I Let AI Plan My ESL Lessons for 30 Days — Here’s What Happened
There’s a Sunday night feeling most ESL teachers know well. The week starts in less than twelve hours. You have three classes, four levels, and a blaRead More…
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How I Plan A Full Week Of ESL Lessons In 20 Minutes Using AI (After 20 Years Of Doing It The Hard Way)
Introduction For twenty years, Sunday afternoon meant the same thing in my house: a blank lesson plan, a cold cup of coffee, and the quiet dread oRead More…
14 ESL Activities That Actually Get Students Talking (Free Previews Inside)
14 ESL Activities That Actually Get Students Talking (Free Previews Inside) By TeachingEnglishIsFun.com If you’ve been teaching ESL for morRead More…
World’s Worst Cultural Mistakes — ESL Discussion
I love exercises that encourage students to share their culture and knowledge of other cultures. Students love to share what they know and it’s alwaRead More…
Election Day Discussion Activity
This is an exercise that I started to do way back in the late 90s in my class but a lot of the same topics still work today. Basically, it’s a fake Read More…
Old Style Dating Service ESL Exercise
Today’s class comes from a lesson I did when introducing my students to adjectives and describing both physical and personality traits. You can begiRead More…
Using Fables to Teach English
Almost every culture on earth has some kind of fables or stories which impart a lesson to the reader or listener. These fables usually have animals Read More…
English is a Crazy Language – Explained
This is a famous piece that has been floating around the internet for years. The problem is that if you are not a native speaker of English, then thRead More…
“If” A Great Song for Hypothetical Discussion Questions
This is a great song that is easy for students to follow along with and it gives you the chance to introduce some questions using “If.” This is good pRead More…
How to Master Picture Description in 5 Simple Steps
Describing a Picture Almost every test you take for English as a Second Language these days has a portion that involves describing a picture. TheseRead More…