As ESL teachers, we’re always on the lookout for resources that can truly make a difference in our students’ language learning journeys. That’s why I’m excited to share a resource that has not only enriched my classroom but has also contributed significantly to my students’ language skills: the “Prefixes Worksheet…
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grammar
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Future Conversation Questions for Engaging Student Discussions: Future Perfect, Future Continuous, Future Simple in the ESL Classroom
If you’re an ESL teacher, you know that getting students to practice speaking is a top priority. One way to do this is by using future conversation questions that focus on future tenses (future simple, future perfect, and future continuous). In this blog post, we’ll dive into why using these…
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Halloween Vocabulary Activity: ESL Video and Speaking Activity
It’s almost here! Our students’ favorite holiday! Halloween! Ok, not everyone loves Halloween, but it’s a perfect opportunity to have a little fun in the classroom. There are plenty of various activities online and for those who don’t like crafts and are not particularly artsy (as myself) I’ve put together…
Articles
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15 Back to School Activities: Icebreakers, Warm-ups, and Energizers
Fun and easy-to-use back to school activities 1) Learn your students’ names New class, new faces, new names – a mess. This back to school activity has saved me multiple times. You can learn 30 new names in minutes, kids have fun and they painlessly learn new adjectives. Start by…
ESL Questions
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Questions for ESL Conversation: 60 Questions Based on Vogue Interviews
If you’re an ESL teacher, you know that speaking is a difficult skill for students to master. Plus, speaking can be intimidating. It’s one thing to write and another thing entirely to perform in front of others. That’s why these 60 questions for ESL conversation based on Vogue’s 73 Question…
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Taliban Take over Afghanistan: Dare to Educate Afghan Women(UPDATED)
If you don’t live in a cave you know what’s happening in Afghanistan right now. If you don’t know, you can find out here. No matter what your political preferences are, or what do you believe in, I’m sure you agree that education is important. What is happening in Afghanistan…
ESL Discussions
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Phrasal Verbs Activity and Exercises, Conversation Questions and PDF Worksheet
I sometimes watch, or more accurately, watched (because Covid) Netflix with friends. We always use English subtitles, as my friends want to improve their English. Sometimes they ask me to translate a word or a phrase, sometimes I don’t mind and sometimes it bothers me. But my lack of patience…
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Halloween ESL Video Lesson: Simone Giertz Made a Soup Robot
A girl made a soup robot. How is this an ESL video lesson? Wait and see. Simone Giertz is amazing. What? You don’t know her? She does some crazy stuff and is super funny. Check out some of her stuff. View this post on Instagram I built a musical instrument…
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ESL Communication Activity: Science Role-Plays
Communication Activity: Science Role Plays. Download this free PDF worksheet with three role plays discussing controversial opinions on vaccination, cancer treatment and so-called chemtrails.
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ESL Video Lesson Based on Netflix Docuseries “The Mind, Explained”
This ESL Netflix video lesson plan is based on “The Mind, Explained” docuseries that answers the questions about our brains. What is going on inside my head? How does memory work? Why do I dream? The show has six episodes: Memory, Dreams, Anxiety, Mindfulness, Psychedelics. Each twenty-minute episode explains the…