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6 Exciting Subject-Verb Agreement Games & Activities for Adult ESL

Subject-verb agreement need not be a musty grammar concept! First, let’s do a quick run-down on subject-verb agreement in case we have a new teacher reading this. Subject-Verb Agreement in a Nutshell What is subject-verb agreement? Subjects must agree with their verbs. A singular subject takes a singular verb. Plural subjects take plural verbs. Sounds …
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Jobs and Careers: Creative Conversations in the Adult ESL Classroom

Incorporate real-world themes and topics, such as jobs and careers, into your lessons to make them relevant and engaging for your adult learners. Jobs and careers can be a particularly useful and relevant theme. Most adults can relate to and have experience with it, and it also provides numerous opportunities for speaking practice and vocabulary …
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Create Listening Labyrinths Using Minimal Pairs: a Step by Step Guide

I love to create listening labyrinths because they make fantastic informal assessments of students’ ability to discern the difference between two sounds. The icing? Students love them! Let’s say you have students who often use a short i sound when they need a long e sound (and vice versa). Here’s what you do: Here’s how to create listening labyrinths. Before …
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Improve English Pronunciation with 4 Strategies to Overcome Strong Accents

Your highly-motivated student is eager to talk and capitalizes on every opportunity to speak. The problem? You can’t understand what she says. Bigger problem? Neither can the rest of your class! Time to tackle English pronunciation challenges! The Otherwise Perfect Student No One Understood “Shimin,” a 19-year-old, started in our lowest level class, but it …
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