Teacher Discussion Forums

Thanks Mark. That sounds much like the notebook I read about. It was an article in a book, I think .... The idea is that the students build vocabulary words in a way that the words are related or in context (i.e. weather) so are more meaningful and therefore easier to remember/learn. The students ca...

I once read an article (lost now) about having ESL students (young adults and adults of all levels) keep vocabulary notebooks, where a page would be centered on a theme (such as 'weather') and the students would gather words related to weather (cloudy, rainy, misty, sunny, sunshine, snow, etc.) on t...

This is the curriculum guide used for non-credit ESL in San Francisco: http://www.ccsf.edu/Resources/Teacher_Resource_Center/curr.html I write my own materials, so I use it as a reference. Perhaps it will give you some ideas. Thank you so much. This is almost what I was looking for, although it's r...

I'm not writing material, but I hope that someone who does/is can help....this seems like an appropriate place to start. On Monday I start a new teaching position. I just found out today that my students will be EFL adult intermediate level, and that the director prefers that I do NOT use any ESL/EF...

... In Blighty we get all that stuff from the local book shop if it's any good but normally the schools send off for this kind of thing. If it's any consolation, I'm teaching American English in Spain and I'm British. I'm sometimes quite perplexed by American vocabulary (hareware store vs ironmonge...

I've recently moved to the UK from the US (Texas). So far, I've been unable to find the kinds of stores we had in Texas for classroom supplies (games, activities, classroom decorations, etc.). I'm not actually teaching yet...just about to enter a certification course, but wanted to get some resource...