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Hi there! Any ideas on how to use word flash cards with an advanced adult student? The words on the card aren't really categorized. So there are a lot of different words.

Thanks.

Hi there, I'm tutoring an adult student who is pretty advanced. Her problem is that she can write well, but when it comes to speaking, she uses incorrect grammar especially in the area of verb tenses. She mixes up her verb tenses when speaking. What are some things I can do to improve her speaking a...

Thank you! These are great sites.

Hi there, I teach Level 2 adult ESL. I'm looking for some good websites with grammar and listening exercises online. I've found some with printable worksheets etc. but I don't want those. We have a computer class every week, and I want the students to use that time in the computer lab to do exercise...

Hi all, I teach lower level ESL. I'm wondering about correcting errors in writing or speaking appropriately. Which is the best approach? Correct all errors you hear/see in speaking/writing? Or only correct the ones that pertain to the grammar we're learning at the moment? For example, I took in a wr...

Hello all, I teach lower level adult ESL. Most of my students have no time to study at home and aren't exposed to English during their typical days. Only in the evenings they come to study for 2.5 hours. Many of them have trouble remembering what I thought them last class and the words we've been le...

Hi there! Thanks for your replies! I tried using the strengths of one student to help the others. A strong student expressed frustration with being paired up with a much lower speaking students because the weaker student kept using a dictionary to translate every single word being spoken and took re...

Hi all:) I'm a new ESL teaching with a class of 12 students. It's a beginner class, so technically the students are able to communicate in very simple sentences. The thing is some of my students are very strong speakers and listeners while some are stronger in reading and writing. Those who are bett...

Thank you for all your replies! I'll cut him off politely and firmly when he talks too much. It's important that all the students effectively share the time we have for class. It's a part time class so we don't have that much time.
Thanks again.

Hi everyone! I'm a new ESL teacher with an adult class. My students are very respectful, polite and considerate. However, there is one older student in my class who is very opinionated, argumentative, kind of aggressive, excessively talkative and not exactly polite or considerate. How should I deal ...