The future progressive is the future! Are you ready to take your adult ESL students’ communication skills to the next level? Teaching the future progressive tense, a crucial aspect of the English language, can help them do just that. The future progressive tense is used to describe actions that will be in progress at a …
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4 Fun Simple Past Activities for Adult ESL
Try these four fun simple past activities with your adult ESL students! Whether you are just starting out with regular verbs or have already started on irregular verbs, you’ll find a fun activity for your adult ESL students here. Sure, many of our adult students like the comfort and familiarity of worksheets, but most also …
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2 Fun Activities for Reviewing Prepositions of Time
Reviewing prepositions of time doesn’t have to be yet another worksheet or set of task cards. Try out some of the following simple but effective ways to review prepositions of time. Go Visual! If you already know your students and their routines and activities, look for photos and pictures representing what you know will be …
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3 Legitimate Reasons Commonly Confused Words Often Confuse Us
Do your students ask for your advise in learning vocabulary? Its a common question, right? You might want to take a brake in your lessen to insure your students have a through knowledge of commonly confused words. But first, what causes this confusion? Exactly why are commonly confused words so confusing? While some of the …
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Teaching Body Vocabulary: Building a Strong Foundation for Adult ESL Learners
Body vocabulary is a crucial aspect of language learning, particularly for adults studying ESL. This was brought home to me on my third day hospitalized in a foreign country where I couldn’t speak the language. The nurses kept asking me questions I couldn’t answer, and they had to resort to bringing in patients from other …
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One Fun ESL Speaking Game for Adults
Beginner-level adult ESL students LOVE to play games, but their low English proficiency can seem limiting when you’re trying to come up with something engaging but practical, fun but not a time-waster. (Don’t teach beginners? Keep reading because this game is easily adapted for all levels!) Playing the ESL speaking game I have…Who has…? is a …
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First Impressions Matter: A Guide for Teaching Students How to Make a Positive First Impression
First impressions really count! They say you never get a second chance to make a first impression. But what if those first impressions could be the key to unlocking new opportunities and building successful relationships? As ESL teachers, we must guide our adult ESL students in understanding the significance of good first impressions and how …
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The Power of Stress Discussions in Adult ESL Classes: Unlocking Growth and Language Proficiency
In the world of adult ESL teaching, cultivating engaging and meaningful discussions is a cornerstone of effective language teaching. While many teachers may shy away from topics perceived as negative or discomforting, making a compelling case for incorporating stress as a discussion theme in the classroom is possible. Contrary to popular belief, stress discussions can …
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Discussions: How to Ensure All Your Adult ESL Students Participate
Wouldn’t you love to have discussions in ESL classes where everyone not only speaks, but takes turns, listens, and invites others to speak? The thing is, we’ve all had that student, the one who dominates every conversation. We’ve also had the one who never speaks at all. Passive vs. Overbearing Why are some students so …
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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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4 Easy Long Vowel Activities for Adult ESL: Spelling Patterns & Pronunciation
My long vowel activities were a labor of love for my students. When I first taught a “true beginner” class, it was full of Saudi students. This was a class not shy about speaking, having fun, or making mistakes. Some of them were also pretty vocal about not wanting to continue making the same mistakes …
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The Battle of B and P Sounds: Moving Toward Pronunciation Precision
If you’ve had the privilege of teaching students whose mother tongue is Arabic, you’re no stranger to their unique challenges when grappling with the b and p sounds. It’s the structure of the Arabic language’s sounds and those oh-so-subtle distinctions between the b and p sounds in Arabic that create significant challenges when it comes …
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