List of Esl Resources

The usual form taken in a classroom to teach a foreign language involves mostly vocabulary and a progressive curriculum that warrants more memorization and translation than use and understanding...

English has become the global language of choice in this world...

What are the challenges and rewards for teaching beginner students? The most difficult challenge is the keep them focused...

One of the most important ideas that teachers need to embrace is how to use large class groups as an advantage, rather than viewing them as a challenge...

There are several differences between British English and American English...

In each class, there are many different students...

I suspect that most of us know that having a plan when we walk into a classroom is better than not having a plan...

The technology Era has transformed the options for teaching in the classroom...

ESSAY ORGAN?ZAT?ON: In this essay I want to discuss cultural sensitiivty in the classroom...

In 1893, Dr...

Some people might think it is not so important where and how the students sit in the classroom...

If some burly, impatient builder were to shout ?Slab!? at a construction site, and subsequently stare in my direction, what is my reaction to be? As his stare transforms to a glare, his eyes becoming more savage by the second, I begin to feel rather ill at ease...

In this essay I review some issues related to child development which are useful for ESL teachers to be aware of as they may enhance or constrain language acquisition...

Teaching English as a Foreign Language may strike you one day as your vocation in life, or a way of earning a living whilst staying in another country...

Motivation is needed in any walk of life if people are to succeed...

Students of English as a foreign language can possibly face a multitude of problems, many of which will be of the same nature for all nationalities...

I have been teaching now for about one month, so I thought I would sit down and take advantage of this TEFL assignment to really take a good look at myself...

(From own experience as a volunteer English and French teacher, different forums and talks with other native and non-native teachers)All over the world more and more EFL schools advertise their courses highlighting that they only employ native speakers and reject applicants on the ground that it is the customers? expectation, opening the gates wide for native teachers and giving more obstacles to non-native ones (until they find themselves in a desperate need for a teacher?)...

As I was scanning the list of research options this topic caught my eye and made me stop and contemplate the status of the English language in the world today...

Seating arrangements in the classroom have a major impact on the outcome of the performance of each individual student...