Welcome to TESOL Tips!
I'm Jeff Mohamed and I maintain this web site.
I work in Adult Education and I spend a lot of time observing ESOL lessons and also talking with ESOL teachers. From what I see and hear, it is clear that a lot of teachers who work with adults have a hard time planning and teaching lessons that are really effective and efficient. I hope that this site will help by providing practical teaching advice and also some useful teaching materials.
Let me make three points about the focus of the site's content:
If you want to contact me about the site or about some other matter related to classroom teaching, you can email me at: Jeffrey.D.Mohamed@lonestar.edu.
If you want information about the Cambridge CELTA and other TESOL-training options or about teaching ESOL overseas, you should visit the web site that I operate at English International.
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I work in Adult Education and I spend a lot of time observing ESOL lessons and also talking with ESOL teachers. From what I see and hear, it is clear that a lot of teachers who work with adults have a hard time planning and teaching lessons that are really effective and efficient. I hope that this site will help by providing practical teaching advice and also some useful teaching materials.
Let me make three points about the focus of the site's content:
- Most of the advice is aimed at new(er) and/or untrained teachers since these are the ones who most need help.
- Most of the materials are for use with classes at lower levels, Beginners to Pre-intermediate, because these are the classes with which teachers seem to struggle the most.
- Most of the materials are designed to provide oral (rather than written) practice. This is because ESOL textbooks and Internet sites are packed with written exercises and yet it is oral practice that the average student needs the most.
If you want to contact me about the site or about some other matter related to classroom teaching, you can email me at: Jeffrey.D.Mohamed@lonestar.edu.
If you want information about the Cambridge CELTA and other TESOL-training options or about teaching ESOL overseas, you should visit the web site that I operate at English International.
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Site Contents
Home
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TESOL Tips
These pages contain practical advice on how to make your teaching more effective and efficient.
Warmers & Fillers
This page provides ideas for useful short activities that you can use as icebreakers/warmers at the start of lessons - or as fillers if you run out of material before the scheduled ends of lessons.
Practice Activities
This page has worksheets that can be used to provide oral practice (in pairs) of vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation.
Lessons
This section contains plans for a range of lessons or lesson segments, each accompanied by the materials you will need for the lesson.
Games
This has a number of games for vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation practice.
Flashcards
Some sets of basic flashcards for use with lower level students.
About the Author
In case you're wondering about my qualifications and experience, you can find out a little about me on this page.
Recommended Books
A short list of books that I think every ESOL teacher needs to have access to.
Acronyms & Abbreviations
You're not sure of the distinction between TEFL and TESL? Or between ESP and EAP? This page will help you.
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That is the page you're on now!
TESOL Tips
These pages contain practical advice on how to make your teaching more effective and efficient.
Warmers & Fillers
This page provides ideas for useful short activities that you can use as icebreakers/warmers at the start of lessons - or as fillers if you run out of material before the scheduled ends of lessons.
Practice Activities
This page has worksheets that can be used to provide oral practice (in pairs) of vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation.
Lessons
This section contains plans for a range of lessons or lesson segments, each accompanied by the materials you will need for the lesson.
Games
This has a number of games for vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation practice.
Flashcards
Some sets of basic flashcards for use with lower level students.
About the Author
In case you're wondering about my qualifications and experience, you can find out a little about me on this page.
Recommended Books
A short list of books that I think every ESOL teacher needs to have access to.
Acronyms & Abbreviations
You're not sure of the distinction between TEFL and TESL? Or between ESP and EAP? This page will help you.
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