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In 39 Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning Activities: A Very Practical Guide to Using TBL in the ESL/EFL Classroom, you'll get a ton of creative and interesting ideas for speaking, listening, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, and more to use in your own classroom. The highly detailed descriptions will show you exactly how to use the activities during your lessons. The clearly and concisely explained activities will help you add instructional variety and put the focus back on your students.

The idioms, phrases, words, and expressions in Simple English Conversation Dialogues are designed to improve your English quickly and easily.

Improve your TOEFL score by mastering new expressions. You’ll see the phrases and expressions used in sentences, find out what they mean, and get an opportunity to practice what you’ve learned. It’s everything you need to improve your English vocabulary and score higher on this important exam.

Have better ESL/EFL classes with preschool and kindergarten kids. It's time to find some fresh, new ideas for English lessons for very young children! 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 English classes for kindy and preschool kids. In 39 ESL Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten, you'll get a ton of creative and interesting ideas for speaking, listening, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, and more to use in your own classroom.

The Short Stories in English for Intermediate Level ESL/EFL Learners are designed to improve your English quickly and easily. Jackie Bolen has more than 15 years of experience teaching ESL/EFL to students in South Korea and Canada. She has written short stories in Canadian English about common experiences that people have living in Canada. Plus, each story has practice exercises to test your reading comprehension and vocabulary. Do the discussion questions with a friend, teacher or classmate. You'll improve your English vocabulary and reading skills in no time at all.

Learn hundreds of English idioms to help you get a band 7/8 on the IELTS speaking exam. Sound like a native speaker with these common phrases and idioms that are used in the USA and around the world.

Find out how people speak English in real life. That’s where The Big Book of Phrasal Verbs in Use comes in. First, you’ll see each phrasal verb used in a dialogue and then you’ll find out what each one means. Finally, it’s time for some practice! It’s everything you need to bone up on your English vocabulary!

In 103 Low-Prep ESL Speaking Games & Activities for Kids, Teenagers, and Adults, you'll get dozens of ideas to use in your 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. The teaching tips will help you avoid common pitfalls.

Learn hundreds of English collocations in a fun and engaging way! Sound like a native speaker with these common words that are used in the USA and around the world. Find out how people speak American English in real life. That’s where English Collocations in Dialogue comes in. You’ll see the collocation used in a dialogue, find out what it means and then get an opportunity to practice what you’ve learned. It’s everything you need to improve your English vocabulary and score higher on the TOEFL, TOEIC, or IELTS exams.

Jackie Bolen has 20 years of experience teaching ESL/EFL to students in South Korea and Canada. She has written these dialogues filled with helpful sentences, expressions, and phrases in American English for business people, plus each section has some practice opportunities to make what you've learned more memorable. Business English Vocabulary Builder by Jackie Bolen will help you stay motivated while consistently improving your business English skills.

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 English classes focused on teaching grammar. If you're tired of wasting time wading through the junk on the Internet, then Jackie is here to help in a big way! These are the activities that she uses in her own classes.

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 conversation or speaking classes. During their decades of experience teaching English, authors Jackie Bolen and Jennifer Booker Smith have developed countless games and activities for their students. They're sharing their low-prep/no-prep ideas with ESL teachers throughout the world.

Learn how to express yourself in English with hundreds of time expressions, phrases, and idioms. Find out how to talk about time in English like a pro! These are the expressions of time used by native English speakers in the United States and Canada. This list of English phrases and expressions will prove to be invaluable, with written dialogues filled with helpful sentences, expressions, and phrases, plus each section has practice opportunities to make what you've learned more memorable. You'll improve your English vocabulary and conversational skills related to time in no time!

Learn hundreds of phrasal verbs in a fun and engaging way! Sound like a native speaker with these common words that are used in the USA and around the world. Find out how people speak English in real life. That’s where More Phrasal Verbs in Use: Dialogues, Definitions & Practice for English Learners comes in. First, you’ll see each phrasal verb used in a dialogue and then you’ll find out what each one means. Finally, it’s time for some practice! It’s everything you need to bone up on your English vocabulary!

Are you going home after teaching abroad but are feeling stressed out about it? Life After ESL is the book for those who've been teaching English abroad but are planning to return to their home countries. If you want to make this transition in the smoothest way possible, you'll need to listen to Life After ESL for some solid advice to get you off on the right foot!

Sound like a native speaker with these common expressions, phrases, idioms, and collocations that are used in the USA and around the world. Most importantly, improve your IELTS score by mastering new vocabulary words. That’s where the IELTS Speaking Vocabulary Builder comes in. You’ll see the words and expressions used in a dialogue, find out what it means, and then get an opportunity to practice what you’ve learned in the lessons. It’s everything you need to improve your English vocabulary and score higher on the IELTS exam.

What would it mean for your studies or career to be able to speak and write freely in English? How about understanding more of what you hear or read? These idioms and phrases in Intermediate American English for Everyone are designed to improve your English quickly and easily. Jackie Bolen has 15 years of experience teaching ESL/EFL to students in South Korea and Canada. She has written this book filled with helpful idioms and phrases in American English, plus you'll find plenty of practice exercises. You'll improve your English vocabulary in no time at all!

Learn hundreds of English collocations in a fun and engaging way! Sound like a native speaker with these common words that are used in the USA and around the world.

Welcome to this audiobook designed to help you improve your academic English vocabulary with helpful idioms, phrases, and expressions. Real World English for Academic Situations Inside & Outside the Classroom is designed for English learners at a low or high-intermediate level (IELTS levels 5-7). My goal is to help you expand your academic English vocabulary and to be able to speak and write more fluently. Improve your confidence when studying at an English-speaking college or talking to colleagues from other countries.

Speak tourism, and travel English fluently like a native speaker with these useful phrases, expressions, idioms and words for airports, hotels, restaurants, sightseeing and more. What would it mean for your career to be able to speak and write freely in English when working in the tourism industry or travelling? How about understanding more of what you hear or read? The idioms, phrases, words, and expressions in English for Tourism Vocabulary Builder are designed to improve your tourism English quickly and easily.