English as a Second Language: Three Lesson Plan Ideas
Your ESL lesson plans should include games and activities to increase learning pleasure for students. Below you’ll find several suggestions to …
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SIOP: Four Vocabulary Games for ESL Learning
The key to playing vocabulary games for English language learners using SIOP (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol) is to follow the concepts of …
Continue ReadingHow to Teach English Conversation to Learners of English as a Second Language
Conversation seems like it would be a basic skill when learning a new language, however, this is only if students intend to hold basic conversations. …
Continue ReadingDifficulties Arising in ESL Classrooms Due to Cultural Bias
In a classroom with students from multiple ethnic backgrounds, it is difficult to ensure all students’ needs are being met. This can lead to …
Continue ReadingImproving English Language Skills by Watching Movies in the ESL Class
Movies are an excellent means of improving listening skills for English language learners. Movies are a great fun activity that develops active …
Continue ReadingTeach Connected Speech Elements Using These Examples of Discourse Analysis
Ever study a language for months or even years, then take a trip to another country only to find you couldn’t understand anyone? Worse yet, no …
Continue ReadingTips for Teaching a Foreign Language Using Multimedia Technology
The whole world’s gone digital. Have you? Do your foreign language learners know and use more technology than you do? You can learn to use …
Continue ReadingGreat Icebreaker Ideas for a New and Large ESL Class
Here is a collection of activities, some of which I have chosen from Dave’s ESL Café, and added variations to the examples of how to cope with a large …
Continue ReadingMultiple Intelligence Theory & ESL: Teaching English Using the Nine Multiple Intelligences
Using the theory of multiple intelligences to teach ESL or English as a second language is a natural fit. If you use the English language …
Continue Reading4 Methods That Have Influenced Current TEFL Practices
Of the numerous language learning methods that have come, stayed and then gone, several have exerted an outstanding influence on current TEFL …
Continue ReadingStrategies for Teaching ESL Students: Lesson Plan for Making Requests in English
Requests are the expression of needs and desires. Politeness theory, as hypothesized by Penelope Brown and Stephen Levinson, accounts for the …
Continue ReadingImprove Your ESL Students' Reading Comprehension Through Journaling
Journal writing can enhance oral ESL reading comprehension for children acquiring English as a second language by tracking various aspects of the …
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