Interview with Robert: A fellow ESL Teacher
Recently, I had the pleasure to catch-up with an old fellow ESL teacher from Korea. We worked together overseas. Now I am working on setting up websRead More…
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Get Your TEFL Certificate Online
There you are stranded overseas and trying to get a new job, better pay, and better working conditions. If you are like me, you have probably already Read More…
Which Path Do You Choose? Another ESL Fun Quiz
I think I have mentioned before that I love personality quizzes, jokes, and games that make learning and teaching English fun. This was one of my faRead More…
Jokes For ESL Class
I love humor. Riddles, jokes, and puns are all things that can motivate students to learn and translate their favorite jokes into English. Sometimes Read More…
My Blogging,Teaching and Writing Resources
This is a list of the different resources that I have used to create this blog and to create my classes as well. I was inspired when visiting a friendRead More…
12 ESL Brain Teasers for Group Discussion
My students loved to have fun, and they often inspired me to create my own activities to suit their personal tastes. I learned about shows I had neveRead More…
Stereotypes: An ESL Discussion Activity
This is actually from two different classes that I did. I decided to combine them since they are very closely related. I’ll put a break in between boRead More…
News Report: An Engaging ESL Activity
Have your Students Present Their Own News Show! This was an idea I had about having students making up their own live-action news report kind of liRead More…
ESL CSI: A Modal Drawing Activity
This is a great class that I like to use to teach modals. First I tell the class that they are going to be Korean CSI. I tried to make it dramaticRead More…
A Great Book That Can Inspire You to Leonardo Da Vinci-Like Genius
Today’s little blurb is from a book, How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day by Michael Gelb. I was not planning to do a Read More…