Esl Listening Activities For Teenagers And Adults

Even experienced ESL teachers get stuck in a rut. It's time to find some fresh ideas for listening lessons! 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 listening classes. If you're tired of wasting time wading through the junk on the Internet, then Jackie is 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. She's sharing her low-prep/no-prep ideas for listening comprehension lessons with ESL teachers throughout the world. In ESL Listening Activities for Teenagers and Adults, you'll get dozens of ideas to use in your own classroom. The highly-detailed descriptions will show you exactly how to use the activities during your lessons. Jackie's clearly and concisely explained activities will help you add instructional variety and put the focus back on your students. If you're extremely busy or you're simply out of new ideas, Jackie's book makes it easy to try out new and exciting activities your students will love! Buy the book to get new listening comprehension lesson plans ready to go in minutes!

Unlock the door to effective language learning with ESL Listening Activities for Kids and Adults. This comprehensive resource is your key to transforming the way students engage with and comprehend spoken English. Designed for language educators and learners alike, this activity book combines interactive exercises with real-world applications to make the process of improving listening skills not only educational but also enjoyable. Key Features of the Book Diverse Range of Topics: Explore a rich tapestry of topics, from TED Talks to movie trailers, carefully curated to expose students to a variety of accents, vocabulary, and real-life language contexts. This ensures a well-rounded listening experience that goes beyond traditional language learning. Interactive and Engaging Activities: Say goodbye to passive learning. Our activities are crafted to be interactive and stimulating, encouraging students to actively participate in discussions, analyses, and creative tasks. Watch as their listening skills flourish through dynamic engagement. Real-Life Application: Tired of textbook exercises that feel disconnected from the real world? Our activities mirror everyday situations, allowing students to apply their newfound skills to practical scenarios. From navigating Google Map directions to analyzing movie trailers, the applications are endless. Adaptability for All Proficiency Levels: Whether you're teaching intermediate or advanced learners, this book is versatile enough to meet your classroom's unique needs. Each activity can be adjusted, expanded, or combined to create a tailored learning experience. What's Inside the Book Structured Outlines: Each activity follows a step-by-step guide, ensuring a seamless implementation process for teachers. From introducing the topic to post-activity reflections, the structure is designed for ease of use. Flexibility for Teachers: Teachers can adapt the activities to suit their classroom dynamics. The book allows for customization based on the unique preferences and needs of both educators and students. Practical and Applicable Learning: Every activity aims at making language learning practical and applicable to real-life scenarios. Students won't just learn English; they'll use it in ways that resonate with their daily experiences. Teaching with ESL Listening Activities Empower your students with the tools they need to navigate the intricacies of spoken English, fostering not just language proficiency but a genuine appreciation for the art of listening. Elevate your language teaching experience today. Open the gateway to a world of enriched English listening skills! Language Learning Resources Visit ESL Expat online for updated resources, book releases, and other learning materials. ESLexpat.com

Even experienced ESL teachers get stuck in a rut. It's time to find some fresh ideas! 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 listening classes for children. If you're tired of wasting time wading through the junk on the Internet, then Jackie is 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. She's sharing her low-prep/no-prep ideas with ESL teachers throughout the world. In ESL Listening Activities for Kids (6-13), you'll get dozens of ideas to use in your own classroom. The highly-detailed descriptions will show you exactly how to use the activities during your lessons. Jackie's clearly and concisely explained activities will help you add instructional variety and put the focus back on your students. If you're extremely busy or you're simply out of new ideas, Jackie's book makes it easy to try out new and exciting activities your students will love! Buy the book to get new lesson plans ready to go in minutes!

Even experienced ESL teachers get stuck in a rut. It's time to find some fresh ideas! 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 listening classes. If you're tired of wasting time wading through the junk on the Internet, then Jackie is 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. She's sharing her low-prep/no-prep ideas with ESL teachers throughout the world. In ESL Listening Activities for Teenagers and Adults, you'll get dozens of ideas to use in your own classroom. The highly-detailed descriptions will show you exactly how to use the activities during your lessons. Jackie's clearly and concisely explained activities will help you add instructional variety and put the focus back on your students. If you're extremely busy or you're simply out of new ideas, Jackie's book makes it easy to try out new and exciting activities your students will love! Buy the book to get new lesson plans ready to go in minutes!

Great Ideas is a unique collection of absorbing and enjoyable fluency practice activities designed to improve listening and speaking abilities. The Teacher's Manual contains detailed notes on the activities, as well as vocabulary suggestions, glossaries, answer keys (where appropriate), listening scripts, and suggestions for follow-up activities.

Teach fun, effective one-on-one English lessons for teenagers or adults with these engaging and interactive ESL games and activities. Are you tired of spending too much time planning one-on-one, private ESL lessons, only to end up wishing that the clock would move faster? Do you find that students drop off after only a lesson or two? How much time, energy, and stress could you save with dozens of student-centred 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 of combined experience teaching and creating materials for fun ESL classes. They have spent countless hours creating original materials and compiling useful and enjoyable activities for use with all kinds of classes. These are the things they use in their own private lessons for teenagers and adults. Pick up a copy of the book if you want to... Have better private tutoring classes Add some variety into lessons Have students coming back for more of your classes! Save time on lesson planning See happy, smiling students! This book gives you the inside scoop on one-on-one lessons both you and your students will enjoy. With its broad variety of activities across the four skills, you are sure to find exactly what you need, saving countless hours of preparation. If you have thought about creating a profitable sideline with tutoring but were unsure of what to do in your lessons, this book has everything you need! This is the fourth book in the ESL Activities for Teenagers and Adults series by Jackie Bolen. Buy your copy of 39 Awesome 1-1 ESL Activities today to have better one-on-one classes tomorrow!

ESL Games for Kids and Adults Learn how to enhance your lessons with a collection of fun interactive games for teaching English in any context. The activities outlined inside this book have been adapted from popular board games, TV game shows, and party games for all ages. * Easily integrate core language skills in all of your classes -- either online or in the classroom. * The flexible format allows you to customize your lessons to focus on specific skills, including listening, speaking, reading, and writing. * Every activity includes real teaching examples that you can modify to match your teaching style and your students' language abilities. * Using a communicative approach, students participate in the activities during class while practicing English with their classmates. * Adding game-based methods like this in your lessons will naturally increase students' motivation, participation, and communication using the target language. * These ESL activities will save you hours of preparation so that you can devote more time to helping your students achieve their learning goals. Teachers' Comments About the Book "The creative games and activities outlined in this book are a must for any second language teaching professional!" -- Craig Hoffman, Teacher and Writer in Japan "This is a must-have volume that helps teachers make ESL fun. Chock-full of useful games and overflowing with fantastic resources, I'll be adding this to my library and using it in my classroom regularly." -- Shon Rand, Taught in the UAE, Russia, China, and the USA "As they say in teaching, have a plan, and then have a plan B! Games and activities like those in Paul's book will help to make sure you're prepared to keep your class engaged and having fun. Thank you for putting this together and supporting the ESL teaching community!" -- Brett Isis, CEO of Teaching Nomad (teachingnomad.com) "As an educator who loves making learning fun for students, and admittedly, myself too, I know fun when I see it, and Paul's games are just that! With his new book, you'll have ideas for days to get your students excited to demonstrate what they've learned." -- Taiwanda Bason, Taught in the USA, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Peru, and China "Learners learn best when they are having fun. By using these activities to gamify your lessons, students will be more excited to participate in class. These games will help capture your students' interests and motivate them to be more engaged and inspired to learn!" -- Lindsey Clifford, Taught in South Korea "Games like these are a great way to keep students engaged in the lessons. Even the most disinterested students enjoy a little competition and it can be a good way to energize a class on a slow afternoon." -- Gayle Aggiss, Taught in China, Vietnam, and Online "Paul Young has come up with a bumper book of ESL games -- a compendium of 50 activities that will become a useful tool in any teacher's arsenal to keep their students engaged with learning English as a second language." -- Dr. Rob Burton, Teaching in China "What I love about this book is that it contains many of the classic ESL games that are essential for any newbie teacher as well as some original ideas for even the most experienced of teachers which I am excited to try." -- Georgie Snape, CELTA-certified ESL trainer and owner of Teacher's Friend (teach-vietnam.com) "These fun and creative games encourage learners to develop their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in the classroom or online. They encourage active learning which is crucial for ESL learners and makes learning fun, engaging, and memorable." -- Kirstie Woodward, Taught in Thailand, Vietnam, the UK, and Online

This book is made for students of English as a Second or Foreign Language. You will learn 50 ways to practice and improve listening in English. By applying these methods, you will improve your comprehension and your confidence. You do not need to be living in an English-speaking country or be currently taking an English class to use this book. However, students who are already in a class can also use this book to improve their listening more quickly and easily. The book includes suggestions for specific websites and media that can be used for listening practice. Areas covered include 1. Strategies 2. Devices 3. Media 4. Fun and Games 5. Academic Learning another language is never fast, but the Fifty Ways to Practice series will speed things up by showing you how to practice more efficiently and effectively both inside and outside the classroom. These books can be used by beginners and advanced students alike.

Intended as a listening activities workbook for ESL students with no prior exposure to English. Deals mainly with numbers.

Targeting Listening and Speaking provides short and focused activities to help lower-proficiency ESL/EFL students improve their listening and speaking skills. It includes practice in both mastering the larger message and key words/phrases and specific words and sounds to assist students in developing better speaking and comprehension skills. Each unit has a general theme -- such as food, animals and pets, free time and hobbies, and travel -- around which all exercises are designed. The final unit consists of four listening tests that can be used to monitor progress. Each unit includes: dictation practice using dialogues listening skill development speaking practice listening to simple conversations sound practice with minimal pairs listening to simple lectures more speaking and discussion practice. Quizzes are available on the companion website. The audio material is available either on CD or cassette (there are 4 components for each).