Candace Davies  |  English as a Second Language (ESL)  |  0 comments  |  493 views  |  Read Full

 

For many people traveling abroad and seeing the world is a dream. Most people put off achieving that dream because they feel it will be too expensive, and that they cannot possibly take the necessary time off of work to do what they desire. However, you can achieve this dream and earn money at the same time. There are many opportunities to teach English as a second language or ESL as it is commonly referred to overseas.

Andrew Lawton  |  English as a Second Language (ESL)  |  0 comments  |  828 views  |  Read Full

 

Activity to get your ESL students speaking and listening

Grace Mckenna  |  English as a Second Language (ESL)  |  0 comments  |  939 views  |  Read Full

 

Bilingual education has become very popular lately, with perhaps the most compelling reason for bilingual education being the concept of equality of education in our country. How is it possible for someone to obtain a great education when he or she doesn't fully understand the language the lessons are being taught in? Isn't that student going to become a second-class citizen?

Michael Chtcherbitski  |  English as a Second Language (ESL)  |  0 comments  |  1134 views  |  Read Full

 

I believe that one can master English conversation and vocabulary with the following methods:

Holly A Wood  |  English as a Second Language (ESL)  |  0 comments  |  670 views  |  Read Full

 

The benefits and reasons behind why learning English in an English speaking country can enhance and improve your own personal experience of learning English. Read on for more information.

Andrew Lawton  |  English as a Second Language (ESL)  |  0 comments  |  1416 views  |  Read Full

 

ESL classroom activity to help students with reading and vocabulary words.

Shelley Vernon  |  English as a Second Language (ESL)  |  0 comments  |  1049 views  |  Read Full

 

ESL teachers can use songs for teaching English to their students with great success. ESL songs can bring energy to the classroom, boost students' confidence, and provide a much needed active learning experience for younger students who may become easily bored or distracted.

Stephen De Greenwood  |  English as a Second Language (ESL)  |  0 comments  |  555 views  |  Read Full

 

Academics in the UK have warned about the decrease in number of students learning a second language in schools. Despite the warnings, the rate of enrollment for foreign languages in GCSEs continues to drop. Experts said this decline in foreign language learning has something to do with the British attitude to languages.

Dorit Sasson  |  English as a Second Language (ESL)  |  0 comments  |  971 views  |  Read Full

 

The lower performing ESL student needs two important things to reach success - a good solid reading program and lots of opportunities for positive reinforcement. Making a remedial reading class work is just like any other class, only the rate of success is sometimes too often slower and not always easily felt amongst the ESL teacher.

Dorit Sasson  |  English as a Second Language (ESL)  |  0 comments  |  1042 views  |  Read Full

 

Read alouds represent an effective form of strategy intervention technique where students are taught "skills [but] within the context of language" (Strickland, 1993). Teachers can start with reading big books aloud as many as three or four times a week for ten minutes. Creating the conditions for interaction has implications for bridging oral and early literacy instruction.