ESL Writing Activities
Review
Last week:
- mid term exam
This Week
- review one question from the exam
- begin a new direction in the writing class
Basic Writing: Week 9
teaching writing
Teach English: Correlation and Causation
Teach English Writing Concepts
This lesson helps ESL students improve the quality of their writing, speaking and thinking by understanding the differences between correlation and causation.
Learning these vital concepts helps students write logical stories and essays by avoiding post hoc fallacies. It also helps them develop critical thinking skills and an ability to express complex ideas in writing and conversation classes.
Developing an ability to identity and evaluate cause and effect relationships is not easy for students, especially those coming from an education system that emphasizes rote memorization. Finding causality requires a degree of imagination and a willingness to inquire, to dare and explore ideas.
In that sense, imagination fosters understanding.
Lesson Purpose
By the end of this lesson, ESL students will:
- define correlation and causation
- explain the differences between the two concepts
- demonstrate that knowledge in practice exercises
- apply that knowledge in a writing assignment
Quick ESL Class Resources and Activities
Every ESL teacher needs a reliable set of quick ESL class resources and activities ready to use at any moment. Classes often run into unexpected time gaps, early finishers, or energy dips that call for a simple change of pace. A flexible toolkit ensures that students stay engaged while they build real English writing and speaking skills in short, meaningful bursts.
This post shares practical ESL classroom activities that help learners strengthen vocabulary recall, improve writing accuracy, and build conversational confidence. These ideas include printable worksheets, vocabulary reviews, conversation prompts, and pair work tasks. Each activity maximizes learning opportunities without requiring long preparation time.
Sophomore ESL Writing, Week 4
Learn English Writing
This is week 4 of the semester. What did we do recently?