Articles Index
ESL/EFL Career Guide - Getting Qualified
A guide to becoming a teacher in ESL/EFL
ESL/EFL Career Guide - Online Guides and Articles
A guide to careers in teaching English as a Second Language - ESL - or English as a Foreign Language - EFL.
Teaching English Abroad - What Happens When There are Problems?
Strategies to adjust when teaching English abroad and problems occur. These tips can help you deal with problems while living and teaching English abroad.
Advanced Level English Proverbs
Proverbs give deep insight into any culture. Learn twenty advanced level English proverbs to have something to say in every situation.
Intermediate Level English Proverbs
Here are twenty English proverbs that are perfect for intermediate level learners. Each proverb has a definition, and a matching game at the end of the article provides context for English learners.
Easy English Proverbs
Learn these twenty easy English proverbs with definitions and examples in a matching game for ESL students.
Collocation Examples
Examples and worksheets focusing on key collocation for English learners in various TESOL settings, as well as for self-study. Each sheet includes a number of collocation examples.
Guessing
How to guess in English for intermediate to upper level ESL EFL TESL TOEFL English students
Activities with Proverbs
Suggestions on how to use proverbs and sayings in ESL class as a means to deeper conversations about cultural and linguistic differences, as well as for writing and speaking practice.
Family Relationships Lesson Plan
This English lesson play asks students to create role-plays based on various family relationships in order to consolidate a wide range of skills. The lesson plan is ideal for upper level ESL classes.
Past Tense Regular Verb Pronunciation
Past Tense Regular Verb Pronunciation exhaustive list for beginning level ESL English learners.
Past Tense Review Quiz
Past Tense Forms Review Quiz for upper intermediate to advanced level ESL classes and learners
Making Small Talk
Many English students are more interested in making effective small talk than knowing correct grammar structures - and rightly so! Here are some tips to improve small talk skills.
Beginner Dialogues - Introducing Yourself
Dialogue for Beginning Level English ESL EFL Learners and Classes - Introducing Yourself
Beginner Dialogues - Giving and Requesting Personal Information
Dialogue for Beginning Level English ESL EFL Learners and Classes - Telling the Time
Dialogue and Multiple Choice Questions: Introductions
Beginning level English dialogue with follow up multiple choice questions for in-class use and reading comprehension practice.
Small Talk - Lesson Plan
Small talk conversation lesson plan helping ESL English learners improve their small talk skills.
ESL Lesson Plan for Conversation
Listening and speaking lesson plan based on ordering food in a restaurant
Gap Fill Food and Restaurants
Gap fill activity for beginning to intermediate level English learners focusing on vocabulary related to food and restaurants.
Beginner Dialogues - At a Restaurant
Dialogue for Beginning Level English ESL EFL Learners and Classes - at a restaurant
English for the Food Service Industry
English for the food service industry introduction to essential English grammar for this profession.
At a Restaurant - Dictation Answers
Beginning level dictations for English learners focusing on introductions, instructions, present simple habits, past events, comparisons and questions.
Wh Questions
Guide to wh questions for English learners including a discussion of preposition combinations, common short form answers with examples of correct usage.
Ask and Answer Questions - 50 Basic English Questions
50 basic English questions used to ask and answer questions about most daily tasks for English language learners.
Asking Questions Lesson Plan - Lower Levels
Lesson aimed at helping lower-intermediate level students improve their question asking skills.