Ah, the gerund — my old archenemy.
Throughout my years of teaching ESL, I have seen many students struggle with gerunds.
These pesky grammatical components don’t care what level of English students are. They strike mercilessly.
ESL teachers and …
You’re smack dab in the middle of an ESL lesson gone wrong.
Your students seem to understand the grammar points, but they don’t look at all engaged or interested.
How did you end up here?
You’ve been giving them your …
We ESL teachers are the experts in English language acquisition.
Our superhuman powers even allow us to impart knowledge to students through an osmosis-like processes.
Okay, not really. Excuse my wishful thinking.
Instead, we stay up late researching strategies to …
The ESL classroom can be a lively, dynamic environment.
With the right guidance, students can work and learn together — pushing each other farther, faster.
However, getting a group of students to cooperate and stay positive is easier said than …
Teaching a classroom full of students to read English is one thing.
Teaching them to listen and understand what they’re hearing is much tougher.
When the words are on the page, it’s possible to sound them out and take some …
Need to get your ESL students up and moving?
Your lessons lacking a bit of a punch?
Try teaching through song!
It’s been proven that songs help us memorize, so take advantage of your students’ ability to commit information …
Did you ever have a teacher who you wished could use the whiteboard a little better?
You know. The guy with tiny, scrawled handwriting.
The lady with messy notes and forgotten details.
One professor comes to mind for me. He …
