Using the Mother Tongue in the English Language Classroom
On the topic of language learning, there are many stories of students going abroad for…
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Free resources for the ESL Classroom: Activities & Games, Lesson Plans, Classroom Management, Teaching Different Levels, and more…
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…
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…
TESOL: Preparing a Writing Lesson Plan
Writing, unlike speaking, is not an ability we acquire naturally, even in our first language:…
Engaging Writing Activity for EPIK Teachers to Supplement Cheonjae Grade 5 Textbook
In the EPIK program in South Korea, for every three hours of ESL speaking and…
How to Teach English with Songs
First of all, why use songs in the ESL classroom? When we consider that almost…
Teach Grammar Using The Communicative Approach: Functions and Structures
This article on teaching grammar focuses on “functions”, what this word means in methodology jargon, and how we can identify functions through context. This article also introduces the connection between function and structure and how these concepts are combined in a grammar ESL lesson that follows the Communicative Approach.
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Assessment and Evaluation in the ESL Classroom
Marking is one of the most headache-inducing and complicated tasks that ESL teachers are required…
5 Fun Task-Based Learning Activities for Teaching English to Intermediate and Advanced Students
Task-Based Learning (TBL) is one of the most popular TESOL methods because it supports English…