English as a Second Language Articles

Cheat Sheet / Updated 10-02-2023

Si tienes planeado viajar a un país que habla inglés, de vacaciones o por negocio, vale la pena aprender algunos saludos, frases de cortesía y preguntas de carácter general.

Cheat Sheet / Updated 04-19-2023

Teaching English as a foreign language is an exciting and challenging experience. Here, you will find words of wisdom on everything from choosing a course to lesson planning, and all the stages in between.

Cheat Sheet / Updated 03-24-2022

Use these helpful resources to help you speak English quickly and fluently. Build your confidence by saying the days of the week, months of the year and numbers, as well as practicing common greetings and questions.

Article / Updated 03-26-2016

Want to learn the days of the week and the months of the year in English? Keep this Cheat Sheet handy and use the pronunciation guide to practice. And here are months of the year:

Article / Updated 03-26-2016

When you’re learning English as a foreign language, print out and keep this alphabet handy. We include a pronunciation guide to help you say the English letters correctly.

Article / Updated 03-26-2016

When you’re learning English as a foreign language, practise these greetings and questions to sound like a British native in no time. Remember to tailor your greetings – whether formal or informal – depending on who you’re talking to. Formal Greetings Good morning Good afternoon Good evening Nice to meet you Goodnight Goodbye Informal Greetings Hello Hi Bye Bye for now See you soon Questions Who: Who is that man over there? [Asking about people.] When: When are you going on holiday? [Asking about times and dates.] Where: Where is the nearest bank? [Asking about places.] What: What’s that box for? [Asking about things / activities.] Why: Why is she crying? [Asking for reasons.] How much: How much is that book? [Asking about quantities.] What time: What time does the film start? [Asking about times.] What . . . like: What’s David's wife like? [Asking about characteristics.]

Article / Updated 03-26-2016

Counting in English, when English isn’t your native language, is easy to learn with this useful Cheat Sheet and pronunciation guide. Use this Cheat Sheet to practise telephone numbers, currency and people’s ages.

Article / Updated 03-26-2016

No matter what country you are teaching in, use this handy checklist to make sure that you’re really prepared for each lesson when you’re teaching English as a foreign language. I know what level my students are at. I know who my students are – their nationality, language, background and so on. I know how long the lesson is. I set aims and objectives. What I want to teach fits in with the course syllabus. I know what my students need to know about this piece of language – its rules, patterns and so on. I have an appropriate context for this language point. I anticipated problems and have thought of ways to prevent them from occurring. I have a planned activity or exercise for providing controlled practice. I have a planned activity for providing free practice. I have any materials I need. My activities are communicative, which means the students spend some time interacting with each other to complete a task. My teacher talking time is 30 per cent or under.

Article / Updated 03-26-2016

Most teachers use a correction code when they mark written work so that the student can do some self-correction. You can devise your own symbols but this table shows some possibilities. Mark Error Indicated / A word is missing / Start a new sentence // Start a new paragraph Gr Grammar error Sp Spelling error P Punctuation error Art Error with articles (a, an, the) c/unc Countable/uncountable error (you can use a/an before countable nouns but never before uncountable noun) Wo Wrong word order Ww Wrong word Wt Wrong tense Wf Wrong form Irreg Irregular verb ? Unclear

Article / Updated 03-26-2016

Si está en un país de habla inglesa y necesita ayuda, tiene una pregunta en general, o trata de comprar algo, estas preguntas en inglés le pueden ayudar, así que practique su pronunciación: Can you help me? (can iu jelp mi; ¿Me puede ayudar?) What’s your name? (juats ior neim; ¿Cómo te llamas?) How much is this? (jau moch is dis; ¿Cuánto cuesta esto?) Where? (juer; ¿Dónde?) What? (juat; ¿Qué?) Why? (juai; ¿Por qué?) Who? (ju-u; ¿Quién?) When? (juen; ¿Cuándo?) How? (jau; ¿Cómo?)