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Thursday, March 31, 2016

April: Teaching Topics and Themes for Your ESL Students!


It's April and for many of those living in the North, it means warmers temperatures and spring birds and flowers! Get your students starting the month off with a joke or two on April 1st as it's April Fool's Day across the globe.  There's plenty of spring topics to keep your students busy starting with spring cleaning, spring allergies, spring flowers and spring weather. Get them busy learning more about International Pink Day on April 13th and World Earth Day on April 22nd, too!

Find more ideas on teaching topics this month here!



Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Happy Easter!


There's plenty of Easter vocabulary and traditions for your ESL students to learn about this week - starting with Good Friday on Friday, March 25th and Easter Sunday on March 27th. Have your students learn more about this religious celebration as well as the commercial side of Easter including the Easter bunny, chocolate goodies and the joys of Easter egg hunting!

Find recommended links for your ESL students here!


Sunday, March 20, 2016

March Topic: Spring!



The Spring Equinox has arrived (March 20/21st) to those living in the Northern Hemisphere and with it comes the joys of warmer weather (we hope!), chirping birds and colorful spring flowers! Make this a time to teach or review spring season vocabulary words and phrases with your ESL students!

WARM-UP CONVERSATION QUESTIONS AROUND THE TOPIC OF SEASONS BY ESL MADE EASY:

1. Does your home country recognize the spring/autumn equinox at this time of the year? Describe the changes.
2. What is your favourite season? Why? Has your preference changed over the years?
3. Do you think people are affected emotionally, mentally, or physically with the early signs of spring? Explain.
4. What are some things in people's lives that change       
according to seasons?

Find recommended links for your ESL students here!

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Happy St. Patrick's Day!




March 17th is St. Patrick's Day so get ready to get your green on! For those with an Irish background, it can be both a religious and cultural celebration full of festive parties, parades and food. Get your ESL students to learn more about the history, customs and traditions of St. Patrick's Day as it marks the feast day of the Apostle of Ireland, St. Patrick and the rich Irish culture too.



FIND RECOMMENDED LINKS FOR YOUR ESL STUDENTS HERE!

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

March Topic: Plumbing in our Lives!




March 11th is World Plumbing Day! If you take some time to explore the importance of plumbing and the impact this industry has had around the word, I think you might be amazed at what a great teaching topic it can be for the ESL classroom!

 
 
 

WARM-UP CONVERSATION QUESTIONS AROUND THE TOPIC OF PLUMBING by ESL Made Easy:

1. Name some different types of plumbing systems you might find in a typical home of a developed country. How do these systems compare to those found in your home country?
2. Do you think people take plumbing for granted? Explain.
3. What are some of the health consequences of inadequate plumbing? What about where plumbing is completely non-existent?
4. In what ways has plumbing systems changed over the years? Have these changes affected the way we use water?
 

FIND RECOMMENDED TOPICS FOR ESL STUDENTS HERE!

Friday, March 4, 2016

Celebrating International Women's Day!


International Women's Day  is March 8th! This year's theme, Pledge for Parity, encourages pledging towards women and girls worldwide to help them achieve their ambitions and to lessen the gap between gender inequality. Various events and traditions will be taking place to honour and celebrate women's rights and achievements worldwide. Take the time to explore this global event with your ESL students and get them talking about the progress made, as well as the struggles that many women still face today.

See YouTube video - International Women's Day 2016
 

Find recommended links for your ESL students here!

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

March Topic: Grammar Day!


March 4th is Grammar Day! So why not kick off your day with a quick grammar lesson or review?

Find some of my recommended grammar links for all levels here. Once you've finished with a grammar point, be sure to get your ESL students reinforcing it. Remind them that they need to USE it or they'll LOSE it!

Practice the present continuous verb with a Conversational Grammar worksheet by ESL MADE EASY here!

Click here to celebrate Grammar Day with this fun quiz!