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Hello, I've been teaching ESL for about a year now and I just love it! I'm teaching a new Workplace English class, though, and I'm running into some interesting challenges that I would love some help with. The first problem is that the class is very multi-leveled. I'm used to that for the most part,...

Yeah, 1:1 teaching definately is more work and it's crazy to think of how much planning time you're investing in that one student. But, it's also really exciting to think of tayloring a lesson to exactly fit a student's goals! I think 1:1 teaching really has the same underlying goal of a teaching a ...

In a few weeks I will be leading a workshop for our volunteer ESL tutors called "Exploring and Connecting with Resources for ESL." I have an idea of what I'd like it to look like: give ideas of what to look for in a good resource, give some examples of resources I've found helpful and to bring in sa...

I saw a few like that in the Alta catalogue last week. I don't have the catalogue on me right now to know the titles, but you may want to get your hands on an Alta catalogue!

Thanks for the input; I think we will be doing lots of group dialogues! Also, I know this is an ESL site, but if anyone has any ideas for good resources for teaching Spanish for the workplace, or even some websites with ideas for good activities, that would be great. Thank you!

"Ingles Para Latinos" and "El Ingles Necesario Para Vivir y Trabajar en los Estados Unidos" are both very good books for students to use to study at home.

Hi there, Starting in January I will be teaching a language class at a business that makes boats, airplane wings and other such things at a business that has many Spanish-speaking employees. My class will consist of 15 Spanish speaking employees and their 5 English-speaking supervisors. The purpose ...