It's a reality that many of your students will not have spoken English or even given it a single thought since you last saw them. By beginning your lesson with a warm-up activity or game, you are easing them back into using English, orienting them to the upcoming lesson and focusing them on the work ahead. They really are a valuable use of class time, but it can be difficult to come up with news ones for each class to keep things fresh and interesting. Help is here Jackie Bolen and Jennifer Booker Smith have 20+ years of experience in the ESL classroom and they've joined forces to bring you...
It's a reality that many of your students will not have spoken English or even given it a single thought since you last saw them. By beginning your le...
Keep the joy of teaching abroad while maintaining your financial freedom.
You wish you could teach ESL abroad indefinitely, but money seems to always get in the way. Everyone has told you that financial freedom as an ESL teacher is impossible. Let author Jackie Bolen show you the way.
In a well-written and detailed account of her own success, Jackie provides you with a blueprint to sustain yourself financially as you teach abroad. Through a detailed 10-step process, you'll learn how early dedication, frugal living, and sacrifice can help you pay off debts, save money to invest, and...
Keep the joy of teaching abroad while maintaining your financial freedom.
You wish you could teach ESL abroad indefinitely, but money seems to alwa...
This book is something that I wish I'd had when I first moved to Korea. I've lived in my adopted home for a decade and during that time, I've met an astounding number of foreigners who were thriving here while I've also met plenty of them who clearly were only surviving, and just barely in some cases. There are even people who've been here a long time still in survival mode, living in tiny apartments, bouncing around from sub-par job to sub-par job and doing nothing to plan for their futures. Conversely, I've met people who, even though they had only been living in Korea for a few months had...
This book is something that I wish I'd had when I first moved to Korea. I've lived in my adopted home for a decade and during that time, I've met an a...
Whether you're a first-time ESL/EFL/TEFL teacher or an instructor without a textbook, you need more activities for your conversion or speaking classes. If you're tired of wading through the junk on the Internet, then Jackie and Jennifer are here to help. During her decade of experience as a CELTA/DELTA certified teacher, author Jackie Bolen has developed countless games and activities for her students. Jennifer Booker Smith has taught kids for years and has even given up cushy teacher-training jobs to return to the elementary classroom. They're sharing their low-prep/no-prep ideas with ESL...
Whether you're a first-time ESL/EFL/TEFL teacher or an instructor without a textbook, you need more activities for your conversion or speaking classes...
This is the book for those who've been teaching English abroad but are serious about returning to their home countries and are willing to do whatever it takes to be successful, putting in the hard work to find decent jobs and build lives for themselves. If you're ready, you'll need to read this book for some solid advice to get you off on the right foot In order to offer this advice, I surveyed 55 old friends and random Internet strangers about their experiences going home, after teaching abroad in order to find out what they are doing for work and also what advice they could offer to those...
This is the book for those who've been teaching English abroad but are serious about returning to their home countries and are willing to do whatever ...
Whether you're a first-time ESL/EFL/TEFL teacher, an experienced but overwhelmed instructor, or an instructor without a textbook, you need more activities for your classes. If you're tired of wading through the junk on the Internet, then Jackie and Jennifer are here to help. During their 20 years teaching English, they've developed countless games and activities for their students. Now, they're sharing their favorite ideas for English vocabulary games and activities with ESL teachers throughout the world. In 39 ESL Vocabulary Activities for Teenagers and adults, you'll get over three-dozen...
Whether you're a first-time ESL/EFL/TEFL teacher, an experienced but overwhelmed instructor, or an instructor without a textbook, you need more activi...
It is possible to teach vocabulary to kids in an interesting, engaging and fun way
Whether you're a first-time ESL/EFL/TEFL teacher, an experienced but overwhelmed instructor, or an instructor without a textbook, you need more vocabulary activities for your classes.
If you're tired of wading through the junk on the Internet to find the one activity or game you can actually use, then Jackie and Jennifer are here to help. During their 20 years teaching English, they've developed countless games and activities for their students. Now, they're sharing their favourite ideas with ESL teachers...
It is possible to teach vocabulary to kids in an interesting, engaging and fun way
Whether you're a first-time ESL/EFL/TEFL teacher, an experience...
501 Riddles and Trivia Questions is written for teachers, by teachers
Do your students groan at the thought of one more game of hangman to fill those dreaded spare few minutes at the end of class? Do you want to help ease your students into learning with a bit of fun at the beginning of class? Not sure what to do with those students who always seem to finish everything so quickly?
With this book of 501 graded and categorized trivia questions and riddles, you can develop your students' critical thinking skills and give them a little fun instead No...
501 Riddles and Trivia Questions is written for teachers, by teachers
Are you tired of spending too much time planning one-on-one lessons, only to end up wishing that the clock would move faster? How much time and energy could you save, with dozens of activities at your fingertips which could easily be used to teach the material of your choice?
The authors, Jackie Bolen and Jennifer Booker Smith, have over 25 years combined experience teaching and creating materials for fun ESL classes. They have spent countless hours creating original materials and compiling useful and enjoyable...
Teach Fun, Effective One-on-One Lessons
Are you tired of spending too much time planning one-on-one lessons, only to end up wishing t...
