The following games are things I have personally used in my classrooms in the last 2 years of teaching ESL in China. You will have to judge for yourself if they will fit with your classes. No look!: Make two teams and place one student from each team in front of the whiteboard, facing away ...
Teaching ESL, or English as a Second Language, is a fulfilling career as you teach others your native language of English. While some add ESL certification to a standard English degree, if you are sure that teaching ESL is the career you wish to pursue, getting your ESL degree is a great way to go. ...
Conversation classes can be tough, on one hand they can turn out to be a great deal of fun, a success, and a wonderful learning and teaching experience. After all, you don’t have to worry about loads of tedious grammar exercises or correcting endless piles of homework! However, conversation classes can also seem like an ...
I chose to summarize a chapter of the book titled, Passport to Learning: Teaching Social Studies to ESL Students, by Barbara C. Cruz, Joyce W. Nutta, Jason O’Brien, Carine M. Feyten, and Jane M. Govoni. I chose this book because I thought it would be interesting to learn a little more about ESL students in ...
Having taught ESL to both children and adults all over Asia and in many parts of the USA, I have found the experience to both challenging and rewarding. I have also found that there are indeed a few basics to teaching ESL, both to kids and adults. However, it is certainly true that teaching ESL ...