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Lesson Planning
- Concept-Checking Questions for ESL Teachers — Concept-checking questions (CCQs) are short, simple questions that show whether ESL learners understand the meaning of new language.
- ESL Lesson Plan Template for a Flexible 60 Minutes — A practical 60-minute ESL lesson plan needs one observable learning outcome, a short lead-in, contextualised language input, a check of meaning or…
Grammar in Use
- Countable and Uncountable Nouns: A Practical Lesson — Teach countable and uncountable nouns by linking noun type to the grammar around it.
- Present Perfect vs Past Simple: A Teaching Sequence — Teach the present perfect and past simple through a contrast in time perspective.
The Speaking Classroom
- ESL Speaking Activities: Choose the Right Task — Choose ESL speaking activities by the communication you want to hear: exchanging missing facts, handling a situation, exploring opinions, or reaching a…
- Information Gap Activities: 5 Classroom-Ready Ideas — Information gap activities give learners different, task-essential information and a shared outcome they can reach only by communicating.