A panoply of teaching resources.
Looking for fresh ideas for the writing class (and conversation class)?
Here are six lesson ideas that help students learn English and build writing skills.
Two activities that improve accuracy are here. The first works on articles and is good for all skill levels. The second activity, suitable for intermediate+, teaches students to write appositives.
Teaching EFL students how to write English sentences, paragraphs and long text is a difficult job. Here are four classroom tips for intermediate+ students.
Writing fluency is the ability to produce lots of output. Many EFL students have poor writing habits which prevent them from learning to write faster and improving their skill level.
These habits include too much erasing during the drafting stage and an inability to formulate the first sentence (i.e. the dreaded blank page syndrome).
Can you turn brain teasers into a powerful ESL creative writing activity? Absolutely. Logic puzzles and word games add variety to your lessons, keep motivation high, and create natural moments for ESL writing practice. With the right structure, you can turn quick puzzles into rich ESL classroom activities that build vocabulary, grammar accuracy, and clear written explanations.
In this post, you’ll see how to use logic puzzles as the backbone of an ESL writing lesson, how to turn them into creative ESL prompts, and how to add simple conditional writing practice without redesigning your whole course.
Sometimes an EFL class needs activities which get away from the textbook in order to keep everyone motivated, including the teacher. Here are three activities that work well with pairs or small groups.
These EFL conversation activities help students learn English by involving a number different language skills including task-based problem solving, fluency, intensive listening and precise vocabulary.
This fun exercise that will challenge your intermediate+ level EFL students. Watch a short video which contains 13 segments (the video is about one minute long). Each segment shows dots and lines moving in way that visually illustrates an abstract concept.
Now describe each segment with precision. Sounds easy? Ha.