Teaching ESL Students

Limited vocabulary is one of the greatest obstacles English language learners face when they read. Learn how to pre-teach key vocabulary from text to equip English language learners for a successful reading experience.

If you've decided you want to teach English in Japan, congratulations! You're in for a treat. Next question: what kind of English do you want to teach? Do you crave the chaos of Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) life, or would you prefer teaching at an eikaiwa English school?

For English Language Learners, writing is a process that goes beyond spelling and grammar. It begins with socializing and evolves into copying sentence frames; eventually writing essays. Students need written and oral feedback, and should engage with prompts that are culturally relevant and diverse.

Here are 12 strategies you can easily incorporate into your classroom to support English language learners of all ages and at all grade levels. These strategies can be used in mainstream classes as well as in classes composed of only English language learners.

What is appropriation and how does it apply to teaching and acquiring a second or foreign language.

This is my story of teaching English from 2007 until 2010 in Thailand. I relive my experiences of teaching in government and private schools in the Bangkok area.

A guide to teaching English around the world.

When it comes to teaching abroad, every country has its pros and cons, but some are certainly riskier than others. Sometimes the problems in a country run much deeper than the recruiters' glossy websites would lead you to believe.

Error correction, when done properly, helps your students without them losing confidence. This article includes some simple approaches to correction of writing and speaking.

Facts and advice about teaching English in Thailand

An easy step-by-step guide for anyone showing others how to teach English as a foreign language to children.

Teaching or tutoring English as a Second Language remotely online can be a rewarding career, but it does have its challenges. These 10 tips are important for new remote ESL instructors.

Simple, easy to follow tips and ideas to help your students improve their spelling in classes. Includes strategies and suggestions for dealing with homophones,homonyms and exceptional English words.

Seven games and activities you can play with your junior high school or above ESL group English classes.

My experience of teaching English to an Arab beginner as an ESL teacher in the making.

Conversation classes are often unplanned and structure-less, or fall into the trap of patterned role-plays. Learn how to plan realistic and useful conversation lessons for your students.