Author Archive | Shane Mac Donnchaidh

ESL Essay Writing: 7 Important Tips to Teach Students Plus Resources for Writing Lessons

“Every good story has a beginning, a middle and an end.” This is true for a good essay, too. An essay needs a coherent structure to successfully articulate its arguments. Strong preparation and planning is crucial to providing that structure.…

11 Brilliant Techniques to Boost Your Students’ ESL Writing Skills

The writer: an almost mythical creature. Alone and aloof, at the mercy of some ethereal muse and her whims. How can we hope to inculcate the skills of the mysterious discipline in our ESL students when it can seem an …

8 Crucial Elements of Superb ESL Classroom Management

As an ESL educator, a large part of your “teaching” time will be spent not developing lesson plans or introducing new material, but doing something else entirely. This time will be spent simply figuring out how to manage your classroom …

The Bilingual Method of Teaching English: 7 Key Advantages, Disadvantages and an Explanation

Is a student’s mother tongue a help or hindrance in learning a new language? Pop your head into English language classes around the world and it would appear it’s more often considered a hindrance, where the full immersion method is …