If you’ve been teaching English for any length of time, you’ve probably encountered some of these mistakes before: “I want to go to.” “Your doing a good job.” “They forgot there bags.” And it’s not just ESL students. Homophone errors…
In our last week’s article, we explored how to teach do/does and don’t/doesn’t effectively in your online English classroom. Once students become comfortable asking and answering simple yes/no questions like “Do you like broccoli?” or “Does she play golf?”, they’re…
For many English learners, do, does, don’t and doesn’t can feel very confusing because they don’t have these terms in their native language. Students may understand the meaning of these words, but freeze up or use the wrong one when…
Everyone has a rough idea of what a good city feels like. After all, most of us have lived in places we’ve complained about or wished were designed differently. This final project in our Project-Based English series gives students the…
Every student in your class is an expert in something (believe it or not). One has raised dogs for fifteen years. Another can explain the rules of soccer better than most commentators. A third has strong knowledge about why architectural…
In our Project-Based English series so far, we’ve covered two projects to spark your students’ creativity and critical thinking while getting them to talk freely in English: Dragon’s Den and 100 Uses for Common Objects. The third project we’re introducing…
The second project in our Project-Based English series is called “100 Uses for Common Objects”. It’s a fun, creative activity you can run in an online English classroom that gets students laughing, arguing, negotiating and inventing. Somewhere between all of…
We all know the experience during the language learning process where every verb can be conjugated perfectly, but as soon as we need to have a conversation, we freeze. Many English language learners have accuracy without fluency and knowledge without…
Over the past two weeks, we’ve shared a range of essential English travel phrases to help your ESL students prepare for international trips. From navigating transportation and interacting with hotel staff to ordering at restaurants and shopping with ease, your…
Traveling the world is one of the top reasons people want to learn English, and for good reason! English is widely considered the universal language of travel, with signs translated and service workers in popular tourist areas often able to…