ESL teaching resources
Social distancing, self-isolation, school closures, and uncertain times have quite shaken up our lives. Undoubtedly, it is not easy to adjust to an unexpected crisis. Suddenly transitioning from classroom teaching to remote instruction while homeschooling our own children and taking care of our family are significantly demanding and overwhelming tasks. Although spending time and taking […]
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For years, I have toyed with the idea of replacing my Halloween-themed TV show episodes I usually give around Halloween with activities offering more rigour and creativity. I have always thought of Halloween as being the best day to reward my students with a TV show, however, I have decided to do something different with […]
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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” – Cicero This is how I felt when I finally stepped into my own ESL classroom in August, 2019. At the beginning of the school year, our English Department hardly had any English books for our ESL learners. So, I decided to build a classroom […]
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On the first day of school two years ago, I asked my Grade 10 ESL learners what aspect of English class they considered the most challenging. The answer was writing. They found writing difficult because they were short of ideas. Indeed, to have enough ideas, ESL learners need to read and collect information from various […]
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Dear Teacher Friends, I have teamed up with some dedicated ESL and ELA TpT teacher-authors to share our best free and paid resources for back to school and all year round. Whether you’re looking for new teaching ideas for your elementary, secondary or adult learners, I’m sure you’ll find some amazing resources in our ESL […]
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My Favourite ELL Resources for Back to School As I am looking forward to a new school year in my new school, I have already started planning and creating new resources. Since I have my classroom now and I can finally make the big decisions about the teaching materials I would love to use, I […]
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What Is Differentiated Instruction? Today’s inclusive multicultural classrooms challenge teachers to respond to learner differences by creating a meaningful learning environment. Therefore, we, teachers, need to use various engaging teaching and learning strategies to allow our students to acquire information and showcase their talent, creativity and learning in multiple ways. Differentiated instruction involves both selecting […]
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The flipped classroom is a new pedagogical or instructional model that inverts the so-called traditional teaching method in the classroom by offering students the possibility to watch course content at home to get ready for the class. Switching from teacher-centered instruction to student-centered teaching practice The flipped classroom instructional model puts students in the center […]
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What is Picture Walk? Picture Walk is a reading strategy that enhances students’ comprehension of a text or story before reading it. With the teacher’s guidance, learners preview the text or the story in order to make predictions, anticipate the events, make connections to the text and infer what the story is about. Through Picture […]
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HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT THE RESPONSE PROCESS IN YOUR ESL CLASS? When you are an ESL teacher, it is not always easy to choose the right novel, especially, if you teach in mixed-ability classes or your students are below grade level. Most of the time, easy-read novels are not necessarily age-appropriate for my students, thus, […]
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