ESL EFL Students from many different cultures find prepositions difficult because their meaning is expressed in a very different way in their own language. The preposition word doesn’t always express its meaning …
Simple Greetings Activity with Handouts The informal language we use when we meet our friends or family is often idiomatic. ESL beginners can find it very confusing unless they are …
Most classes have several students who are more advanced than the others. They learn easily, their assignments are finished quickly, and they can be a behavior problem if they are …
It is important to remember that everyone has an accent. If we travel from the West Coast of Canada to Toronto, we immediately notice the difference in the people’s accents. …
The order in which the verb tenses are introduced can make the structure of the English Language easier for the students to understand. Whereas pre-teen and early teen children learn …
We have found that the mention of the simple past tense scares students. The classroom loses its relaxed atmosphere with stressed and anxious students. It seems that in many cultures …
Although English speakers find that jokes are a lot of fun, they can make English second language students feel uncomfortable and embarrassed. Of course they are bound to feel like …