ESL Conversation Activity: Sentence Pairs (Advanced)
Instructions: Cut as many strips for the number of students that you have (see sample strips below). The students have to walk around and read their part of the sentence…
Instructions: Cut as many strips for the number of students that you have (see sample strips below). The students have to walk around and read their part of the sentence…
Instructions: You can use this activity in two ways: Cut out the dialogue strips (see samples below) and hand out one strip to each student. Students will then have to…
Instructions: These dialogues can be used as a conversation starter or as a follow-up to the finished dialogues. Give the students the unfinished dialogue. Have them fill in the blanks…
Instructions: This is a fun group game for ESL classes. Divide the groups into teams. They then take turns drawing a card (don’t let the students see the cards). The…
The following article is taken from the Introduction of our new e-book, The Great ESL Games Compendium! - available for instant download! When teaching beginner students (and here we are…
Most of my experience teaching ESL has been in Asian countries, teaching young kids with very limited knowledge of English. This presents a number of problems in terms of classroom…
To many students, writing is an inherently boring and tedious task, and it can therefore be very difficult to inspire ESL students to put pen to paper. Writing is among…
One of the best ways to help students speak more naturally and fluently is to introduce them to phrasal verbs and regularly incorporate these into class. Native speakers often use…
There are a number of reasons why teaching ESL might be a profession worth considering. Teaching ESL can be rewarding, enjoyable, and quite profitable, and it comes with a number…
The best way to locate useful ESL resources for teachers is simply to spend one's free time searching. This means not only surfing the internet for ESL worksheets, ESL games,…
Ways to Learn Thinking in a Foreign Language: Guest Blog by Sophia Anderson Although most people don't really pay attention to it, we all have our own internal monologues going on…
Teaching writing to students in foreign countries can be quite difficult, especially when the school schedule allows little time for English classes. With a little creativity and planning, however, teachers…
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