101 Activities and Resources for Teaching English Online

101 Activities and Resources for Teaching English Online
Author: Jackie Bolen
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2020-04-14
Genre:
ISBN:

Even experienced ESL teachers get stuck in a rut. It's time to find some fresh ideas for online Engish classes! Whether you're a first-time ESL/EFL/TEFL teacher, an experienced but overwhelmed instructor, or an instructor without a textbook, you need more activities for your online English classes for beginners, intermediate or advanced students. If you're tired of wasting time wading through the junk on the Internet, then Jackie is here to help. During her decade of experience as a CELTA/DELTA certified teacher, author Jackie Bolen has developed countless games and activities for her students. She's sharing her low-prep/no-prep ideas for teaching English online with ESL teachers throughout the world. In 101 Activites and Resources for Teaching English Online, you'll get dozens of ideas to use in your own virtual classroom. The highly-detailed descriptions will show you exactly how to use the activities during your lessons. Jackie's clearly and concisely explained activities will help you add instructional variety and put the focus back on your students. If you're extremely busy or you're simply out of new ideas, Jackie's book makes it easy to try out new and exciting activities your students will love! It's easier than ever to have better TEFL online classes today. Buy the book to get new lesson plans ready to go in minutes!

Fifty Ways to Teach Life Skills

Fifty Ways to Teach Life Skills
Author: Emily Bryson
Publisher: Wayzgoose Press
Total Pages: 131
Release:
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN:

As teachers, we want to see our students succeed. Supporting them to acquire life skills is one of the more effective ways to do so. This book provides fifty inspiring, practical tips and activities to enhance students’ social, academic, critical thinking, digital, and work skills to help them become their best selves. It is a quick and essential guide for any busy teacher. This guide is simple, supports all levels of learners, and many of the activities require little or no preparation or special materials. Each activity assists students to improve their speaking, reading, writing, listening, grammar, vocabulary, or pronunciation skills while also practising their broader skills for life. The Fifty Ways to Teach series gives you a variety of drills, games, techniques, methods, and ideas to help your students master English. The ideas can be used with any textbook, or without a textbook at all. These short, practical guides aim to make your teaching life easier, and your students' lives more rewarding and successful. If you’re a busy teacher who wants to see their students excelling, this is the resource for you.

39 Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning Activities

39 Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning Activities
Author: Jackie Bolen
Publisher: Jackie Bolen
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2021-06-23
Genre:
ISBN:

Have better task-based ESL/EFL classes with children, teenagers or adults. It's time to find some fresh, new ideas for TBL lessons! Whether you're a first-time ESL/EFL/TEFL teacher, an experienced but overwhelmed instructor, or an instructor without a textbook, you need more task-based activities for your English classes. If you're tired of wasting your precious time wading through the junk on the Internet, then Jackie is here to help. During her decades of experience teaching English around the world, author Jackie Bolen has developed countless games and activities for her students that fall into the communicative language teaching approach. She's sharing her low-prep/no-prep ideas for task-based learning with ESL teachers throughout the world. These are the activities that she uses in her own classes! In 39 Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning Activities: A Very Practical Guide to Using TBL in the ESL/EFL Classroom, you'll get a ton of creative and interesting ideas for speaking, listening, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, and more to use in your own classroom. The highly detailed descriptions will show you exactly how to use the activities during your lessons. The clearly and concisely explained activities will help you add instructional variety and put the focus back on your students. Pick up a copy of the book if you want to... Have better English lessons Incorporate more task-based activities into your classes Save a ton of time when planning lessons Help students improve their English skills in a big way See lots of happy, smiling faces in your classes Add some variety into English classes Increase communication and teamwork amongst students If you're extremely busy or you're simply out of new ideas, this book makes it easy to try out new and exciting TBL activities your students will love! Buy 39 Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning Activities to get new lesson plans ready to go in minutes!

100 TESOL Activities for Teachers

100 TESOL Activities for Teachers
Author: Shane Dixon
Publisher: Wayzgoose Press
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2016-02-10
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN:

100 TESOL Activities for Teachers is a teacher training manual and activity guide that has been used by teacher training groups from Korea, China, Japan, Iraq, Peru, Mexico and many other parts of the world as part of the popular TESOL Certificate Program: Teach English Now! from Coursera and Arizona State University. Designed to be practical, these techniques support the general need to communicate, interact, and make language come alive in the classroom. The manual is organized into 3 distinct parts: * The first section introduces teachers to some of the most common activities in English language teaching, followed by activities categorized by reading, writing, listening, speaking, vocabulary, and icebreakers. * The second section provides a unique model of lesson planning. This adaptable model helps teachers prepare organized routines to make classes more effective and easier to prepare. Includes activities for discussion, giving instructions, guided and less-guided practice, and independent practice. * The third section includes downloadable, photocopiable worksheets for the activities described in the manual. additional search terms: English as a second language, English as a foreign language, curriculum materials, classroom resources, ESL, EFL, ELT, pairwork, group work

Teaching English as a Foreign Language For Dummies

Teaching English as a Foreign Language For Dummies
Author: Michelle Maxom
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 407
Release: 2012-01-24
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0470745762

Learn to: Put an EFL course programme together from scratch Let your students loose in skills classes – from reading to listening Deliver grammar lessons in a logical and intuitive way Cope with different age groups and capabilities Your one-stop guide to a career that will take you places If you thought that teaching a language that's second nature to you would be easy, think again! Explaining grammar, or teaching correct pronunciation while simultaneously developing your own skills as a teacher can be a huge challenge. Whether you're on a training course or have already started teaching, this book will help launch your career and give you the confidence and expertise you need to be a brilliant teacher. Make an educated decision – decide between the various courses, qualifications and job locations available to you Start from scratch – plan well-structured lessons and develop successful and effective teaching techniques Focus on skills – from reading and writing, to listening and speaking, get your students sounding and feeling fluent Get your head around grammar – teach students to put sentences together, recognise tenses and use adjectives and adverbs All shapes and sizes – tailor your lessons to younger learners, one-to-ones, exam classes and Business English learners Open the book and find: TEFL, TESOL, EFL – what all the acronyms mean The best course books and materials to supplement your teaching Advice on running your class and handling difficulties Lesson plans that you can use in the classroom Activities and exercises to keep your students on their toes Constructive ways to correct and assess your students' performance Ways to inject some fun into your classes Insider information on the best jobs around the world 'An invaluable manual for anyone thinking of embarking on a TEFL journey. Michelle Maxom's step-by-step guide provides practical tips to get you started and offers key advice to help unleash the creative English language teacher within.' – Claire Woollam, Director of Studies & a Teacher Trainer at Language Link London

The ESL / ELL Teacher's Survival Guide

The ESL / ELL Teacher's Survival Guide
Author: Larry Ferlazzo
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2012-08-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1118095677

A much-needed resource for teaching English to all learners The number of English language learners in U.S. schools is projected to grow to twenty-five percent by 2025. Most teachers have English learners in their classrooms, from kindergarten through college. The ESL/ELL Teacher?s Survival Guide offers educators practical strategies for setting up an ESL-friendly classroom, motivating and interacting with students, communicating with parents of English learners, and navigating the challenges inherent in teaching ESL students. Provides research-based instructional techniques which have proven effective with English learners at all proficiency levels Offers thematic units complete with reproducible forms and worksheets, sample lesson plans, and sample student assignments The book?s ESL lessons connect to core standards and technology applications This hands-on resource will give all teachers at all levels the information they need to be effective ESL instructors.

Fifty Ways to Practice Writing

Fifty Ways to Practice Writing
Author: Dorothy Zemach
Publisher: Wayzgoose Press
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2016-05-06
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN:

You will learn 50 ways to practice and improve writing - both with pen and paper and typing. By applying these methods, you will write more, write faster, and write more correct and more interesting papers and letters. The book is divided into five sections: 1. Practice, Practice, Practice! 2. Inspiration 3. Skills and Strategies 4. Typing I: Improving Skills 5. Typing II: Advanced Practice You do not need to be living in an English-speaking country or be currently taking an English class to use this book. However, students who are already in a class can also use this book to improve their writing more quickly and easily. You do not need to have English-speaking friends or acquaintances to write to or even any idea of what to write about. This book will provide those ideas.

ESL Writing Activities, Games & Teaching Tips: Practical Ideas for the Classroom

ESL Writing Activities, Games & Teaching Tips: Practical Ideas for the Classroom
Author: Jackie Bolen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2020-06
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781393565918

Even experienced ESL teachers get stuck in a rut. It's time to find some fresh ideas for writing classes! Whether you're a first-time ESL/EFL/TEFL teacher, an experienced but overwhelmed instructor, or an instructor without a textbook, you need more activities for your English writing classes for beginners, intermediate or advanced students. If you're tired of wasting time wading through the junk on the Internet, then Jackie is here to help. During her decade of experience as a CELTA/DELTA certified teacher, author Jackie Bolen has developed countless games and activities for her students. She's sharing her low-prep/no-prep ideas with ESL teachers throughout the world. In ESL Writing Activities, Games & Teaching Tips, you'll get over three-dozen ideas to use in your own classroom. The highly-detailed descriptions will show you exactly how to use the activities during your lessons. Jackie's clearly and concisely explained activities will help you add instructional variety and put the focus back on your students. If you're extremely busy or you're simply out of new ideas, Jackie's book makes it easy to try out new and exciting activities your students will love! It's easier than ever to have better writing classes today. Buy the book to get new lesson plans ready to go in minutes!

39 Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning Activities

39 Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning Activities
Author: Jackie Bolen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 79
Release: 2021-06-23
Genre:
ISBN:

Have better task-based ESL/EFL classes with children, teenagers or adults. It's time to find some fresh, new ideas for TBL lessons! Whether you're a first-time ESL/EFL/TEFL teacher, an experienced but overwhelmed instructor, or an instructor without a textbook, you need more task-based activities for your English classes. If you're tired of wasting your precious time wading through the junk on the Internet, then Jackie is here to help. During her decades of experience teaching English around the world, author Jackie Bolen has developed countless games and activities for her students that fall into the communicative language teaching approach. She's sharing her low-prep/no-prep ideas for task-based learning with ESL teachers throughout the world. These are the activities that she uses in her own classes! In 39 Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning Activities: A Very Practical Guide to Using TBL in the ESL/EFL Classroom, you'll get a ton of creative and interesting ideas for speaking, listening, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, and more to use in your own classroom. The highly detailed descriptions will show you exactly how to use the activities during your lessons. The clearly and concisely explained activities will help you add instructional variety and put the focus back on your students. Pick up a copy of the book if you want to... Have better English lessons Incorporate more task-based activities into your classes Save a ton of time when planning lessons Help students improve their English skills in a big way See lots of happy, smiling faces in your classes Add some variety into English classes Increase communication and teamwork amongst students If you're extremely busy or you're simply out of new ideas, this book makes it easy to try out new and exciting TBL activities your students will love! Buy 39 Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning Activities to get new lesson plans ready to go in minutes!