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Just an update like 8 years later, lol. I did have a free course from about 2012-2016. But there is currently no free course, however there are how-to videos on the site that are free and other resources as well.

It breaks the words down. Sometimes students have difficulties with certain sounds. If that is the case then you can focus on the phonetic part. You can use tongue twisters and other activities. It can work with kids or adults.

Partnering her up is a good idea. Pair work is good. You can also start sentences and have her finish them. You can try role play and dialogue too.

Like Sally said you can just copy it, white out the text and make copies. It works quite well. http://www.eslinsider.com/how-to-teach- ... s/comics-1

You could play it while the kids draw (free association) or while they take an exam.

I have taught primarily around that age range. Here you'll find a number of ESL games and activities for teaching children.

Funny when that happens. Well there's a lot, but Kids need to have fun and they have short attention spans. You'll need a lot of variety in the lesson and games and activities.

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Dictations are simple and they help build listening skills. You can also use your voice to intonate different words while reading and have your students underline those words. I made some how-to videos on those. Here are a couple of examples: Here is a writing dictation and here is a reading dictati...

UPDATE: This online TEFL course course was free from like 2012-2016 or so, but I discontinued it. The courses have come a long ways since then. The best course there currently is called TEKA. The truth is that most people who start free online courses don't complete them. There can be different reas...

You could play some classical music or other mellow music during the test.

I wouldn't worry about trying to do anything any one way. You can read other books and learn more. I think you have to find out what works for yourself and your given situation.

I think trial and error is part of it whether you're a beginner or not.

Some students are more introverted and will benefit more from individualized activities. If you have a problem with students speaking in their native tongue then you could set up an English only rule, unless they raise their hands and ask to speak in their native lang.

Here's a long list of 101 ESL teaching tips.

Yeah they say that. It may help you to have a more detailed plan in the beginning, but an outline is often enough.