More advice about teaching ESL students (FAQ)
Click on the links of the most commonly asked teacher questions below.
Click on the links of the most commonly asked teacher questions below.
- What's the most important thing I should know about the ESL students I teach?
- Should I correct an ESL student's grammar mistakes?
- Should I correct an ESL student's pronunciation mistakes?
- Should I correct an ESL student's spelling mistakes?
- Should I let ESL students talk in their native language in my classroom?
- Should I encourage ESL students to use their dictionaries in my lesson?
- How can I help my ESL students learn English as well as my subject?
- Why don't my ESL students look at me when I'm talking to them?
- How can I judge if a task or assignment will be too difficult for ESL students?
- What can I do to make it easier for the ESL students in my classes?
- What can I do to help ESL students do good homework?
- Should I modify homework tasks for the ESL students in my class?
- Why don't my ESL students ask for help in class?
- What advice can I give to ESL parents about how to help in my subject?
- An ESL student is struggling in my lessons. What is the best way I can help her?
- An ESL student is doing badly in my tests. Why is this?
- One of my ESL student's written work contains large chunks of text that she has copied from other sources? What should I do?
- What is the best way to integrate ESL students into my lessons?
- How do cooperative activities benefit ESL students?
- I have a student in my class who never says a word. Should I make him speak?
- How should I grade my ESL students?
- My class contains a high proportion of ESL students - will this have a negative effect on the other students' learning?
- How should I adapt the work I give to the ESL students in my class?
- What is the best way to keep in contact with the ESL teacher?
- How are ESL students placed in the upper school at FIS?
- How can I identify an ESL child who has learning difficulties?
- How can I communicate effectively with ESL parents?
- Where can I find information about the language, culture and history of the countries of my ESL students?
- What do I need to know about the ESL students and culture shock?
- How should I reply if a student or her parents asks me how she can improve her English?
- What do students do in ESL lessons?
- Where can I find out more about second language learning?
- Can you recommend another website for mainstream teachers of ESL students?