Grammar is difficult for students of all ages and languages to grasp, but it is especially challenging for ESL students. Learn teacher-tested tips and tricks for teaching your adult ESL students all about the grammar rules of English.
“Teacher, why is past participle here?” I stared at my student, then at the textbook, and then back at my student. I had no idea what a past participle was. I hadn’t heard that term before…and I was supposed to answer a question about it?! Yeah, welcome to adult ESL, where you’re one page ahead […]
I had this all-male class once. Boisterous didn’t even begin to describe them, and their energy was exhausting at times, but also something I looked forward to. Anyway, we’d just finished learning tag questions, and during the break between classes, as I walked down the hall to the teachers’ room, tag questions were flying up
