My advice صخعمwould be this: 1. Prepare the topic you want to present in the video lesson well. Concentrate on that. 2. Do not care/bother about the other things troubling you ...

I can well imagine this to be some kind of hell that is not easy to deal with. I do not know what kind of practical advice I could give in such a matter. But I would like to mention some points that ...

Everyone learns in different ways on certain subjects let the kids pick which style the want to do (sing or dance, art, report, model or teach themselves). See the seven ways we learn. Use this as an ...

Welcome to my world! I have the same problem every day, but with classes of up to 35 unmotivated primary aged students. I figured out some time ago that to provide the motivation, a different ...

Read them a story. Dr. Seus, Charlottes Web. IT's English LIT Let them learn the VALUE of English. Put a word on Each Kids front and have them stand up and make sentences and show them proper and ...

I teach much older students (9th and 11th grade), but I have found that the key to keeping them engaged is to gear the instruction towards something that is important to them; just because we as ...

Teaching ESL is tricky, but what I found was a good storybook was great. The kids may not understand the English, but they love the pictures. Once they are involved in the pictures, you can ask ...

You should get a kid book with lots of pictures so if they dont understand the words they can get an idea of whats going on in the story by the pictures so they also get an idea of what the english ...

How old are these children? Normally, you could teach them the same way you would teach other (native?) children - games, action in the classroom, singing, etc. You could use pictures to ask ...

Marian, Welcome to the world of teaching ESL to children. Here are some suggestions: With young children, the primary goal for teaching is to teach them vocabulary. I would suggest that you use lots ...

There are a few techniques that can help you deal with this sort of situations, but the most important thing is that you must give the slower learnes all the confidence to speak up even if they make ...

First, I really do admire your efforts to do the very best for your students whatever you can. And fortunately, your report contains sufficient details to make a realistic assessment as far as this ...

The choice of a textbook mainly depends on an answer to the following points: - what do you want to teach, and what does the textbook cover? - how does the textbook cover the topic in terms of ...

Teaching a diverse group of students, including multi-age students can be quite challenging. One suggestion I have is for you to first determine the different skill levels and proficiency levels for ...

In fact, it is quite normal in the private ESL industry (training centres) to teach ESL/EFL to a multinational audience with diverse linguistic native speaker backgrounds. Since English is the ...

For this age group, there are some things to be borne in mind: Most of these students, do not stop learning outside school but would still attend extra-curricular learning sessions in the afternoon. ...

First of all, allow me to commend you for trying to give this young man some extra help. The subject-verb agreement is very basic in English (unlike in other languages like German, Finnish, Russian ...

Brittany, Since your kids have a short attention span, you are going to have to create learning activities that are short in duration. My advice is to incorporate music into your teaching. See if you ...

I am afraid I cannot offer any concrete advice than just this one: From what you describe, the problem seems to be concentration. Maybe, some of the kids could be hyperactive..... Why not sometimes ...

Classroom instruction always is a very artificial situation of linguistic communication in a foreign language. Motivation to communicate in a foreign language, on the other hand, normally comes in ...

Masum, The way to motivate your students is to create activities that include them in the teaching, i.e.cooperative learning experiences. Here is an example: Have them role play a certain situation, ...

I am a writer myself, and it very often happens that I have to write texts for books and articles in one of the several second/foreign languages that I know (English, German, French, and Chinese). ...

Monique, I commend you on getting your Bachelor Degree. I also understand that you have difficulty with grammar. At this website: http://owl.english.purdue.edu, there are numerous power point ...

Shannon, The most important advice I can give you is that this student needs to learn English. The best way to teach him that is to use pictures with him to help him develop an English Vocabulary. ...

From what you describe, your Thai student would need to learn English and has no previous knowledge of English. Not knowing (because you do not mention any details in this respect) whether the ...

My answer in reply to your question can be brief: Give the new learner an individual and free initial sample lesson and observe the learner's reaction. It will tell you some basic things about ...

Here is a suggestion in teaching English to a deaf person: Show them pictures and have them write down what they see. This will help them develop vocabulary, and learn how to create proper grammar ...

I really have no practical experience of teaching ESL to deaf non-native speakers. You are using "deaf mute". Does that mean that that child cannot speak either? I know a couple of deaf people, and I ...

I am the Vice President of a college in the sector of tertiary education that offers a number of degree and postgraduate programs in the area of Theology, Comparative Religions and Cultures, ...

Using Technology in ESL Teaching is very common. Many schools use Video Conferencing, Skype Teaching, and Interactive ESL Computer-Assisted Programs where students interact with the material ...

I will try to answer your questions step by step. i need to know how to go about learning how to teach ***I suggest you look for a commercial provider offering a recognised CELTA/DELTA program. ,the ...

Learning to speak English takes time and a lot of practice. I encourage you to not beat yourself up so much because of your supposed lack of progress.. Practice reading out loud from books or ...

Assalam aleikum, learning a foreign language and to become more or less proficient in it is like becoming a good football player in a team. To become a good football player of your team means that ...

I have written some comments below the relevant portions of your text. I am new qualıfıed non-native EFL teacher ,looking for job and I need a lot help and tips ***You, maybe you are in ...

An interesting question, and a good one.... If you know that you are going to teach Arab students, the first thing you could do is to say "Assalam aleikum" when entering their class the first time. ...

I encourage you to begin teaching with your client in a simplified, basic manner. Start off with basic vocabulary, and use a lot of visuals to reinforce the concept. Also, go to the ESL teaching ...

Let me assume that your (Japanese) students are at elementary level in their English language skills. If they are new to this and take private lessons with you (as I am assuming here), it is ...

Yanni (Dr. Yanni Zack) has already made a good reply concentrating on the procedure of such lessons and what they should contain. Let me add another point regarding contents of such lessons. For ...

When teaching individuals, it is important that you develop individualized lesson materials that will motivate and hold the interest for each student. I recommend that you consider using English ...

It is good to see your motivation to make classes very interesting for them. The way older people learn is somewhat different from the way young people learn. If you are teaching in Afghanistan, my ...

I strongly feel that it is important for you to work together with the regular teacher to jointly develop effective writing assignments for your students. My suggestion would be for you to consider ...

Even if you are new teacher, I think, it is not other people who can do the "strategic" thinking for you. It is you who must do that in collaboration with your colleague teacher. I can quite well ...

I believe that in order to make a connection with this student, you first need to find out as much as you can about him, and then tailor the lessons and activities around the information you have ...

Do you have some details regarding English language skill level, age and country of origin of your student(s)`Just one or several students? How can someone give some helpful advice if there is no ...

Is that for marketing your school or a demo class to attract students? If the latter applies, just record a live session between a teacher and a student. The more "natural" it looks, the greater the ...

Manuel, Regarding your question about Online MA in TESOL Programs, I am able to let you know that from my own personal experience, the MA in TESOL Program from Alliant is top notch. It is very ...

The best way to teach ESL to someone who has a very limited vocabulary and has no recognition of letters or sounds is to use pictures (visuals). Using a word building book in the beginning is not a ...

Wendy, I would first of all ignore the other teachers comments. Are they your supervisor? If not, then the only one you need to get the confidence from for your teaching is the supervisor, and not ...

Kimberly, My suggestion to you is to develop the speaking skills for this person and use vocabulary and material that relates to his being a Priest. This will give him the motivation to and interest ...

Hi Anna My tip would be to implicate the students more in their own learning by having them choose the debate topics and prepare for class before hand rather than doing homework afterwards. For ...

Hi Anna My suggestion is to implicate the students more in their learning process by getting them to choose what they talk about. Give them homework to prepare for the next class for example: ...

Donna, Since she needs help with English on a standardized test for becoming a Nurse, I suggest you work on developing vocabulary with her as well as comprehension question (for essay) that relate to ...

I need more specific information regarding what you have tried to help this student in working on his pronunciation problem so I can give you ideas and strategies to use.

Amantina, I would first recommend that you look through some of the previous posts in this section as there are others who have asked similar questions. I know that you will find lots of ideas, ...

Mark, Before I can offer any advice, it is important to know and have more information. What grade level are you teaching? Children? Young Adults? Adults? What level? Beginners, Intermediate or ...

Hello there, I recommend stories and songs in particular and of course games that CAN be played with larger groups. There are plenty of games that can be played by thirty children without anyone ...

If you find you have to teach with a whole group, and especially with kindergarten students, I would suggest that you use music such as Greg and Steve songs to teach such things as parts of the body, ...

Please provide more information. In order to give more accurate assistance, please tell us what age and grade level you teach

M. Okay, I'm putting myself in your shoes. Here is what I would do first. I would give them all a writing assignment which simply provides them with some seat work during the "Dead time" in the ...

A good place to start would be right there at your own desk and on your own computer. The web has many interesting, helpful sites where you can begin your research. I think it interesting to note, ...

Here is my advice- Stop, take a deep breath, and then look at your options. I don't know about the economy in Korea. However, I do know if you quit and jump from job to job, you will be looked at ...

Yes, I certainly do know of some activities. Depending upon the level that he is at. Go to the various web sites and down load anything on becoming a citizen in that country. Believe me, he is ...

Naomi, First off, teachers need to learn to be creative and to "think outside the box." Now, what I would recommend is to create lessons that focus on your client's business needs and give him ...

Here is a way to teach numbers using a kinesthetic approach: Have the student trace each number in a box of sand, and then say the number out loud. This uses all three learning modalities, auditory, ...

Halevy, In response to your question, I would recommend that instead of using a power point presentation to teach vocabulary that you use pictures/visuals for the vocabulary words the students are ...

Please provide more information about what specifically you need. You mentioned modules? What type? Kind?

ESL stands for English as a Second Language. It involves having the teacher use different teaching strategies, i.e. role play, visuals, pictures, cooperative group learning , to help those who ...

Nick, Here is my advice: First, talk to these students and find out what their interests are. Then, create games, i.e.bingo, concentration, Jeopardy around their interests as a way to motivate them ...

The best way to get these students motivated to learn English is to first find out what their interests are, and then develop activities/lessons based on their interests. This is called a "hook" in ...

Since the class has a South-African Theme party, you could do the following games: 1. Jeopardy- students have to provide answer in form of a question for specific fact about South African Culture, ...

Hello.My name is Alicia Grime. I am a Certified Teacher from Texas but live in Canada. I have been teaching ESl to children as young as 4---adult.When I saw your question I will offer this advice to ...

The best strategies to use in teaching ESL to any group of students is to include hands-on learning, role play situations where the students become active participants in the learning, and lots of ...

When teaching an Online Class, it is important to first know if this is a class where students would all be seen on web cams, or where students are merely chatting in a chat room. If students and the ...

Tom, Here are some strategies to use when teaching students in beginning ESL Classes: Remember that you need to start off with the basics. I usually start of by teaching personal pronouns and ...

First off, just be yourself. Be positive, and emphasize the strong qualities you have as an ESL Teacher. Remember, you are having to sell yourself to future employers, and give them a reason why they ...

Martina, Here are some fun games to use when teaching English: Charades Concentration using pictures Jeopardy- using various English word categories, i.e. action words (verbs) nouns, prepositions, ...

I encourage you to consider teaching her vocabulary that is associated with her business needs and to use pictures, visuals with her that relate to the specific terms, concepts associated with her ...

First, you need to stop, and "think outside the box". Find out what the interests are for these students. Then, tailor your lesson and vocabulary to those interests. Remember to use lots of visuals, ...

Melissa, I encourage you to make learning fun. Since these are students who are studying to be chefs, teach them vocabulary that includes cooking and recipe terms. Use lots of visuals, and have ...

Joe, Good Question. I would recommend that first, you set some basic ground rules for your class regarding the need to speak politely in class to both you and the other students. If the students ...

I agree that it is important to use content from his interests and hobbies. You might want to consider using visuals, and then having him give you vocabulary from these visuals, or having him write a ...

What I do is to search a short video in Youtube done by native English speakers. It could be from kids stories to sports and political news, or interviews (artists, singers...). I watch the video and ...

Shin, A good way to teach grammar with a learning game is to play either charades or 20 questions. For example, when teaching verbs, have students act out in pantomime the action for the verb, then ...

Suresh, I encourage you to find out what your son's interests are, and then let him begin to read books and articles about his interests. This will help motivate him to want to learn new things. ...

You need to give finer details of the issue to get the right counselling. Not reading is a symptom ,we need to find out the reason.

Mark, the best way to teach new students beginning English skills is to use lots of pictures/visuals. This is used to teach basic vocabulary. Also, start with the basics- pronouns, conjugation of the ...

Jitz, The best way to teach any subject is to make it fun for the students. I have found from my own experience that when students are engaged in active, hands-on learning, i.e. role play, ...

Kate, Here is a web site that should help you in developing your students' reading: www.readinga-z.com This site has free books you can down load, print out, and use with your students. Books are ...

Why do you run out of strategies? There are only a few of them. What you need to do is to make variations out of them. A simple change in your strategies would mean a lot of difference in the lesson. ...

Since she seems to be smart and you need additional resources, I would suggest that you have her start using the local (English Paper) and practice reading it out loud. Then, have her summarize the ...

Danielle, I understand your frustration in working with Young Children who have difficulty listening. Remember that Young child have a short attention span. Thus, you have to create short lessons, ...

I agree that you don't need books for private tutoring. Use the resources you have available- use the local newspaper (English Version) and have the student write about what they read and ...

Do you need books for teaching materials or books for learning how to tutor privately? Every tutor should know his/her students' individual needs and prepare accordingly. You don't need a ...

My recommendation is to make sure you are prepared, and have reviewed the material you plan to teach. Also, it is important to make the learning fun, i.e. use visuals, and have the students be active ...

hello tiffany. Your question is quite interesting. I am also an educator who deals with adult students. My students are twice older than I. Teaching adult students is very challenging because of so ...

Your age is irrelavent, you know something they do not, so in this respect you are superior. You must not fixate on age. Yes they have more life experience, but your the one who speaks English, not ...

I would suggest that you start out teaching beginning ESL students by using both visuals and role playing to develop their basic vocabulary. Pictures are an important part of any ESL lesson.

Sylvia, Using songs to teach Beginning ESL Students is a great strategy. There are a lot of songs out there you can use- current hits, rock and roll, country music, as well as songs from movies.

Nicole, The best advice I can give you in teaching vocabulary is to use both pictures, i.e.visuals, of situations found in a Hotel Setting, as well as engage in role-play situations where the ...

Czar, I commend you for working on your thesis and for selecting the topic of Assessment of English Language Programs. In order to develop a well-written and researched thesis, you are going to to ...

Rio, You are off to a good start in teaching this man the basics, Introductions, i.e. Hello, days of the week, months of the year, numbers, etc. In terms of other strategies to use, I highly ...

Josie, The best advice I can give you is to use lots of Total Physical Response activities with your students. Have them engage in actual body movements, i.e. show me the door, the sink, window, ...

The best way to teach vocabulary for any level, even High school students, is to use a variety of visuals or pictures that relate or correspond to a specific vocabulary word. This will help them ...

Catie: Congratulations for your labor!!!!. First of all, I think that you can work through project works such as: Global warming, environment, human rights, etc.. Do not forget you can use songs, ...

Start by teaching the alphabet. Once they have the sounds then move on to putting simple words together. Use words with short sounds first, then long sounds. While you are doing this use pictures, ...

Hi Catie- Something else to consider doing is to bring in to class odds and ends of things you find that might be suitable for different students to read. Maybe advertisements, brochures, short ...

The most important thing to remember is it needs to be fun. It won't be easy to teach a group with a wide range in ages, and they may have various levels of abitlity. It seems to me it would be ...

Dear New2Teaching, In order to help your students develop their comprehension skills for the GRE Exam, I would recommend that you have them read different articles from the Newspaper (American ...

Cinderella is a wonderful story, both for boys and girls. The story will always be popular. Try to speak only English when telling your boy a story when you want him to learn English. By staying in ...

In America, we tell bedtime stories to our children. Sometimes we read them from little books, sometimes they are just stories we know. But often we pretend we are reading the story from the book, ...

Try some play acting. When a visitor comes to your home, what do you ask? Would you like to sit down? Please, sit down. Would you like something to drink? Please have this tea/coffee/water/juice. In ...

Kelsi, My recommendation would be to use lots of visuals, pictures, and TPR (Total Physical Response) when teaching your students. This will help them to begin to develop vocabulary words that they ...

Hey kelsi: I have a similar challenge in my class too. however, my group is very mixed in ability levels. it,s hard not to bore the more advanced and literate students and not to overwhem those ...

Dear John Lee, I would recommend that you create a fun way to teach colors of children's clothes by using their clothes as an example. First, identify the different clothes the students are ...

Recent research regarding vocabulary acquisition has shown that our method of teaching vocabulary in "sets" is outdated and often counter-productive. Teaching colors is a prime example of this. The ...

This is one of the most fun things you can do with that age group. Make up games, anything is fun. Ask "Who is wearing a red shirt? (or what ever color shirt you have on that day, to demo the game.) ...

Hubert, In response to your question regarding materials that help develop listening, speaking, reading and writing with your students, I have found that the series called Exploring English works ...

I'm assuming you mean absolute beginners to low intermediate? That's pretty tough to keep all of them involved in the lessons. I think we've all tried to do that one time or another, and ...

If you don't have a book to rely on from your school, then it's story time! Like you've already had them do, write stories. They can do this at home, but during the week, the assignment ...

Reading is the best way to learn word choice. L2 learners can have grammar stuffed down their throats endlessly, and after a while they just lose interest in developing skills. There are so many ...

Xiu, I like how you changed the paragraph to give it more clarity. You are correct that the original way it was written was quite confusing for the reader. However, the way you changed it into ...

Great question. Article writing is difficult, isn't it? I am a communication guy, not necessarily a grammar guy. Language Arts is the meeting point between the two, and that's the sticky ...

What country or part of the world?

With any language point, move the target language through controlled, semi-controlled, and free activities. For example: Controlled activities work to make the language automatic. Choral ...

Past tense pronnciation? Do you mean they can't remember irregular verb tenses? Go, goed, went? That kind of thing? That's just rote memorization and practice. Otherwise, I enjoy, as do my ...

Greetings - I and others who post often here at elstechersboard would under most experiences be happy to help you; however, many of us are reluctant to give out our email addresses. The main reason ...

Teaching young pre-school students is a very difficult and challenging assignment. My recommendation is to use lots of visuals, pictures, and music to teach vocabulary. For Classroom Management, it ...

Carmen, she will also need body language, something you certainly can help her with. You could role play procedures, as simple as taking blood pressure or checking up on a patient at the bedside, to ...

Hi Carmen- Medical English for nurses, doctors and healthcare is truly a specialty English. Maybe a Spanish Esl teacher may not be the best choice for teaching med English to a Chinese nurse. An ...

Carmen, The best way to teach your nursing student English is to design lessons with vocabulary that relates to the Nursing Profession. You might consider teaching vocabulary that pertains to medical ...

Wendy, I'm sorry to say that I am not familiar with this book. However, from past experiences, I have found that it is important to have a lot of pictures, i.e. visual materials, and to use these ...

Shannon, Working with a Visually Impaired Student who is learning English as a Second Langauge requires the teacher to modify the way they teach that student. Specifically, the teacher needs to ...

Hi Karla, I thought i must share my experience with you. I too teach English to company staff and individuals and have no professional training in teaching English. What I do is make them read out ...

I like to pre-teach vocabulary at the beginning of a lesson. I often do this with visuals. There are so many images available on the web - you can do a google search for images here: ...

Plan your classes based on real live situation. This way it's gonna be easier for you to teach your students a variety of new vocabulary. Bye

Hi Gloria, Knowing vocabulary is the basis to being able to read, speak and understand the language, so you'll want to teach new vocabulary as often as possible. Have you thought about using ...

I think that the best way to teach children English is to play games with them. A good variety of games can help them learn to speak, read and understand the language. As it can be hard playing a ...

Rheno, Good questions. The first part of your grammar problem would be explained as you presented it. English is the non-count noun, and 101 would be the quantifier Same for the other parts of the ...

If you have Internet access and a printer you can access loads of free flash cards and with these using games you can run entire lessons - particularly with beginners to lower intermediate. I have ...

how about "fingerprints", by Macmillan? http://www.macmillanenglish.com/DEFAULT.aspx?id=578

Well, each person have a different reason. I started learning English since I was in 2nd grade, self-teaching. The reason i started was... Cartoons... I used to watch Bugs Bunny, but I always wonder, ...

To await is more poetic and eloquent. One might say, I await death, but if one said, I await the bus, while technically not incorrect people might raise an eyebrow! Other people might secretly wonder ...

Dear Kissob, In the example you gave, the only correct response would be to use wasn't it? as this is an example of a tag question. Basically, a tag question refers to the actual statement being ...

\-|"> I think it is very important that you don't forget the language you grew up with. and with regards to speaking English, it would really be helpful to watch English films. this will not only ...

If I were looking at a school today and the director told me something like "We don't teach grammar here. We feel grammar isn't important", I'd bolt. Grammar is very important, and ...

Have you considered setting up stations around the room with different activities? They'll be able to move around even with the fixed desks and be able to look forward to the next activity. Here ...

hey, we are in the same position. primary school with about 40-50 students in one classroom. well the best thing for you is have control of these students. thats quite difficult coz you know, they ...

Kate I sympathize with your having such a large class!! Here are a couple of suggestions: Continue to use flashcards as you are doing. Also include lots of visuals as well, i.e. pictures. Have ...

Three ideas I would use: a.Gallery Walk - post pictures and realia from the 60's around the room and have the students tour the gallery - make some observations about the times. -use pictures ...

Amal, Here is a suggestion: Use visuals that would develop vocabulary specific to the type of job this student will have. Also, engage in role-play situations using vocabulary relating to the ...

Del, Thanks for posting a good definition of what an idiom is and explaining that it is a figure of speech used in the English Language. To demonstrate this concept, here would be an example: "He was ...

Del, Another very good explanation of a type of speech commonly used in English.

Dear Steve, I appreciate your question. In answer to your query, I personally do not feel that a local teacher would be better to teach beginners, or for that matter advanced students. In fact, I do ...

Dear Dr. Frank Gerace, Thank you for posting some excellent information regarding how words that end in "d" sound when used in the past tense of the verb. This information is not only important but ...

Jeff, I don't think that there is one and only one way to learn a language. I think that all of the ideas you presented are good ones, and need to be used together in learning a language. I know ...

Dear Dr. Palcuto, Thank you for providing a detailed explanation to help ESL Students develop effective Reading and Comprehension Skills. I am very familiar with your ideas. When working with my ...

Dan, Thank you for your kind words. I will continue to have more strategies and information to post within the coming year. Dr. Yanni Zack

Hello, I'm looking into a reputable university for an MA in TESOL or Applied Linguistics. I've read that many countries do not recognize distance leraning. As I'm currently in South Korea ...

This is a great idea to keep them writing and thinking in English! One of my favourite writing activities is to have the children complete an add-a-sentence story. You can do this in a variety of ...

Hi Did you try Amazon.com, Books A Million, Walden Books or one of the other big booksellers? They often have "special request" sections, if they don't have it immediately in stock. Good Luck, ...

I work in China with Grade 1 Junior Middle School students - ages 11 and 12. The Chinese approach to teaching sounds similar to how you describe the approach in Thailand. School here is only ...

Rheno, Thank you for posting some excellent advice which applies when working with any type of ESL Student. Teachers always have to remember to be positive and to have a "Can Do" attitude when it ...

For a fun game to practise speaking you could give some pupils questions and others the answers, or funny multiple choice answers. Tell the group that the multiple choice answers must match up and ...

Christelle, Teaching students how to speak English is very important. I like how you plan to have students describe orally what they see in funny pictures. Another way to have students learn and ...

I'd not teach cursive writing until I know my students know how to write period. Thai students are awfully good at creating new ways to fool teachers. I can see myself trying to teach cursive ...

The points you bring up are very true and very frustrating. The thing is, you can tell students over and over again how important it is for them to make the effort to improve their lives, make an ...

Rheno A, You raised some very interesting and important points to consider in helping students to learn how to motivate themselves and develop their self-esteem. We as Instructors/Teachers need to ...

Dear Windy Hi, Great to see you through internet. While finding study materials, I read your message. If possible, let me get your help, solutions. Now i belong to TESOL curriculim in Korea while ...

Wendy, Thank you for giving us information regarding your services. Using technology in teaching is very important and can greatly enhance a teacher's effectiveness with his/her students. Dr. ...

dear sarah i'm ali, an english student in iran.i'm a farsi calligraphy teacher and i have some english classes to teach.so i think i can help you.now you have my e-mail.

I posted a Survival Farsi article here on eslteachersboard.com. Look in the lessons or articles section for Spring 2004.I can also put you in touch with an Iranian who speaks good English.

Mico, I found that ESL Students need a lot of both listening and practice in order to learn English. Thus, I would use a variety of activities which promote listening. However, in order to make sure ...

Have you considered setting up stations around the room with different activities? They'll be able to move around even with the fixed desks and be able to look forward to the next activity. Here ...

Have you considered setting up stations around the room with different activities? They'll be able to move around even with the fixed desks and be able to look forward to the next activity. Here ...

I am also in china, most of my classes are between 50 and 70. Upon reaching the school I found out that my grade 7 students had no english. All of my lessons and language games ended up being filed ...

Dear Lindsey, Managing a large class can be very difficult. I have been in that situation before. One suggestion I can give you is to use a lot of small group activities for practice. Also, while ...

Dear Brock, Teaching ESL Students Idioms can be difficult. Here is a suggestion you might want to try: You might consider using pictures or visuals, and making your own picture card for a given ...

Nicole, You have raised some good questions. I have found in my ESL Teaching experience that strategies used for teaching ESL to one group of students can be applied universally to all students. With ...

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Hey! I'm a Filipino too! and reading is not the only way to teach English to your tutee. It must be a boring tutorial session. Try some activity that yur tutee can grasp not somthing theoritical, ...

Violy, Thanks for your question. I would have to say that having students learn English only through Reading stories is not enough. I would suggest that you include writing within your strategies as ...

Dear Roy, In order to open your class up on the right foot, I suggest that you prepare and plan ahead of time before the first class meeting. Also, remember to include lots of hands-on learning, as ...

If you are not using games as a substantial part of your teaching with children then I truly believe that this is the way forward. The way I have been teaching (and many others like me), is truly ...

If you are not using games as a substantial part of your teaching with children then I truly believe that this is the way forward. The way I have been teaching (and many others like me), is truly ...

hi sir, i just got a job as an esl teacher,but i haven't been a teacher before but i graduated from one of the famous university in my country and i think i can be upto the task.i will like you ...

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Hello I don't know what age group you are teaching, but every one that I have taught enjoys being read to and having stories told to them (especially if they are about, or include, them). 1. Use ...

Dear Reddy 1966, I want to first commend you regarding the initiative you took to go to the Hotel Training Manager to offer your services as a TESOL Teacher for their employees. Here are some ideas ...

Dear Burcin, Here are some strategies to use when working with this student: Remember to use visuals as a way to reinforce the material you are helping her to learn. Also, since she will be working ...

Elizabeth, Bill gave you an excellent reference. Here is another one to use: http://www.ielts.orgThis is the official website for the Test. You can obtain sample tests for the reading and writing ...

Elizabeth, With apologies to Dr.Z., go to the web site www.esl.about.com and then in the left margin, click on TOEFL, IELTS, Cambridge and you will be guided to some great information that will be of ...

Jeff, Welcome to the world of being an ESL Teacher. For starters, I would do a quick assessment to determine where they are- i.e. are they in the Listening stage, Pre-production stage, Production ...

Collin, Tutoring Adult ESL Learners is no differentr than teaching a class of Adult ESL Students: Here are some tips and strategies: Remember to use lots of visuals with the students- pictures, ...

Hello, Rheno I shall be sorry when you leave. I've only recently started to look at this website, but yours are amongst the submissions I've come to look forward to seeing the most. Yes, the ...

Dear Rheno Korean: I am sorry to hear of your bad experience in teaching high school ESL Students. As someone who has taught High School in the United States, and also worked with Special Needs ...

Nat: Please give us more information regarding which level of adults you are teaching, and some of the strategies you may have already used. This will help me and the other contributors in being able ...

Dear LC: I am sorry to hear about your difficult time in dealing with your students. Also, I am concerned that your director does not take your concerns and situation seriously. You should not have ...

Dear Publio, I also commend you on your efforts and your devotion to learning another language. I would like to comment that because your post contains several errors it is somewhat ironic. ...

Dear Dr. Zack, Thank you so much for your reply. Sorry for not thanking you earlier but actually I have just realized you had answered my e-mail. All the best, Publio.

Hello, everyone, my name is Julio and I work in a language school in Lima, Peru. Well, I have read several messages about cheating and other disciplinary problems, so I would like to know what ...

I have taught big (50-80 Ss)oral/ aural English classes in China. I taught each class only once a week - approximately 800 different Ss each week! While I was not required to assess them, this would ...

Dear Rosalind, I can understand your frustration with the cheating that happened among your students. I know it is very difficult to deal with. I remember once where I had a similar situation ...

What you describe is no surprise. Thailand without cheating students would be as plausible as Thailand without mangy, stray dogs. What IS a surprise is that my TEFL mill never tells its students ...

Why not go "all out" and have a real Carnival? Think of some games you have seen played at school fairs, and other such events, then adapt them for your students. Set up stations around, like booths ...

I've tried games in my classroom that reward 'winners' with certain monetary rewards. Mind you, I'm no Regis Philbun. Such games may work in your carnival. You may even invent a ...

I've found that doing stations really works well with large groups. Let some of your more experienced students "man" the station and the lesser experienced ones can go by and do different things ...

Try acrostics. My students really like this game, especially when ice creams await the winners. Acrostics is a game in which the class is divided into groups of three or four. The teacher writes ...

Howard, Bingo is a great activity to use in your English Carnival. Another activity to use would be Charades, and also Twenty Questions. Dr. Yanni Zack

Word bingo works really well for teaching new vocab. on any topic. I usually write 24 new words on the board which the students copy onto a piece of paper as I explain and contextualise each word and ...

Ted, A great way to engage younger ESL Students is to use hands-on learning activities as well as cooperative group learning activities. Examples for young ESL Learners would be Alphabet or Word ...

They're going to be exposed to three stimuli in your classroom: phonology, grammar, and vocab/lexicon, so they will be overwhelmed at first. Just take it slow and review a lot. You should also ...

Jessie-belle, I would recommend that you begin the assessment process of your students' Oral Language Fluency by using the Interview Technique, and have the students interview each other, and ...

Eric, Elephant gave you some great ideas as to how to prepare for your first class. Here is an other suggestion: You might want to consider having the students do an interview of each other. You can ...

Thank you for the feedback. Do you have any academic suggestions for a first class of English. Best Eric

Learn some Korean. That's the number one lesson I've learned about teaching in Asia. That will impress your boss as well as your fellow students, plus make your life in the classroom somewhat ...

E: What you are doing is similar to the concept of "Top Down" and "Bottom Up" teaching. In "Top Down", you start out with the final product(your final exam) already established and then teach to the ...

I tell you what--let's switch jobs. You come to my school in Thailand, and I'll go to your job in South Korea. We'll work that way for six months. Students here are aggravating as hell, ...

Did you decide to try teaching on a whim or think it over thoroughly first? Did you spend a lot on a TESOL course? Did you know exactly what you were getting into? The questions are legion, I know. I ...

Dear SLL, Effective Classroom Management/Discipline is difficult no matter what level of ESL student you are teaching. Here is a suggestion: Have the class develop the discipline policy/rules to use ...

I have just started working with an older lady in Brazil who has a quite good vocabulary. She wants to get her pronounciation perfect. Can you suggest any exercises I can do with her that will be of ...

Congrats on going to Korea. That's the best place for TEFL teachers, in my humble, aggravated opinion. I don't mean to sound negative, but I teach in a certain country down in SE Asia--a ...

Jeff, Being a brand new ESL Teacher can be very scary. One thing I did at the very first class with my Beginning ESL Students was to teach the following Information: 1) Personal Pronouns -I, You, He, ...

Sandy, I'm not trying to be a flamer--we get enough of those types here--but I think you need to be thankful for one thing where you are: money. You see, I have the exact same problems in my own ...

For context/settings, I'd use agriculture. I once heard of someone having the same problems you are having at a school for mechanics(?) somewhere in Asia. The teacher always chose themes from the ...

Sandy, Since your students are learning about agriculture in High School, I suggest that you include actual hands-on learning activities using realia- real life objects. You might want to consider ...

CHINA EFL: English Corner Martin Wolff, Guangzhou, China About the Author Martin Wolff, J.D. – holisticenglish@yahoo.com Martin Wolff has taught Holistic English, international business law and ...

about two months ago I had a few students request help in speaking/listening. I told these students to speak the days lessons while walking home. As an example if we did colours today I asked them to ...

I know what you mean. Recently I started teaching at a school in China having never taught before. I always thought I was a creative person but sometimes I've got by riding on the fact that I was ...

I tried Dr Zack's idea last night and it worked well. Does anyone have suggestions for an English Corner which is held in the evening outside a classroom?? Look forward to hearing from you. ...

Rosalind, Although I have not had any experience in working in an English Corner Activity, I have had experience in working in a weekly ESL Activity that was designed to motivate students to learn ...

Da/in, Here is a suggestion to help you in your ESL Class. I recommend that you find a "buddy" who can work with you during class as your "peer tutor/teacher." That way you can learn the material and ...

Elephant, I commend you on using the flowchart strategy with your students. You created an esay to follow visual which helps the students understand the concept. Great Job! Dr. Yanni Zack

Elephant, Well Said! Grammar is inded an important component of ESL Teaching. However, remember to balance it and include reading and writing, in order to provide a well-balanced instructional ...

I wouldn't worry about your students whispering in class. I think that's just one student asking a colleague what it is you are talking about at the moment. China's public education ...

Rosalind, I have found that no matter how much ESL Instruction students have had, they will always have some difficulty with both Grammar and Sentence Structure. My suggestion is to teach sentence ...

Another idea that may help your students motivate themselves is a 'Pen-Pal' project. Your kids could write folks all over the world using standard postal services. They could also send and ...

ST, do your students have access to computers at your school? If so, perhaps you can start a language lab there using powerpoint, CDs, and interactive programs. I hope this helps. Elephant

Michael, Your teacher is correct. Advise is a verb, and Advice is a Noun. Here are examples of how to use them correctly: Advise- verb- "I can advise you on which course you should take next fall in ...

I forgot to mention in my post the fact that when I give multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank type tests, I use an answer-bank at the top of the test. Answers to all the questions are given in the ...

Dear Elephant: Thank you for your post on tips on how to prevent cheating on ESL Tests by students. The experience you described is a very common one faced by all ESL Teachers. You gave some very ...

hello Dr zack, please i woulld like to get some tips from you about some classroom games on esl. thanks kissob