Phonics in the ESL Classroom – Is It Right for You?
Phonics is sometimes a controversial subject among ESL teachers. I know my linguistics program taught that phonics was not a good choice for ESL students. Then I worked at a school where phonics was...
View ArticleCorrect Me if I’m Wrong (Please): Error Correction in ESL Writing and Speech...
One of the banes of a teacher’s existence is those students who are always right. They are never wrong, and if you think they are wrong, and produce evidence that they are wrong—well, both you and the...
View ArticleSong Worksheet: Dancing Queen by ABBA
This is a listening exercise that I've made for my low-level elementary kids in Korea. It's a very easy worksheet for beginners, using only easy vocabulary. Kids just listen and fill in the blanks....
View ArticleSong Worksheet: Don't Stop Believing by Journey
This is a listening exercise that I've made for my low-level elementary kids in Korea. It's a very easy worksheet for beginners, using only easy vocabulary. Kids just listen and fill in the blanks....
View ArticleSong Worksheet: Don't Worry Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin
This is a listening exercise that I've made for my low-level elementary kids in Korea. It's a very easy worksheet for beginners, using only easy vocabulary. Kids just listen and fill in the blanks....
View ArticleSong Worksheet: I Just Called to Say I Love You by Stevie Wonder
This is a listening exercise that I've made for my low-level elementary kids in Korea. It's a very easy worksheet for beginners, using only easy vocabulary. Kids just listen and fill in the blanks....
View ArticleSong Worksheet: Leaving on a Jet Plane by John Denver
This is a listening exercise that I've made for my low-level elementary kids in Korea. It's a very easy worksheet for beginners, using only easy vocabulary. Kids just listen and fill in the blanks....
View ArticleSong Worksheet: YMCA by Village People
This is a listening exercise that I've made it for my low-level elementary kids in Korea. It's a very easy worksheet for beginners, using only easy vocabulary. Kids just listen and choose the correct...
View ArticleSong Worksheet: We Are the Champions by Queen
This is a listening exercise that I've made for my low-level elementary kids in Korea. It's a very easy worksheet for beginners, using only easy vocabulary. Kids just listen and fill in the blanks....
View ArticleSong Worksheet: Walking On Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves
This is a listening exercise that I've made for my low-level elementary kids in Korea. It's a very easy worksheet for beginners, using only easy vocabulary. Kids just listen and fill in the blanks....
View ArticleSong Worksheet: Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Judy Garland
This is a listening exercise that I've made for my low-level elementary kids in Korea. It's a very easy worksheet for beginners, using only easy vocabulary. Kids just listen and fill in the blanks....
View ArticleSong Worksheet: Smile by Michael Jackson
This is a listening exercise that I've made for my low-level elementary kids in Korea. It's a very easy worksheet for beginners, using only easy vocabulary. Kids just listen and choose the correct...
View ArticleReading Comprehension - The River Severn
The title of this worksheet is 'River Severn'. This reading comprehension includes some interesting information about the river Severn. Students must read the text and answer the accompanying study...
View ArticleReading Articles - Halloween Superstitions
An interesting reading material which could attract the students to learning more about Halloween superstitions. This reading material covers interesting facts about Halloween. This passage can be used...
View ArticleOlympic Logos
See the given worksheet and answer the questions below: a) Tell us how many of these Olympics took place before you were born. b) Which logo do you like the best? What does it remind you of? c) Which...
View ArticleConjunctions: until, while and When
This is a worksheet for teaching or revising conjunctions: until, while and when at elementary level. Students are asked to employ until, when and while, using while and not when whenever they think it...
View ArticleAgreement Tags Worksheet
This is a worksheet for teaching or revising agreement tags (so am I / neither am I) at elementary level. There are 2 different activities in which students are asked to read the remarks and add to...
View ArticleBack to School: Name Labels for Kids
Name labels are a must for back to school so, here's a lovely set of name labels for young students. Perfect to motivate your students on the first day of the school year! Print, cut, laminate and give...
View ArticlePast Simple vs Past Continuous - Boardgame
A powerpoint/boardgame about two verb tenses: past simple vs past continuous. Students are asked to play this boardgame by choosing the correct tense. They should be able to use these two tenses in the...
View ArticlePast simple of the Verb to Be
This worksheet is to be used wiht adults and teenagers to introduce the past simple of verb to be and check other past tenses. We can disccuss the life and work of these famous people as well as other...
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