Engaging Students in an Intensive Reading Class
by Sandi Ferdiansyah Reading in English as a second or foreign language can become a daunting task for language learners. In fact, they need to deal with a bundle of […]
Socratic Discussion for ESL Classes
Socratic Discussion for ESL Classes Students love to talk. It’s usually a classroom occurrence that a teacher wants to curb but there are times when talking in the classroom can […]
My DELTA Diary: Module 2 Intensive Course
by Paul Finnerty I’ve been teaching English for about seven years on and off and have worked in Brazil, Colombia, Portugal and Italy in that time. To be honest, I […]
News as a Tool for the ESL/EFL Classroom
by Tory Thorkelson This semester, I had to design an all new course entitled “Current Events and Listening” and, since as usual, I received little or no guidance about what […]
Some Tips on Using Storytelling in the EFL Classroom
Some Tips on Using Stories in the EFL Classroom Storytelling is an ancient art and everyone loves a good story. Old favourites can be told or listened to, or new […]
10 Fun Post-Reading Activities
I recently wrote a post on 10 useful pre-reading activities, so I thought I would follow this up with a blog post about activities to do after reading. What are […]
Prereading Strategies to Help Increase Reading Speed
Using Prereading Strategies Will Help Increase Reading Speed Do you sometimes have learners who feel their reading speed is too slow? Would you like to help them to speed up? […]
10 Pre-Reading Activities
There was a great article published recently on 10 pre-listening activities by Hall Houston. This inspired me to contribute to this article that has 10 fun and engaging pre-reading activities. […]