How to teach English..?

English as a Second Language Links

This is not meant to be the longest list of links for EFL/ESL teachers and students. We do want it to be one of the best though, so we have chosen just a few links to really great sites for anyone connected with learning or teaching English as a foreign or second language.

http://www.vuw.ac.nz/llc/languages/lang-links/link_efl.aspx

http://www.churchillhouse.com/cgi/publisher/search.cgi?dir=links&template=listtemp.htm&output_number=30&sort_field=title&sort_option=a

http://www.sacredheart.edu/pages/2512_esl_links.cfm?outputtype=print

http://www.eslgold.com/toefl/links.html

There are some excellent ESL websites about and there are some appalling ESL websites about.

http://free-esl.com/channels/articles/details.asp?fIndex=32

Each week reviewers take a look at different sites across the spectrum of ESL and tell you what is worth visiting and what is worth avoiding.

http://www.eslcafe.com/

http://grammar.free-esl.com/

http://www.eslcafe.com/

http://free-esl.com/

http://blogs.free-esl.com/

http://free-esl.com/channels/forums/

http://www.world-english.org/

http://www.englishforums.com/

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/

http://www.zozanga.com/

http://www.word2word.com/

http://sitemaker.umich.edu/eli.resources/home

http://www.englishpage.com/

http://www.usingenglish.com/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/

Speak English Fluently!

Listening Links

Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab – a great resource of listening activities

Real English Online – like Randall’s, only with video. It’s free, but you’ll need to set up a user account

The English Listening Lounge – lots of conversations with activities (requires RealPlayer)

Takako’s Great Adventure – a fun story with many episodes (requires Shockwave)

Global Views

Focus on the Family with Dr. James Dobson

http://www.sacredheart.edu/pages/2512_esl_links.cfm?outputtype=print

Then go onto maybe something simple like Wave and see if they can guess what to say. Mime alot of the stuff or have picture with people doing different gestures and then show it to them and mime that you want them to tell you what the person is doing.

Keep it very simple and very visual!!!

They may be begginers but remember they had to be assessed in order to be placed in a begginers class so they cant be completely ignorant.

I completed my English as foreign language course recently and i taught both in elementary and in Intermediate and i was taught theat students bring some kind of life experience with them as well, some experience of the world so dont stress too much, keep the lesson as simple as possible and make them use their knowledge!!

All the best!! Im sure you will do fine!!

for instance, with “zero-english” students, no matter their age, you would have to be really visual. bring visual aids illustrating greetings like “good morning,” “good evening,” and places like “school,” “hospital,” etc… you get the drift…

with foreigners who have a grasp of the basics, you might want to adopt a more fluid, conversational approach… say discuss a movie or a story, or their personal experiences… like a recent vacation, etc…

along the way, discuss grammar, colloquialism, and other important aspects of the language…

hope this helps…