Teaching English as a second or foreign language is full of challenges: How do you hold students' attention? How do you ensure that they get enough practice to really learn? Teaching teenagers presents unique challenges. Teachers are often looking for age- and level-appropriate activities to engage teens' interest while providing meaningful practice.This book presents ideas and techniques appropriate for teenagers, divided into sections for Icebreakers / Warm-ups, Vocabulary Revisi...

This guide for new or experienced teachers of English as a second or foreign language contains fifty techniques, strategies, activities, and games for teaching pronunciation. It can be used alongside any existing textbook or without one at all, and is suitable for all levels.This book is divided into six sections:Word stressSpeech RhythmSpeech GroupsFinal Intonation and FocusLinking and BlendingConsonant and Vowel Soun...

Updated and expanded for 2023!You will learn 50 ways to notice, understand, and practice different grammatical structures in English. The book is divided into six sections:The Big Picture (general advice and strategies)Nouns and VerbsAdjectives and AdverbsPrepositions, Conjunctions, and ArticlesSentences and their PartsOther TopicsYou do not need to be living in an English-speaking country or be currently...

Writing ought to be the easiest of the four skills for students of English as a Second or Foreign Language. Unlike listening and reading, the students control all the words. Unlike speaking, the students can go back, check their work, revise it, and resubmit it. It should then follow that writing would be one of the most popular courses to teach. Yet teachers rarely say, "I can't wait till I get tenure, so I can teach some of those composition classes of 35 students."However, writi...

This book is made for students of English as a Second or Foreign Language.Learning another language is never fast, but the Fifty Ways to Practice series will speed things up by showing you how to practice more efficiently and effectively both inside and outside the classroom. It is useful for beginning through advanced levels.You will learn 50 ways to practice and improve reading skills. By applying these methods, you will read faster and better, and remember information lo...

You will learn 50 ways to practice and improve writing - both with pen and paper and typing. By applying these methods, you will write more, write faster, and write more correct and more interesting papers and letters.The book is divided into five sections:Practice, Practice, Practice!InspirationSkills and StrategiesTyping I: Improving SkillsTyping II: Advanced PracticeYou do not need to be living in an English-sp...

Teaching English as a second or foreign language is full of challenges: How do you hold students' interest? How do you ensure that they get enough practice to really learn? Teaching young learners—children—presents unique challenges. Teachers are often looking for age- and level-appropriate activities.This book presents ideas and techniques appropriate for young learners, divided into sections for Vocabulary; TPR, Songs, and Chants; Flashcards; Grammar; Combination Activities; and ...

ESL-Learners Workbooks 1 & 2 are built around a concentration of practical grammar exercises designed to reinforce each lesson and to facilitate progress in learning. At the Beginner Level: Book 1, the student is introduced to the basic elements of English language expression: all pronouns, articles, question words, prepositions, the Present Tense, the Present Continuous Tense and the Imperative sentence. The new grammar structure is introduced by means of a Tutorial followed by specific e...

Without grammar, you can't say much; but without vocabulary, you can't say anything.Vocabulary is the foundation of successful language learning. ESL/EFL learners need to be familiar with a great many words if they want to read, write, listen, or speak with ease. In addition to the sheer number of words and phrases students need to learn, what makes vocabulary acquisition so tricky is that one "pass" is never enough. In order to really "know" a word, learners need to know, among ot...

Teaching English as a second or foreign language is full of challenges: How do you hold students' interest? How do you ensure that they get enough practice to really learn?The Fifty Ways to Teach series gives you a variety of drills, games, techniques, methods, and ideas to help your students master English. Most of the ideas can be used for both beginning and advanced classes. Many require little to no preparation or special materials. The ideas can be used with any textbook, or w...

Teaching English as a second or foreign language is full of challenges: How do you hold students' interest? How do you ensure that they get enough practice to really learn?The Fifty Ways to Teach Them series gives you a variety of drills, games, techniques, methods, and ideas to help your students master English. Most of the ideas can be used for both beginning and advanced classes. Many require little to no preparation or special materials. The ideas can be used with any textbook,...

Many textbooks do a fine job of presenting grammar to students. However, some students or classes need more practice after they've finished the exercises in their textbook. This guide provides imaginative and enjoyable games, drills, and activities to practice different grammatical structures such as verb tenses, articles, phrasal verbs, pronouns, relative clauses, modals, word forms, syntax, and more.This book is divided into three categories:a) Reading-writing exercises