Using Online News in Adult ESL Conversation Classes
Get your English conversation students talking with online news. When used properly, the news can…
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Making Small Talk with a Visiting Client
In a previous blog, we shared how to teach business learners to socialize. We began…
Teaching ESL Learners to Take Turns in Conversations
Recently, we posted a blog on communicative competence for our students. This time we are…
Developing Learner Communicative Competence
Communicative competence is a concept set forth by Dell Hymes (1966). The idea behind his…
Is Teaching ESL a Vacation or a Vocation?
Teaching ESL is often advertised by recruiters as an opportunity to see the world. The…
How Should a Teacher Speak in an ESL Class?
There is some debate between teachers and even researchers that one way of teacher speech…
Using Progressive Questioning Technique to Get ESL Students Speaking
Have you ever taught a speaking class where you distributed textual conversation starters but it…
Teaching English Conversation: Using Dialogue to Develop Fluency
As a teacher, how do you handle dialogues when you encounter them in ESL textbooks?…
Planned Conversation Strategy to Develop ESL Learner Fluency
Many times I’ve taught conversation classes where English language learners were so silent you could…
An Introduction Activity to Teach Beginners
There’s a common difficulty I’ve encountered among language learners around the world, at various levels,…