Successful ESL
Category Archives: Tips for Teachers
Teaching the Simple Present Tense with the Negative
When ESL beginners learn to answer questions with positive answers they progress without too much difficulty. The negative answers, however, are more complex because the pattern is different with the use of “to be” and “to do”. Continue reading
Choosing an ESL Teen Adult Curriculum
What is the basic goal of any ESL program? “Why, that’s easy”, you might say, “It is to teach the students to speak English!” If that’s the case, why do so many programs fail? We know a Japanese lady who has been studying English for 7 years and cannot hold a conversation with us at any level. Continue reading
A Fun Way to Deal With Prepositions
If you can get your esl students participating in an activity that has them using English grammar in everyday situations, they will learn quickly and remember what they learned. Continue reading
ESL Student Teachers Ready to Start their First Job
You have arrived at the location of your new English second language teaching position. Your first class of teens and adults begins tomorrow morning. You’re feeling nervous, excited and a little overwhelmed by your new surroundings. Continue reading
Verb Tense Review
English Students and teachers often want to review the verb tenses. Continue reading
English Second Language Storybooks Spark a Student’s Imagination
The storybooks a teacher uses may be a part of the curriculum or they may be supplementary. Continue reading
Building English Language Confidence in Children
Every classroom group is different. Try any or all of these suggestions and adapt them to your style of teaching. If they help even one student in your classroom to feel more confident, then any changes you have made have been worthwhile. Continue reading
Motivating Young Children During Difficult or Boring Subjects
If you are teaching specific sounds or rhyming words, make up or use a program that offers meaningful examples of what you are teaching. Use examples that are fun so the children can enjoy repeating them. They will learn if they are enjoying the lesson. Continue reading
Motivating the Children’s First ESL Lesson of the Day
You are ready for them to begin their first lesson of the day. This is their best learning time. Continue reading
Introducing Frequency or Mid-Sentence Adverbs
Adverbs tell us more about the verb – they refer to how often something happens. Continue reading
