Esl Teacher S Holiday Activities Kit

Over 175 fully illustrated, reproducible activities featuring U.S. holidays, customs and special events are provided to help ESL students at all levels develop a solid grasp of English vocabulary, reading, and language skills.

"Over 175 reproducible activity pages featuring holidays and special events celebrated in the United States"--Page 1 of cover.

Over 160 stimulating, easy-to-use games and activities to enhance language learning in any second-language teaching situation.

Dangerous English 2000! will help your students avoid embarrassment, avoid insulting others, learn correct terms for the doctors office, understand street language, use euphemisms, and gain insights into some intriguing and usually misunderstood elements of American culture.

The strategies and materials presented here provide the best of whole language and phonics instruction for setting up an appropriate, well-paced reading program that meets the needs of individual students, small groups, or the entire class, grades K-8. For quick and easy access, the Kit is organized into eight sections and includes such practical information as: * Over 80 stimulating hands-on games and activity sheets to build students' skills in letter-name knowledge, sight word recognition, word structure, and more. * Up-to-date information and materials for teaching reading to students with special needs * Comprehensive lists of fiction and nonfiction trade books that reinforce the learning of essential reading skills

Have better ESL/EFL classes with kids, teenagers and adults with these fun and engaging holiday activities. It's time to find some fresh, new ideas for Halloween, Christmas, New Year's, Valentine's, Thanksgiving & Easter! 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. If you're tired of wasting your precious time wading through the junk on the Internet, then Jackie is here to help. During her decades of experience teaching English around the world, author Jackie Bolen has developed countless games and activities for her students. She's sharing her low-prep/no-prep ideas with ESL teachers. These are the activities that she uses in her own classes! In 63 ESL Holiday Games & Activities, you'll get a ton of creative and interesting ideas for holiday-focused speaking, listening, reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary activities 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. Pick up a copy of the book if you want to... Have better English lessons with young learners, teenagers and adults Save a ton of time when planning lessons Help students improve their English skills in a big way See lots of happy, smiling faces in your classes Add some variety into English classes with fun holiday lessons If you're extremely busy or you're simply out of new ideas, this book makes it easy to try out new and exciting activities your students will love! Buy 63 ESL Holiday Games & Activities to get new lesson plans ready to go in minutes for fun holiday TEFL classes!

Helps teachers' plan activities for students with limited English begin to build their vocabulary. It includes worksheets.