Kenneth's ESL Blog April 2004 Archive

Narrative paragraphs are often used to describe what a person does over a period of time. Here are three exercise sheets that help lower level learners improve their writing ... Read More

This syllabus provides a general outline proposal for creating courses for intermediate level students. This syllabus is designed for a course of approximately 60 hours of elementary level instruction and ... Read More

President Bush today honors Kathy Mellor, an ESL teacher in North Kingstown, R.I., as teacher of the year. The Washington Times writes "Mrs. Mellor urges teachers to reach beyond the ... Read More

Book One: "Implementing the Lexical Approach" by Michael Lewis provides teachers with tools and strategies to implement the lexical approach in their classes. Included are six case studies which provide ... Read More

This "how to" covers the basics of planning your new ESL/EFL class curricula.

Groups decide upon a design, give it a description (a name), and then write down step-by-step instructions for how another group could construct the same design from the six pieces. ... Read More

Teaching grammar plays a central role in every ESL / EFL teacher's classroom. The important question that needs to be answered is: how do I teach grammar? In other words, ... Read More