Adult ESL teaching resources to enhance your teaching and save you time
As an adult ESL instructor, you’ve likely seen students who can manage everyday conversation or reading, but struggle when asked to write coherent sentences or paragraphs. Writing is often the trickiest skill to teach: it requires mastery of grammar, organization, logical flow, and confidence. Teaching sentence writing to ESL students is essential, and it doesn’t […]
Teaching paragraph structure to ESL students is a crucial step in helping them develop their writing skills. A well-organized paragraph is the foundation of clear and effective writing, and understanding this structure can significantly improve students’ confidence and ability to express their ideas. Many English learners are unfamiliar with the American-style of paragraph organization. For […]
Teaching academic writing can be challenging, especially when it comes to teaching students how to write a thesis statement. The thesis statement plays a central role in an essay, so it is worthwhile to spend a significant amount of time teaching this concept. Know that it will take time to refine and revise thesis statements for […]
Teaching beginning-level students the writing process steps will help them produce higher-quality writing. The pre-writing stage is just as important as the actual writing stage. Set students up for success by spending time teaching them the writing process and helping them go through it. Your students will thank you, and you will thank yourself because […]
If your ESL or ELL students need language support, try sentence starters and sentence frames to help them communicate effectively and gain confidence! Grab the free sentence frames handout and use them today! Read on for tips on using sentence starters and sentence frames in your classroom. What Are Sentence Frames? Sentence frames are sentences […]
Are you wondering how to teach writing to ESL students? Here are four tips for teaching writing that you can incorporate. 1. Modeling Different cultures have vastly different structures and styles when it comes to academic writing. For example, in low-context cultures like the United States, arguments are clearly and directly laid out and the […]
