Without grammar, you can't say much; but without vocabulary, you can't say anything.Vocabulary is the foundation of successful language learning. ESL/EFL learners need to be familiar with a great many words if they want to read, write, listen, or speak with ease. In addition to the sheer number of words and phrases students need to learn, what makes vocabulary acquisition so tricky is that one "pass" is never enough. In order to really "know" a word, learners need to know, among ot...

This guide for new or experienced teachers of English as a second or foreign language contains fifty techniques, strategies, activities, and games for teaching pronunciation. It can be used alongside any existing textbook or without one at all, and is suitable for all levels.This book is divided into six sections:Word stressSpeech RhythmSpeech GroupsFinal Intonation and FocusLinking and BlendingConsonant and Vowel Soun...

The inspiring story of one man's fight against his wrongful incarceration and his eventual triumph—both inside and outside the boxing ring.In the late 1970s, Dewey Bozella was wrongfully convicted of murdering Emma Crapser, a ninety-two-year-old resident of Poughkeepsie, New York. Sentenced to twenty years to life in prison, Bozella fiercely maintained his innocence throughout his ordeal at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, and even refused the prosecutor's offer of freedom in excha...

Listening is the skill learners use the most, but language educators often receive the least preparation to teach this skill. Teaching listening means more than just giving students listening activities and checking for understanding—it means teaching them how to listen. Listening in the Classroom takes promising research findings and theory and turns them into practical teaching ideas that help develop listening proficiency.Key topics within this book include:

This Element explores ways in which language teachers, especially teachers of English, can benefit from knowledge of phonetics. It also offers recommendations for introducing and improving pronunciation teaching in the classroom. While hoping that this Element is useful to instructors of all languages, the majority of the examples comes from North American English (NAE) and the English language classroom. At the same time, the Element acknowledges that English language teaching is rather d...

I remember while traveling as a child, my sister and I would often identify images in the clouds. Depending on the angle we were looking from, we could see the same thing. Life has a way of reminding me of those times. Things happen in life that we have no control over. However, when we look at lifes circumstances as lessons, we are able to grow from them. Insightful Living is a collection of messages to motivate you to remain positive in any situation. When life happens to you, stay insig...

Teaching English as a second or foreign language is full of challenges: How do you hold students' interest? How do you ensure that they get enough practice to really learn?The Fifty Ways to Teach series gives you a variety of drills, games, techniques, methods, and ideas to help your students master English. Most of the ideas can be used for both beginning and advanced classes. Many require little to no preparation or special materials. The ideas can be used with any textbook, or w...

Teaching English as a second or foreign language is full of challenges: How do you hold students' attention? How do you ensure that they get enough practice to really learn? Teaching teenagers presents unique challenges. Teachers are often looking for age- and level-appropriate activities to engage teens' interest while providing meaningful practice.This book presents ideas and techniques appropriate for teenagers, divided into sections for Icebreakers / Warm-ups, Vocabulary Revisi...

Teaching English as a second or foreign language is full of challenges: How do you hold students' interest? How do you ensure that they get enough practice to really learn?The Fifty Ways to Teach Them series gives you a variety of drills, games, techniques, methods, and ideas to help your students master English. Most of the ideas can be used for both beginning and advanced classes. Many require little to no preparation or special materials. The ideas can be used with any textbook,...

Writing ought to be the easiest of the four skills for students of English as a Second or Foreign Language. Unlike listening and reading, the students control all the words. Unlike speaking, the students can go back, check their work, revise it, and resubmit it. It should then follow that writing would be one of the most popular courses to teach. Yet teachers rarely say, "I can't wait till I get tenure, so I can teach some of those composition classes of 35 students."However, writi...

Many textbooks do a fine job of presenting grammar to students. However, some students or classes need more practice after they've finished the exercises in their textbook. This guide provides imaginative and enjoyable games, drills, and activities to practice different grammatical structures such as verb tenses, articles, phrasal verbs, pronouns, relative clauses, modals, word forms, syntax, and more.This book is divided into three categories:a) Reading-writing exercises

Updated and expanded for 2023!You will learn 50 ways to notice, understand, and practice different grammatical structures in English. The book is divided into six sections:The Big Picture (general advice and strategies)Nouns and VerbsAdjectives and AdverbsPrepositions, Conjunctions, and ArticlesSentences and their PartsOther TopicsYou do not need to be living in an English-speaking country or be currently...