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Hey there, I read a forum in under Adult Education at the bottom of the page called "a student cannot read or write"....there was some useful tips in there but overall it's a pretty sticky situation. I have a similar (but not quite as bad) situation in my class and all I can think of for now is to g...

I've encountered the same issue with some of my students. There's a few solutions that I think are useful. If it's a written assignment, you can have them pass their papers to the left and have each other correct their work while you read out the answers (or they can correct their own work while you...

Wow! All of you have been so helpful. I know the goals of this company as I've been working with them for some time but they leave everything else up to me-they're very lenient because they're very unexperienced with how esl works. I could educate them too but I just don't have time. That Cambridge ...

Serge, your blog rocks. Its been an inspiration for my new adult beginner classes. Its easy to read, easy to follow, and has lots of great ideas. Here's another for you-"follow the leader": Basically you have a leader who tells the blindfolded, handholing, followers exactly what to do and where to g...

Yeah those are all great things too-I'll definately incorporate a lot of that. I was also thinking of simple daily tasks like grocery shopping, giving/getting directions, interviews, telephone communication, asking questions (who what, where, when, how, they surprisingly don't know the differences) ...

Thanks Lorikeet, I have thought of that and have been implementing those things but I also want to help them interact with others outside of work. I've got a good idea of subject matter but I think my problem is coming up with activities for those subjects. Some of them are so concerned with getting...

Well, I asked my husband who is a landed immigrant how he learned how to speak English so well and he said that movies and tv helped a lot. He'd mimic his favorite scenes and memorize lines until he had the accent perfect-and now it's great, he can do any accent from aroundthe world! A a teacher mys...

I am teaching an adult beginner (VERY beginner) class for a company who employs non-english speaking immigrants to work in their shop making cabinets. I also work in another position within the company so I know shop talk. However, I need help coming up with ideas and games that are full of energy t...