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Teaching ESL: A Cultural Exchange
Let your ESL learners educate you about their culture while you teach them English.
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Behind the Scenes of an ESL Classroom Part One
A computer science degree, a stack of textbooks, and a room full of English language learners is sure to bring excitement to one's day.
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ESL Holiday Lessons: World Refugee Day
In this ESL reading comprehension worksheet, students read a short text about June 20, World Refugee Day. Students answer 100 varied questions about the passage. There is a link for MP3 listening.
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ESL/EFL Lesson - Impeach Tony Blair?
In this ESL/EFL reading comprehension lesson, learners read an article entitled, "Impeach Tony Blair." They participate in discussion activities, debates, and answer a variety of question types based on their comprehension of the article.
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Quiz 4A: Polite Questions
In this questions and answers worksheet, students read 8 situations and ask a polite question. Students then give a typical response for each one.
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Turkey for Thanksgiving: ESL Lesson
Take your English learners through the process of preparing a turkey for Thanksgiving in this presentation. Complete with pictures and clear step-by-step explanations, the slides help to teach basic cooking vocabulary, such as checking...
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Teaching Debate to ESL Students
Language learners use the debate format to practice formulating, expressing, and defending their ideas. Working in teams, class members develop resolutions, use opinion indicators to express their opinions and reasons, and prepare...
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Polite, Neutral, Or Rude Language
In this ESL worksheet, students read four situations and decide which type of language is most likely to be used. Students choose between polite, neutral, or rude language.
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ESL-Troublesome Words
In this ESL troublesome words worksheet, students fill in blanks to complete sentences, choosing from 2 words given. Students may click on an answer button for immediate feedback.
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Making Polite Conversation
Students become familiar with the polite forms of conversation that are used in this country. They role play making requests using polite forms. Students write an appropriate thank you not to a host or hostess. This lesson is intended...
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ESL: American Presidents
In this ESL American Presidents worksheet, students read a table of information about the presidents, their vice presidents and party, then answer a set of 20 questions.
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ESL Reading Comprehension-Job Advertisements
In this ESL reading comprehension worksheet, students read job advertisements and complete associated comprehension questions, 6 total.
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Would You Mind...? Shall I...?
In this ESL polite requests worksheet, students read 24 situations. Students work in pairs to read the scenarios and respond with a polite request (Would you mind...?) or an offer to help (Shall I?)
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The Learning Network: Reactions to Rating Teachers
Meant to be used in connection with the article "In Teacher Ratings, Good Test Scores Are Sometimes Not Good Enough" also available on The New York Times website, this resource provides 12 short-answer writing prompts that ask both basic...
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ESL Vocabulary Quiz-Historical Events
In this ESL vocabulary worksheet learners fill in blanks to complete sentences about historical events. Students may click on an answer button for immediate feedback.
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ESL: Who Would Make These Requests?
For this ESL making requests worksheet, students complete a total of 12 multiple choice questions, reading a questions and choosing who would ask it.
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ESL: Collocations
In this ESL collocations worksheet, students complete 20 multiple choice questions, choosing the correct collocations from 5 possible answers.
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ESL: Imperative Exercises
In this ESL imperatives worksheet, students read about imperatives, then use an imperative to change each of 15 given sentences.
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Breaking News English: Kuwait Elects Its First Female Politicians
In this ESL/EFL comprehension lesson, students read or listen to an article entitled, "Kuwait Elects Its First Female Politicians." They discuss the article and complete a variety of comprehension activities such as true or false, fill...
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Geldof Announces "Live 8" Concerts
In this ELL/ESL worksheet, students work with a paragraph about the "Live 8" concerts of 2005. They complete activities in which they write lists of famous people, give opinions about "Live 8", complete true and false questions, and...
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ESL: Modal Verbs Exercise 5
In this modal verbs worksheet, students complete sentences, using words given in boxes. Students click on a "check" button for immediate feedback.
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Vocabulary Formation Worksheet 12
In this forming new words worksheet, 5th graders read, interpret and fill in the blanks in each sentence with a new word formed from the base word at the end of each sentence.
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Vocabulary Multiple Choice Worksheet
In this ESL vocabulary building worksheet, students read 10 sentences that have a word or phrase omitted. Students select the correct answer from 4 similar choices.
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Body Idioms
In this ESL idioms learning exercise, students read 24 common idioms that contain a body part reference. Students read 13 sentences that have a missing phrase. Students select an idiom that would make sense in each sentence.