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TeachingEnglish Flashcard maker Make your own flashcards! You can add images, text and phonemic script. For ideas on using flashcards with young learners, have a look at this article: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/using-flash-cards-young-learners On LearnEnglish Kids you can find  packs of downloadable flashcards  for different topics.

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English grammar can be complicated. Pronunciation can be a struggle. As for comma rules, even native speakers struggle with those. As your students advance in their language studies, they will be challenged to use English in more and more complex ways. And with English becoming harder and requiring more care, why not take one struggle off the table by nipping simple problems in the bud – problems like homophone confusion.  Homophones can be the source of silly mistakes because they are words that sound alike but are spelled differently.  

"I love teaching affixes to my ESL students." Doing so not only increases their  vocabulary , it gives them tools to understand words they have never encountered before. These activities are designed to be hands on ways of teaching and reviewing affixes with ESL students. Like any students, the more they get their hands involved in learning, the better they will remember the information. Not to mention these activities are fun and engaging, too. Try These 4 Activities Next Time You Teach Affixes 1 Paper Plate Divide This is a simple activity to review affixes which you can do as a class or set up as  a learning center  in your classroom.  Start by typing up a list of words that have both prefixes and suffixes using a large font. They can be words that are either familiar to your students or words that they do not know but you would like them to learn. Give each person a set of the words and a divided paper or Styrofoam plate. (These plates usually have o...

Classroom management: teaching mixed-ability classes By Tim Bowen Level:  Starter/beginner, Elementary, Pre-intermediate, Intermediate, Upper intermediate, Advanced  Type: Reference material Print Email Share Comments (3) Rate Advice and suggestions for teaching English to mixed-ability classes. Romina Trossero in Argentina wrote into our Grammar Help section with the  following problem: “I’d like to get some information about mixed ability English language classes and some activities to use with a class in which there are two levels of English.” This is  Tim Bowen's  response:

Introduction to Absolute Beginners Frances Marnie introduces a series of ESOL lesson plans aimed at beginner-level students with little or no previous experience of English. This article provides guidance on how to approach the series and tips on how to prepare for the first lesson. Unit 1 Author:  Frances Marnie In this lesson by Frances Marnie, students cover language including  hello ,  what’s your name? , numbers 1-5,  book ,  pen ,  chair ,  table  and  goodbye.  Printable resources include comprehensive step-by-step teacher’s notes, a student worksheet, cut-out alphabet cards and flashcards. Unit 2

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