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ESL Bingo

One of our customers recently wrote to me with some feedback on our bingo games. I thought her comments were so typical and highlighted some misunderstandings and problems with ESL bingo. More >>>

Using Games to Teach English

An overview of the academic literature on using games to teach esl plus some suggestions.  more >>>


ESL Role-play

Learning a language is a complex and long process as anyone who has tried will agree. One of the most difficult and frustrating things is making the transition from the classroom to the 'real' world. In the classroom, everyone knows you are a student and mistakes are allowed, and the environment is contained and safe. Speaking another language outside the classroom is completely different and often students are lost at sea as soon as they step outside the door. Lists of memorized vocabulary are suddenly useless when ordering in a restaurant.

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Teaching Grammar

Teaching grammar can be deadly boring and put the class to sleep faster than just about anything else. Many teachers love teaching it because it is easy to rattle off the rules and it make the teacher look so smart. Students who are adept at memorization may also like learning grammar. The catch is when they try to have a real conversation with a real native speaker outside the classroom, all the rote memorization in the world won't help. More >>>

Teaching ESL Vocabulary

Most teachers know how to teach vocabulary using pictures and examples. Most ESL students are familiar with word lists. While memorization of word lists has its place in a teaching vocabulary strategy, most researchers agree, vocabulary is learned by making as many links to the vocabulary as possible. More >>>