Resources for ESL Teachers

Everything you need to be a successful English as a Second Language teacher for students of all ages and skill levels. Includes teaching theory, information on teaching certificates and qualifications, plus detailed guidance on how to help students develop writing, reading, vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation skills.

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    Intermediate Level Syllabus Outline ESL
  • English Lesson
    Absolute Beginner English: The 20 Point Program
  • Sack of books in home interior
    How to Use the Preposition "On"
  • Chores around the house
    Doing Chores: ESL Lesson Plan
  • Classroom full of students with decorations on the walls in the background.
    ESL Curriculum Planning for Teaching English
  • man in front of board with english and chinese characters
    Basic English Curriculum for Teaching ESL
  • Young people looking at a map
    ESL Lesson Plan: Travel Plans
  • Have to and Must - ESL Grammar Lesson Plans
  • Study group
    Syllabus for Beginner Business English Course - Part I: Lessons 1 - 9
  • Classroom lessons
    How to Teach the Present Continuous to ESL Students
  • Person taking notes
    Past Continuous Lesson Plan for ESL Learners
  • Young Students Listening to Teacher in Class
    Future Tenses "Going to" vs. "Will"
  • An ESL Class
    How to Teach Pronunciation
  • Two people conversing with each other
    Using Language Functions to Learn and Teach English
  • Business people talking in meeting.
    Small Talk Lesson Plan
  • woman teaching adult learner
    How to Teach the Present Simple
  • classroom full of students raising their hands
    Teaching Comparative and Superlative Forms to ESL Students
  • Teaching ESL
    How to Teach the Past Simple to ESL Students
  • Professor and ESL students talking in classroom
    How to Build an ESL Class Curriculum
  • Classroom full of students raising their hands with the teacher at the center.
    Standard Lesson Plan Format for ESL Teachers
  • Education: College students, teacher collaborate in class. Multi-ethnic, mixed age college students study together during class. The African descent instructor helps the students who have open notebooks and are sitting at the desk.
    How to Teach the Present Perfect
  • Books
    Lesson Plan on Switching Between Present Perfect and Past Simple
  • Little boy counting beans
    ESL Lesson Plan on Countable and Uncountable Nouns
  • Male hand putting an at sign into an envelope
    Uses for the Preposition "At"
  • Students talking in a circle
    Grammar Lesson: Tense Review
  • Female Backpackers at Airport.
    Talking about Vacations In English
  • Teaching ESL
    Writing Informal Emails and Letters
  • Two elderly Hillbillies gossiping
    ESL Lesson Plan on Stereotypes
  • Smiling college students in cafeteria
    Introducing Phrasal Verbs to ESL Students
  • Teacher helping student in ESL Class.
    Short Speaking Activities Lesson Plan
  • Teacher and students in classroom during lesson
    Knowing How and When to Correct Students in Class
  • Students singing
    Suggestopedia Lesson Plan
  • ABC Blocks
    Absolute Beginner English Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns
  • Using lots of painting supplies
    Discussing Hobbies
  • Concentrated at work
    Why Is Writing More Difficult Than Speaking?
  • Writing in a notebook
    Teaching Writing to Beginning ESL Students
  • teacher on screen with kids in classroom
    Introduction to Teaching English Online
  • Schoolboys and schoolgirls learning in classroom
    Integrating Target Structure
  • Students participate in a lesson with mobile phones
    10 Ways to Use Smartphones in Your Classroom
  • A bubble quote
    How to Teach Pronouns to ESL Students
  • Elementary school students working at their desks
    Lesson Plan: Label Sentences with Parts of Speech
  • teacher speaking to classroom of students
    English Only?
  • Reading map
    Using a Mind Map for Reading Comprehension
  • Brainstorming
    ESL Lesson Plan: How to Use "Have"
  • College Students writing an exam
    Advanced English Grammar Review Quiz
  • Brainstorming
    Beginning Level Curriculum for ESL Classes
  • People engaged in a conversation
    Introductions for ESL Advanced Level Classes
  • American Robin with wiggling worm in beak
    Activities With Proverbs
  • Woman teaching young girl
    How to Successfully Teach English One-to-One
  • Young woman sitting on a bench and writing notes in notebook
    How to Use the Preposition 'To'
  • Audience enjoying movie at the cinema
    Movie Genres for English Learners
  • Teacher calling on students in classroom
    Beginning Guide to Teaching ESL
  • Students taking notes in adult education classroom
    Process Writing
  • Teacher working at her desk
    Lesson Plans on Tenses and Verb Conjugation
  • Teacher with a classroom of students.
    How to Teach Essay Writing
  • Adults students learning English as a second language.
    How to Teach the Future
  • Teaching numbers
    Teaching and Learning Numbers in English: ESL Beginner Lessons
  • Happy African American elementary teacher aiming at school kid to answer her question.
    Asking Questions Lesson Plan for Lower Level Students
  • Keyboard illuminated
    Multiple Intelligence Activities
  • Santa Claus
    Christmas Traditions for ESL Class
  • male teacher calling on students with raised hands
    How to Effectively Teach the Past Continuous to EFL and ESL Students
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