Two Must-Have Tools for ESL Teachers, Writers, and Bloggers
We’ve all been there; you write an exciting, informative ESL lesson complete with a handout with lots of great pictures or illustrations. You check Read More…
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How to Give Instructions in English: An ESL Class
Giving instructions and describing how to do something is an integral part of most ESL classes. I like to use map reading and give students a good reaRead More…
Leadership: A Military ESL Class
One of the best jobs I had in my latter days in Korea was working for the Korea defense Language Institute or KDLI as we called it. I had to do lots oRead More…
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 questioRead 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 changeRead 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 theRead More…