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adults for ESL teachers

• How to plan a 60-minute ESL lesson adults will speak in

  A practical 60-minute shape for adult ESL classes: a short lead-in, one grammar or lexical focus, and far more student talking than teacher explanation.

• Five speaking games that still work with tired adults

  Low-prep speaking games for after-work ESL classes. No points charts, no childish forfeits, and a clear language reason for each one.

• Teaching grammar to adults without the lecture

  How to teach one grammar point to adult ESL students: examples from their lives, a tiny rule, and speaking tasks that make the form hard to avoid.

• Using short video in adult ESL without losing the speaking

  A restrained way to use video in adult English classes: under 90 seconds, a reason to watch, and more talking than viewing.

• Three-minute warm-ups that start a real conversation

  Warm-ups for adult ESL that take three minutes, use language students already have, and lead into the lesson instead of decorating it.

• Feedback on spoken English that does not shut the room down

  A practical feedback habit for adult speaking classes: what to write down, what to ignore, and how to correct without taking the turn away.