Spot the Difference’ and ‘Picture Description’ are some of the most popular information gap activities…
Creating Your Own ESL Handouts
Most ESL classes rely on textbooks to guide the curriculum and provide the bulk of…
Tips for Teaching English to Young Learners in Turkey
Most entry-level ESL teaching jobs in Turkey involve teaching young learners or high school students.…
Using the Mother Tongue in the English Language Classroom
On the topic of language learning, there are many stories of students going abroad for…
TESOL Strategies for Teaching Writing Skills in Exam-focused ESL Classes
Exam-focused, academic writing courses usually focus on writing paragraphs, letters, reports and essays. Students are…
Teaching Grammar: How to Use Concept Questions to Elicit Form and Function
Concept Questions are a common elicitation technique in Communicative Approach ESL lesson plans, and are…
7 Tips for Teaching English to Beginners
Teaching English to Beginners is challenging and new ESL teachers become very nervous at the…
How to Teach English Grammar Using a P-P-P Lesson Plan
While learning and understanding vocabulary is a vital part of language learning, all of these…