by Taynim | Feb 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
As an adult education ESL teacher, I feel like I am always looking for (and sometimes struggling to find) a way to introduce an element of fun and randomness that is still appropriate for adult students. Creating this “element of randomness or fun” has...
by Taynim | Feb 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
When the world turned upside down with Covid-19 last year, a lot of educators were thrust (some more willingly than others) right into virtual learning with little time to prepare or adjust. This excerpt from The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide, 2nd Edition was...
by Taynim | Feb 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
With everything that is going on right now, it is easy to get overwhelmed with trying to make sure your students are getting all of their learning needs met virtually. Here is a great resource for virtual teachers. Virtual learning doesn’t have to be difficult...
by Taynim | Dec 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Citizenship and ESL students tend to be very closely related because many of the students we will encounter in our classrooms will not be citizens yet. Usually citizenship is focused on with more advanced ESL students, but I have found that even my beginner students...
by Taynim | Dec 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Learning English through song lyrics. Lyrics Training has music videos and related ESL activities for four different levels of ESL: beginner, intermediate, advanced, and expert. Each level works on a percentage of the total words in the song: 25, 50, 75, and 100%...
by Taynim | Dec 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
If you are looking for an easy way to check in with your students and build relationships try hosting coffee date with the teacher in the 5 or ten minutes before or after class. This is a great opportunity to check in with students learning, and how they’re...
