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Teaching ESL to Adultsteaching ESL to adults from an ESL tutor. This website is a growing resource for teachers and tutors teaching English as a Second Language to adults. All content is written by an ESL teacher currently teaching English as a Second Language. It's intended to help teachers—especially new teachers—save time and resources by providing essential English-teaching information in one place. When I first started teaching ESL to adults, I spent a lot of time preparing ESL lesson plans; and I mean a lot of time. Because I'm a native English speaker, I'd never had to think about English grammar, idioms, phrasal verbs, time markers, past tense pronunciation, intonation, verb tenses and all the other things that make up the English language. I just automatically used them. I've been using them for decades! So when I studied for my TESOL certification, I had to start thinking about all of these English language components. I especially had to think about them in relation to teaching English language learners. At the beginning of my ESL teaching career, much of the time I spent preparing ESL lesson plans was making sure that I thoroughly understood the English language concept I was going to teach! I studied ESL grammar books and scoured the internet looking for help to understand the topics well enough to be able to effectively teach them. This site is a compilation of the many English language components that I had to learn well enough to teach. Hopefully, it will save other ESL and EFL teachers and tutors a lot of time (after all, most of us aren't paid for all the time we spend preparing lesson plans!). The ESL Teaching Profession Teaching ESL to adults is an extremely rewarding and interesting profession. Since I started teaching English as a Second Language, I've met many incredible people from all over the world. I've learned about cultures, expressions, politics, and social structures that are different from my own. Every class is an opportunity to help and to teach, but it's also an opportunity to learn and to receive. I hope you will enjoy teaching ESL to adults as much as I do. What's in this ESL Site? Listed below are the major subjects I've covered so far. You can visit the pages below and they'll offer you other pages about the ESL topic you've chosen. You can also check out the ESL Sitemap to see the list of pages I've included in Teaching ESL to Adults. If you want to search for specific words or phrases, you can use the Google search box below to find ESL and EFL info. How to Keep Current on ESL and EFL
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| Teaching ESL to Adults Blog The ESL Blog keeps you up-to-date with all additions and changes to the Teaching ESL to Adults website. Visit this page to see what's new. |
| ESL Search Engine Use our ESL Search Engine for an ESL word search on the Teaching ESL to Adults website. Or search Google for more ESL, EFL, TESOL information. |
| ESL Acronyms All professions have special acronyms and abbreviations. ESL and EFL are no different. Here's a list of the most useful ESL acronyms for ESL and EFL teachers. |
| CELTA Course Locations Around the World Complete list of Cambridge CELTA Course Locations with contact information. Over 250 locations throughout over 50 countries. |
| Duties of an ESL Teacher Description of the duties of an ESL teacher in universities, community colleges, non-profit organizations, K-12, adult schools and private tutoring. |
| English Past Tense Pronunciation of -ed Endings English past tense pronunciation is often challenging for ESL or EFL students. Simple Past Tense verb endings have three endings: /id/, /t/ and /d/. |
| Teaching ESL Verb Tenses When teaching ESL verb tenses to adults, verb conjugation is only the beginning of the lesson. You also need to teach the functions of the verb tenses, as well as each form of the verb tense. |
| ESL Textbook Evaluation for ESL Teachers An ESL textbook evaluation of essential ESL textbooks and ESL grammar books and dictionaries for ESL teachers and ESL students. |
| Developing Best ESL Lesson Plans The best ESL lesson plans are learner-centered and focus on the needs of the student. Every lesson plan should have a topic, objectives, tasks, and an evaluation. |
| Free ESL Worksheets for Beginners and Beyond Free ESL Worksheets for Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced English students. No membership required to download ESL cloze exercises. |
| Resources for Teaching Adults ESL or EFL List of websites and other resources for teaching adults ESL or EFL. |
| Contact Teaching ESL to Adults Please contact me if you have any questions, suggestions or comments about this site. |
| ESL Sitemap for Teaching ESL to Adults An ESL sitemap with a list of all the articles in this website. |
