Yes/ No – A Great ESL Ice Breaker!
One of the hardest things about teaching ESL in a language academy or institute is that every month you have new students mixed in with your old oneRead More…
Author: Jim S.
5 Reasons to Teach English as a Second Language
Why would I want to become an ESL teacher? This is a question you’ve probably asked yourself if you are looking at this page. It was the same questiRead More…
There’s a Moon Over Bourbon Street by Sting
It’s pop English time with another oldie but goodie from Sting. For more information on how to do this class click on the podcast above. I would recRead More…
Another Musical ESL Adventure: Foil by Weird Al Yankovich
Welcome to Teaching English is Fun. Once again it’s time for another musical adventure in English as a Second Language. I love doing songs for class bRead More…
Predicting What Will Happen Next
Looking for a way to use video to teach English? This is a great activity that mixes a little drama and suspense, a whole lot of ESL fun, and also eRead More…
Advertise a Product
This is a great exercise that I like to do in conjunction with teaching students all kinds of adjectives. I tell them that they are all working for Read More…
Follow-ups in Conversation for ESL Learners
The following is an English as a Second Language exercise that I created after a class at a KOTESOL conference. Feel free to tweak this and changRead More…
Introduce Another Country’s Culture
This is actually from a job interview I did for a training job back here in the United States. After working over in Korea for over 20 years, I figureRead More…
Small Talk ESL Class and Activity
This is an ESL activity I like to begin early in a class to go over appropriate and inappropriate conversations. The idea of small talk. I’ll put thRead More…
Ironic Musical ESL Lesson
Today I am going to change it up a bit and introduce music. My students loved music. I didn’t like to just have them listen to a song and fill in thRead More…