If you want to know what to do during that first ESL or EFL lesson, have a listen! Jackie and Jennifer share all of their tips and tricks for what to do during the first English class, along with some of their favourite ESL icebreaker activities. And, find out how to set yourself up for success during the rest of the semester. 

Find Out More:
ESL Icebreaker Activities
First ESL Lesson Ideas on YouTube
Jackie on TikTok
Teach Travel Learn (on YouTube)
ESL Vocabulary Activities for Kids  (on Amazon)
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Gregory Diehl joins the podcast to talk about his new book (Our Global Lingua Franca), which explores the cultural and economic importance of spreading English as a universal language. It's based on his experience having taught in more than a dozen countries and observing the persistent flaws that prevent the majority of learners from developing even conversational English fluency, let alone true fluency.

Gregory V. Diehl is a business and personal development author who writes for deep thinkers unsatisfied with ordinary approaches to important subjects. His work often deconstructs and challenges cultural narratives and practices.

When he’s not writing, he offers alternative education and mentorship informed by his wealth of diverse cultural experience across the globe. He has taught English and trained English teachers in more than a dozen countries around the world and continues to try to improve the English education system where he now lives in Armenia.

Links:
Book: Our Global Lingua Franca (on Amazon)
Jackie on YouTube
Jackie on Instagram
ESL Speaking on Pinterest
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Jackie and Jennifer talk about all things teaching when you're not at your best due to a physical problem, mental health issue, burnout, etc. We have lots of strategies and activity ideas to take the load off and help you teach effectively, but not in a tiring way. 

Have a listen and be sure to leave us a review. We'd really appreciate it!

Find Out More:
ESL/EFL Teaching Practice and Methodology (on Amazon)
Jackie on YouTube
ESL Speaking on Pinterest
Teach Travel Learn (on YouTube)
Podcast Information

Affirmations are a great way for anyone to combat negative self talk and our English learners are no exception. The teenagers I work with often struggle with thoughts that their English is not good enough and are hesitant to participate in conversations because of their low confidence. This is why the topic of today’s episode is affirmations to use with our English learners. 

Young people feel pressure to do well in school and fall into the trap of comparing themselves to others. I like to remind my students that it takes time to learn a language and it is okay not to have it all figured out yet, that it takes time to adjust to a new culture, and that what others are doing is none of your business. There is a formula of thinking that I teach them to use - be, do, have. This can be used to formulate questions: What do I need to be and what do I need to do to have what I want?

I also share 10 of my favorite affirmations to use with my students and how to get the most out of them. I have found that not all affirmations work in all situations and the way they are used can really make a big difference.

What you will hear about using affirmations with your English Learners

• Ways to support your students with combating negative self talk
• A formula of thinking you can use to change your thinking
• 10 of my favorite affirmations to share with my English Learners
• Tips for using affirmations effectively

Resources

As mentioned in the episode, I am linking some useful resources!

• The ESL Teaching Roadmap – membership community for middle and high school ESL/ELL teachers. As a thank you for listening, use code ESLPODCAST for 10% off when you join. 
• 25 Authentic Speaking Activities for Your ESL Classroom
• Simply Ieva ESL Teachers Pay Teachers Store
• Teachable Platform - Courses and Workshops
• Follow me on Instagram 
• Join the Simply Ieva Facebook Group 

You may also be interested in: 

• Episode 11 - Radical Self-Care for Teachers in Times of Crisis 
• Affirmations for students
• Affirmations for children

As summer comes to an end, I thought it would be nice to hear an English learners' perspective on what it is like to be a new student in high school. In today's episode, I interview a former student of mine, Maja Pastuszka, about her experience coming to the United States from Poland and what it was like for her to be a new student and English learner simultaneously.

She explains some of the challenges she had to overcome while learning English, the things her teachers did to support her, and some things teachers did that were not so supportive. Maja also gives us insight on some of the cultural differences between attending high school in Poland and in the United States from her English learner's perspective. She explains several aspects of the new culture that she had to adjust to and how even minor cultural differences can be difficult to navigate. 

What you will hear from an English Learner’s Perspective

• What it feels like to be an English Learner and a new high school student in the United States
• Cultural differences that English Learners have to navigate
• Some challenges of feeling confident speaking from the perspective of an English Learner
• Things teachers did that were supportive and not so supportive

Resources

As mentioned in the episode, I am linking some useful resources!

• The ESL Teaching Roadmap – membership community for middle and high school ESL/ELL teachers. As a thank you for listening, use code ESLPODCAST for 10% off when you join. 
• 25 Authentic Speaking Activities for Your ESL Classroom
• Simply Ieva ESL Teachers Pay Teachers Store
• Teachable Platform - Courses and Workshops
• Follow me on Instagram 
• Join the Simply Ieva Facebook Group 

You may also be interested in

• Confident ESL Teacher Summit registration

When you are teaching English Learners, making connections with students and families is one of the most important things you can do. When you are teaching English Learners, they need to know that they are seen and valued, that they are in the right place, and that there are people they can trust. In this episode, I share activities I use at the beginning and throughout the year to make sure my students know these things. I share beginning of the year activities I use to get to know students and let them get to know me and each other. I also share the best ways to reach and communicate with families of English Learners.

What you will hear about the most important thing to teach English Language Learners

• The basic things English Learners need when they enter school
• Activities to help students get to know you and each other
• Strategies for checking in with students each day and what to do with that information
• Ideas for communicating with parents and families who don’t speak English

Resources

• Register for The Confident ESL Teacher Summit! 

As mentioned in the episode, I am linking some useful resources!

• The ESL Teaching Roadmap – membership community for middle and high school ESL/ELL teachers. As a thank you for listening, use code ESLPODCAST for 10% off when you join. 
• 25 Authentic Speaking Activities for Your ESL Classroom
• Simply Ieva ESL Teachers Pay Teachers Store
• Teachable Platform - Courses and Workshops
• Follow me on Instagram 
• Join the Simply Ieva Facebook Group 

I love books, especially historical fiction, but in this episode I focus on a different type of book, professional development books for EL teachers. There are plenty of great books out there for EL teachers. I have read many of them and have several more on my list to read next. I am excited to share some of them with you in this episode. During the school year, it can be hard to find the time or headspace to read a good professional development book, which is why summer break is a great time to read a book or two to inspire you for the upcoming school year.

Professional development books you will hear about (some of the links below are affiliate links, which only means that I might get a few pennies if you purchase the book using that link. No additional cost to you at all:)

• A short handbook for new EL teachers and for those who have EL students in their classrooms
• A book that includes practical tips on how to differentiate instruction for multi level classrooms and great activities that can be implemented right away 
• A book that helps teachers move beyond their current practices with EL students. It provides simplified “can do” descriptors that list what students can do at different proficiencies and suggested scaffolds
• A book about celebrating student strengths using the  translanguaging approach when teaching English Learners.
• A book to help you improve your ability to develop your colleagues in the best practices you learn and practice.

Resources

As mentioned in the episode, I am linking some useful resources!

• The ESL Teaching Roadmap – membership community for middle and high school ESL/ELL teachers. As a thank you for listening, use code ESLPODCAST for 10% off when you join. 
• 25 Authentic Speaking Activities for Your ESL Classroom
• Simply Ieva ESL Teachers Pay Teachers Store
• Teachable Platform - Courses and Workshops
• Follow me on Instagram 
• Join the Simply Ieva Facebook Group 

The books mentioned in today’s episode:

• Teaching Absolute Beginners: An ESL Teacher’s Handbook
• 7 Steps to a Language rich interactive classroom 
• Moving Beyond for Multilingual Learners
• Rooted in Strength: Using Translanguaging to Grow Multilingual Readers and Writers

• The PD Book: 7 Habits that Transform Professional Development

I enjoy taking a break and recharging my batteries over the summer, but I also love to take some time to work on lesson ideas that I don’t have as much time to think about during the school year and take advantage of some professional development. 
In this episode, I share my suggestions for quality virtual professional development opportunities that you can participate in this summer. If you are anything like me, I know they will inspire you, boost your confidence, and help you get ready for the upcoming school year. Whether you are looking to plan out the beginning of the school year, hear from experts in the field of ESL education, or take a deep dive into strategies like the SIOP model, there is something for you in this episode.

Virtual Events you will learn about in today’s episode:

• An overview of my Virtual Summit and what you can look forward to each day
• A virtual lesson planning masterclass to help you map out you first month with ESL students
• A large summit featuring amazing speakers with a wealth of knowledge
• One of my favorite webinar series for finding literature for your EL students
• A virtual conference where you can learn  everything you need to know about the SIOP model

Resources

As mentioned in the episode, I am linking some useful resources!

• The ESL Teaching Roadmap – membership community for middle and high school ESL/ELL teachers. As a thank you for listening, use code ESLPODCAST for 10% off when you join. 
• 25 Authentic Speaking Activities for Your ESL Classroom
• Simply Ieva ESL Teachers Pay Teachers Store
• Teachable Platform - Courses and Workshops
• Follow me on Instagram 
• Join the Simply Ieva Facebook Group 

You may also be interested in:

• The Confident ESL Teacher Summit 
• Map Out Your First Month with ESL Beginners Masterclass 
• The Multilingual Learner Summit
• Saddleback Educational Publishing:
  • Webinar series
  • Youtube 
  • Resources 
• The SIOP Virtual Conference

In this episode, I share 6 elements of an effective EL lesson plan that I have learned in my years as a teacher. Planning for English Learners is not the same as planning for other contents because many EL teachers do not have a set curriculum and will need to plan for different proficiency levels and different sized groups of students. I go into the essential components of an EL lesson plans - an objective, background building, presentation, practice, assessment, and extension. 

I discuss the preparation to do ahead of tim, how to choose strategies that will work best for the objective you’re working toward and give examples of how to follow the research based, SIOP protocol to write both language and content objectives. You will walk away inspired to make the most of the planning time you have over the Summer or any time of year.

What you will learn about EL Lesson Planning

• How to lesson plan for your EL students
• What information to include in your EL lesson plans
• How to figure out the right goals to plan for
• Why Summer is the best time to get started on your lesson plans for next year
• What makes planning for EL students unique
• Components of an effective EL  lesson plan

Join The Waitlist for the ESL Lesson Planning Masterclass

Resources

As mentioned in the episode, I am linking some useful resources!

• The ESL Teaching Roadmap – membership community for middle and high school ESL/ELL teachers. As a thank you for listening, use code ESLPODCAST for 10% off when you join. 
• 25 Authentic Speaking Activities for Your ESL Classroom
• Simply Ieva ESL Teachers Pay Teachers Store
• Teachable Platform - Courses and Workshops
• Follow me on Instagram 
• Join the Simply Ieva Facebook Group 

You may also be interested in:

• Blog Post: 6 Elements of an Effective ESL Lesson Plan
• Lesson Planning Masterclass for ESL Teachers

In today’s episode, I am chatting with Molly Badrawy all about lesson planning for ELs and the realities of working in a low incidence district. Molly Badrawy is a full-time ESOL teacher in  New Hampshire, and a freelance consultant at FaCES, Fair Culture and English Services, providing customized cultural guidance and language instruction for and individual adult language learners and organizations, alike.  A national and international career that spans public, private, higher education as well as the business sector, Molly has presented her work at many conferences, serves on the NH English Language Advisory Committee, and facilitates the NH Low-incidence Community of Practice cohort, which is where we met!  She lives in Peterborough, NH with her husband, two daughters, two cats, and a dog and believes she has the best job in the world. It was wonderful to speak with Molly and to get to know her. 

What you will learn about lesson planning for ELs:

• Different ways to collaborate with content teachers while planning lessons
• What co-teaching can look like in different classrooms
• Tips for making the most of your limited time with small groups
• Ideas for creating lessons that are responsive to student needs based on observations
• How journaling about students can support lesson planning for ELs
• Strategies for reviewing content for your ELs in fun and engaging ways

Resources

As mentioned in the episode, I am linking some useful resources!

• The ESL Teaching Roadmap – membership community for middle and high school ESL/ELL teachers. As a thank you for listening, use code ESLPODCAST for 10% off when you join. 
• 25 Authentic Speaking Activities for Your ESL Classroom
• Simply Ieva ESL Teachers Pay Teachers Store
• Teachable Platform - Courses and Workshops
• Follow me on Instagram 
• Join the Simply Ieva Facebook Group 

You may also be interested in:

• WIDA Resource Library
• Episode 17 - A Peek Into My Middle School EL Classroom
• Episode 18 - Collaboration with Teachers, Families, and Students with Beth Mailley

In today’s episode, I speak with Kristen Vibas, an ELL teacher from Virginia who I met on Instagram. Kristen has been teaching since 2005.
She shares how she went from aspiring actress to ELL teacher, and shares peeks into her classroom. You will love the tips and strategies she has developed on how to support multilingual students and how to teach reading to ELLs as much as I did.

Both content teachers and ELL teachers will find this episode valuable as reading is such a critical part of learning in all subjects.

What you will learn about how to teach reading:

• The 5 components of reading 
• Reasons why reading is such a difficult domain for many students to master
• Tips and strategies for teaching reading to ELLs
• How reading instruction differs between younger and older students
• Suggestions for avoiding the dreaded “summer slide” with reading skills

Resources

As mentioned in the episode, I am linking some useful resources!

• The ESL Teaching Roadmap – membership community for middle and high school ESL/ELL teachers. As a thank you for listening, use code ESLPODCAST for 10% off when you join. 
• 25 Authentic Speaking Activities for Your ESL Classroom
• Simply Ieva ESL Teachers Pay Teachers Store
• Teachable Platform - Courses and Workshops
• Follow me on Instagram 
• Join the Simply Ieva Facebook Group 

You may also be interested in:

• Follow Kristen Vibas on Instagram
• A Walk in the Chalk - Kristen Vibas' Blog
• Episode 21 - How to Pre-Teach Vocabulary in the Mainstream Classroom

I have been a big believer in the importance of social emotional learning for a long time. But, teaching amidst the pandemic for the last few years has really emphasized how vital it is for all students, particularly for English learners. There are five competencies to social emotional learning - self awareness, self management, social awareness, relationship skills, decision making skills. Each of these is worthy of a dedicated episode. 
So, in today’s episode, I focus specifically on self management. I will share the challenges I see my middle and high school students face with regards to self management and the techniques I have developed to help them help themselves.

Here’s what you will learn about Self Management:

• How choice boards illuminated my students’ challenges with self management
• Details of the 5 part self management structure  I use in my classroom
• How and when to support students with goal setting 
• How teaching my students the difference between urgent and important got my students to put their phones down during class
• How opportunities for flexible seating, time blocking, and reflection/self-evaluation help students practice self management

Resources

As mentioned in the episode, I am linking some useful resources!

• The ESL Teaching Roadmap – membership community for middle and high school ESL/ELL teachers. As a thank you for listening, use code ESLPODCAST for 10% off when you join. 
• Simply Ieva ESL Teachers Pay Teachers Store
• Teachable Platform - Courses and Workshops
• Follow me on Instagram 
• Join the Simply Ieva Facebook Group 

You may also be interested in:

• CASEL - Fundamentals of Social Emotional Learning
• The Eisenhower matrix in the classroom
• Book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (affiliate link)
• Episode 4 - Choice Boards

Planning for middle school EL students  is different from planning for just about any other class. You may have 20 students or just a few, and you will likely have a wide variety of different proficiency levels and students all at the same time. In my situation this school year, at least in middle school, I am teaching seventh and eighth grade students who span levels 1 through 4 on the WIDA language proficiency assessment. In this episode I will be sharing with you how I account for all of their unique needs and what my setup and planning looks like on a daily basis.

Here is what you will hear about middle school EL lessons:

• Considerations I make while lesson planning for my ESL class.
• How I leverage independent work to check in with students individually
• Why I believe that addressing social emotional needs is as important as academics
• How I teach language through core content
• Curriculum resources I recommend and resources I have created myself (which you can find in my ESL teaching roadmap membership!)
• Elements of Universal Lesson Design and how to incorporate them into your assignments
• The simple question I end every class with

As mentioned in the episode, I am linking some useful resources!

• The ESL Teaching Roadmap – membership community for middle and high school ESL/ELL teachers. As a thank you for listening, use code ESLPODCAST for 10% off when you join. 
• Simply Ieva ESL Teachers Pay Teachers Store
• Teachable Platform - Courses and Workshops
• Follow me on Instagram 
• Join the Simply Ieva Facebook Group 

You may also be interested in: 

• ESL Curriculum by National Geographic - Inside USA
• Why UDL Matters for English Language Learners
• Demystifying Complex Texts: What are "Complex" Texts and How Can We Ensure ELLs and MLs Can Access Them?

So often we hear advice from educators who have been in the classroom, honing their craft for years. While their experience is valuable, I thought it would be refreshing to hear from an ESL teacher who is in the beginning stages of her career. Today, I chat with Kennedy Merriam, my student teacher this semester, who has been so open and creative during her time with me. She shares her own journey to finding ESL teaching and the reasons she is so passionate about this career. 

Kennedy is from Massachusetts and is currently a senior at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH. She will be graduating with a major in Spanish and a minor in ESOL education, with certification to teach ELL students in grades 9-12 in Massachusetts. She is passionate about the Spanish language, traveling, and writing music (she’s also a singer!). Extroverted, compassionate and a keen listener, Kennedy will always try to understand and support another person, and I have seen that in action so many times! She is eager to get even more experience working with newcomers so she can better serve them and can’t wait to continue her career working with English Learners and newcomers.

Here is what you will hear about ESL Teaching:

• What teachers of English Learners teach, besides the language
• Why ESL teaching is such a rewarding career
• A few things that may surprise you about teaching English Learners and new comers 
• Advice for new ESL teachers and student teachers
• Tips and strategies for all teachers with English Learners in their class
• Essential ideas for vocabulary instruction to support your ESL students and newcomers

Resources

Mentioned in the Episode:

• Follow Kennedy on Instagram
• Follow Kennedy on Facebook
• The ESL Teaching Roadmap – membership community for middle and high school ESL/ELL teachers. As a thank you for listening, use code ESLPODCAST for 10% off when you join. 
• Follow me on Instagram 
• Join the Simply Ieva Facebook Group 

You may also be interested in:

• Episode 2: What to Teach ESL Newcomers First
• Episode 13: Teaching Newcomers - A Peek into Karen Emerson’s Classroom
• Episode 14: Vocabulary for ESL Students

Teachers are often puzzled when they approach teaching grammar for a couple of reasons. Particularly if they are native english speakers, they often don’t feel like they know formal grammar rules very well. They just know when a phrase or sentence “sounds right.”

The other big struggle for teachers is not knowing what order makes sense to teach grammar rules to their students. 

But the bottom line is ESL students do need to learn grammar so that they have a framework, a safety net, to rely on as they learn and practice the language. In fact, students often ask me for help with grammar and give a sigh of relief when they are handed a grammar worksheet. Remember, those rules provide them with a sense of safety.

In this podcast episode, I will break down the most important grammar points to touch upon when you get a new beginner English learner and the suggested order in which to teach them. 
Here is what you will hear about Grammar for English Learners:

• Reasons you may feel overwhelmed by teaching grammar
• Reasons it is important to teach grammar to your English Learners
• What grammar rules are most important to teach
• What order I suggest teaching grammar
• Activity suggestions specific to the age of your students

As mentioned in the episode, I am linking some useful resources!

• Simply Ieva ESL Teachers Pay Teachers Store
• Teachable Platform - Courses and Workshops
• Grammar Teaching Sequence 
• The Grammar Answer Key: Short Explanations to 100 ESL Questions

The ESL Teaching Roadmap – membership community for middle and high school ESL/ELL teachers. As a thank you for listening, use code ESLPODCAST for 10% off when you join. 

Follow me on Instagram 

Join the Simply Ieva Facebook Group 

How to Teach ESL Grammar for Beginners: Tips, Activities and Games

Video: Grammar Teaching Tips for ESL Teachers

In this episode, we discuss:

• Challenges I have faced this school year
• Balancing motherhood and teaching
• My recent career change 
• Updates to the monthly membership program

Check out this episode and others on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, & Adventures in ESL! 

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We all know that learning a new language requires vocabulary instruction, but what is the best approach? Which words should we teach? Which words are the most important? And how can we help students retain the academic vocabulary we teach them? I address these questions in today’s episode.

Language learning is not an overnight process, and vocabulary teaching is ongoing whether you work with exclusively newcomers or have long-term English learners. It is said that it takes learning a word seven times in different contexts for that word to become part of your vocabulary. 

There are simple ways teachers can intentionally incorporate content vocabulary before, during, and after an activity that will greatly improve their ESL students’ ability to understand the lesson and retain the vocabulary. I share a few of my favorite tools and activities as well as two well researched frameworks for introducing new words to your students that will take your vocabulary instruction to the next level. 

Here is what you will hear in this episode:

• 3 effective tools you can use to use to teach new vocabulary
• 2 research-based frameworks for vocabulary instruction that have been proven to increase the retention of academic vocabulary
• Ways to intentionally incorporate repetition and visual representations of new academic vocabulary into your classroom to support student learning
• Ideas for differentiating vocabulary instruction for students at different proficiency levels

As mentioned in the episode, I am linking some useful resources!

Reminder - 10% of the proceeds from my sales in March 2022 will be donated to Unicef to benefit the people of Ukraine. 

• Simply Ieva ESL Teachers Pay Teachers Store
• Teachable Platform - Courses and Workshops

You may also be interested in:

• Teaching Absolute Beginners: An ESL Teacher’s Handbook
• 25 Authentic Speaking Activities for Your ESL Classroom
• 3 Tips That Will Rock Your ESL Vocabulary Instruction
• Dr. Maria Calderon’s 7 Steps to Vocabulary Pre-teaching
• Marzano’s Six-Step Process for Teaching Vocabulary 
• Pixabay 
• A Speaking Game That Will Captivate Your ESL Students

The ESL Teaching Roadmap – membership community for middle and high school ESL/ELL teachers. As a thank you for listening, use code ESLPODCAST for 20% off when you join. 

In today’s episode, I am chatting with Karen Emerson, who is a friend and a fellow ELL teacher in the town that I live in. She works with the youngest English learners - grades K-1. I met Karen through one of our monthly state EL meetings, and we hit it off right away. I could sense her passion for working with English learners and her creativity in approaching teaching, especially newcomers! What and how to teach newcomers has been by far the most frequently asked question in my career. So when I was thinking of recording episodes about newcomer teaching, she was the first person that came to mind. I think as teachers, we always want to take a little peek into our colleague’s classroom. Sometimes we want to know where to start when we are feeling overwhelmed, sometimes we want to get inspired and sometimes we just want to know that we are on the right path. This episode is exactly about that - Karen shares her insights and ideas for teaching newcomer English learners and you can hear the wisdom and lighthearted humor in everything she does. I had so much fun talking with her, and I hope you can feel it too.

Here is what you will hear:

• How Karen became an ELL teacher - a story that is not exactly a typical one.
• Karen's approach to teaching newcomers any time of year:
  • how she helps them feel welcome
  • how she collaborates with classroom teachers
  • the WHAT and the HOW of teaching newcomers
• How she keeps in contact with newcomer families
• and so much more!

Below you will find useful resources.

• Charities you can donate to help Ukrainian people:
  • Blue-Yellow
  • Unicef 
  • St.Javelin clothing, stickers, etc. - all proceeds from purchases go to support vulnerable people in Ukraine.
• The ESL Newcomer Teaching Checklist
• Teaching Absolute Beginners: An ESL Teacher's Handbook
• 25 Authentic Speaking Activities for Your ESL Classroom 
• Simply Ieva Teachers Pay Teachers store
• The ESL Teaching Roadmap - membership community for middle and high school ESL/ELL teachers. As a thank you for listening, use code ESLPODCAST for 10% off when you join. 

In today’s episode, I am chatting with my friend Carissa Ford about teaching speaking to our English learners. Speaking is such a personal aspect of language learning, and that is just one of the challenges our multilingual students face. Carissa and I dive into the best practices in teaching speaking from tasks to activities and lessons to projects. You’ll hear about the differences of teaching speaking to newcomer English learners and to long term English learners as well as tips for mainstream classroom teachers. Carissa Ford is a former high school ESL teacher where she taught newcomers and long term English learners. She also spent four years in Mongolia training preservice teachers, hosting professional development workshops, and leading a language program. Carissa currently works as a curriculum writer creating digital content for multilingual learner programs.

This was such a fun interview, and I hope you can feel that as well while listening. 

Here is what you will hear in this episode:

• Carissa's story - how she decided to become an ELL teacher and what keeps her going
• reasons why speaking is such a challenging aspect of language learning for most students
• creative and easy-to-implement speaking activities 
• ideas on how mainstream teachers can seamlessly implement speaking into their daily lessons

Below you will find useful resources.

• Charities you can donate to help Ukrainian people:
  • Blue-Yellow
  • Unicef 
  • St.Javelin clothing, stickers, etc. - all proceeds from purchases go to support vulnerable people in Ukraine.
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• Blog post - 3 Fantastic Speaking Activities That Will Make Your ESL Class More Exciting
• Teaching Absolute Beginners: An ESL Teacher's Handbook
• 25 Authentic Speaking Activities for Your ESL Classroom 
• Simply Ieva Teachers Pay Teachers store
• The ESL Teaching Roadmap - membership community for middle and high school ESL/ELL teachers. As a thank you for listening, use code ESLPODCAST for 10% off when you join. 

In today’s episode, I want to chat with you about a special group of students - those who have limited or interrupted formal education, otherwise known as SLIFE. 
Chances are many of us have encountered a student from this group at least once. And with everything that is going on in the world right now, we are likely to see more and more need to help these children that have found themselves in difficult situations due to no fault of their own. 
So today, I will share with you everything I know about SLIFE students - who they are, what they need, how they learn, how we can teach them as well as give you five does and don’ts to utilize - or NOT - in the classroom. 

Here is what you will hear in this episode:

• Who SLIFE students are
• What they need
• Three steps to help them
• 5 dos and don'ts of teachers with SLIFE in the classroom. 

As always, below you will find related resources that will help support your ELs and save you planning time!

• MALP Education website
• Blog post - Teaching Slife Students: What You Need to Know
• Teaching Absolute Beginners: An ESL Teacher's Handbook
• 25 Authentic Speaking Activities for Your ESL Classroom 
• The ESL Teaching Roadmap - membership community for middle and high school ESL/ELL teachers. As a thank you for listening, use code ESLPODCAST for 10% off when you join.