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If you want some fun ideas for St. Patrick's Day ESL lessons, have a listen! Jackie shares all of her tips and tricks for how to fun a fun Saint Patrick's Day lesson with your students.

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ESL Saint Patrick's Day
Saint Patrick's Day from Jackie on Youtube
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103 Low-Prep ESL Speaking Games and Activities  (on Amazon)
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Do you want to level up your English teaching? I’m sure you do! Then keep on reading for my top 10 ESL teacher mistakes and how to avoid or fix them. Don't worry, it's actually not that difficult to avoid these common English teacher mistakes.

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Top 10 ESL Teacher Mistakes 
Jackie on YouTube
Jackie on TikTok
Jackie on Pinterest
Teaching ESL for Dummies  (on Amazon)
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Modals (may, can, might, should, etc.) is a common unit in many beginner and intermediate ESL textbooks. Find out all the tips, tricks, games and activities you need to help students master English modals in style, plus have a bit of fun in the process.

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ESL Modal Activities
Jackie on YouTube
Jackie on TikTok
Teach Travel Learn (on YouTube)
ESL Vocabulary Activities for Kids  (on Amazon)
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If you want to teach ESL/EFL like a boss, then you'll need to check out these 7 tips for teaching English conversation. They include: 

1. Student-centred teaching
2. Thinking time
3. Feedback
4. Graded language
5. ESL Lesson planning
6. Q & A
7. Follow-up questions

Level up your English conversation classes for all ages and levels! Have a listen and be sure to give this podcast a review if you enjoyed it. 

Links:
Teaching ESL For Dummies (on Amazon)
Jackie on YouTube
ESL Speaking on Pinterest
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If you want to celebrate New Year's Eve or New Year's Day with your English learners, have a listen to this episode to do it in style! Jackie and Jennifer talk about all things cultural considerations, New Year ESL games and activities, fun holiday ideas for all teachers, and more.

Links:
More ESL New Year's Activities
Book: 63 ESL Holiday Games and Activities
Jackie on YouTube
ESL Speaking on Pinterest
Teach Travel Learn (on YouTube)
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If you teach English to teenagers, this is the episode for you. Have a listen as I share my top 5 tips for teaching ESL to teens, including not taking things personally, considering student needs, choosing relevant topics and more. Level up your English classes with teenagers!

Be sure to check out my book:  129 ESL Games and Activities for Teens.

More Links:
ESL Games for Teens (blog article)
Jackie on YouTube
ESL Speaking on Pinterest
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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!

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ESL/EFL Teaching Practice and Methodology (on Amazon)
Jackie on YouTube
ESL Speaking on Pinterest
Teach Travel Learn (on YouTube)
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Jackie and Jennifer talk about all things end of the year and the last day of class games and activities. Have some fun with your students celebrating the end.

Some ideas include a memory book, thank you notes, fun competitions, and more. Have a listen! If you like this podcast, please leave a review. We'd really appreciate it.

Find Out More:
End-of-the-Year Activities Blog Article
Jackie on YouTube
ESL Speaking on Pinterest
Teach Travel Learn (on YouTube)
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Jackie and Jennifer talk about all things teaching ESL/EFL to beginners. Pick up some tips, along with some of our go-to ESL games and activities when teaching English to lower-level students.

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103 Fun ESL Games & Activities (on Amazon)
Jackie on YouTube
ESL Speaking on Pinterest
Teach Travel Learn (on YouTube)
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The Today in Manufacturing Podcast is brought to you by the editors from Manufacturing.net and Industrial Equipment News (IEN).  In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward. This week:

- Haribo Gifts Man Candy After He Finds Company's $4M Lost Check
- Investigation Blames Factory Blast on Errors, 'Alarm Fatigue'
- Tesla Gigafactory Construction Workers Allege Unsafe Conditions, Wage Theft
- There's a New World's Fastest Production EV
- Automaker Aims to Capitalize on Tech Layoffs

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Please make sure to like, subscribe and share the podcast. You could also help us out a lot by giving the podcast a positive review. Finally, to email the podcast, you can reach any of us at David, Jeff or Anna [at] ien.com, with “Email the Podcast” in the subject line.

Find out all the details you need to know about how to teach ESL listening, including a listening lesson plan template, tips & tricks, along with some of our go-to websites, games and activities. Level up your TEFL listening classes in style!

Find Out More:
ESL Listening Games and Activities
Jackie on YouTube
Jackie on TikTok
Teach Travel Learn (on YouTube)
ESL listening Activities for Teenagers and Adults (on Amazon)
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Do you want more engaging and interactive ESL speaking games and activities for children? Of course! Drop in on a conversation between Jackie and Jennifer as they share their favourite ones with you. 

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Jackie on TikTok
Teach Travel Learn (on YouTube)
ESL Speaking Games for Kids
101 ESL Activities for Kids (on Amazon)
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Jackie and Jennifer talk about everything ESL reading, including general tips, activities, along with an ESL reading lesson plan template. Teaching English reading to all levels and ages in style with these tips and tricks! And of course, don't forget to have a look at Breaking News English, the gold mine for everything teaching ESL/EFL reading. 

Check out the following resources:

ESL Reading Games and Activities (blog article)
ESL Reading Activities for Teenagers and Adults (book on Amazon)
ESL Reading Activities for Kids (book on Amazon)

Find Jennifer at: https://www.teachtravellearn.com/
Find Jackie at: https://www.amazon.com/Jackie-Bolen/e/B00PHYOM5I/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1
Podcast info: https://www.eslactivity.org/podcast/

Forgetting materials at home. The photocopier is broken. You get a new class 5 minutes before it's supposed to start. The material is too difficult or too easy.

These are common things that happen to all English teachers but the good news is that it doesn't have to mean disaster. There are some simple solutions to these difficult ESL teaching situations.

Find out what to do in all these emergency English teaching situations, keep your cool and make it appear like nothing is wrong at all!

Need some last-minute, no-prep, no materials ESL games and activities to have up your sleeve? This is the book that you're going to want to check out this book on Amazon: English Teacher Emergency.

Find Jennifer at: https://www.teachtravellearn.com/
Find Jackie at: https://www.amazon.com/Jackie-Bolen/e/B00PHYOM5I/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1
Podcast info: https://www.eslactivity.org/podcast/

Jackie and Jennifer talk about everything ESL Jigsaw Activities and Games, also known as Information Gap activities. Find out what a jigsaw activity is and why you might want to consider using them in class. Plus, some tips and tricks for everything information gap ESL!

Want to know more about jigsaw activities? Want to check out some of the best options for information gap ideas to use in class?  Have a look here:
https://www.eslactivity.org/information-gap-activities/

Task-Based teaching book: 39 Task-Based Teaching and Learning Activities
Find Jennifer at: https://www.teachtravellearn.com/
Find Jackie at: https://www.amazon.com/Jackie-Bolen/e/B00PHYOM5I/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1
Podcast info: https://www.eslactivity.org/podcast/

Join Jackie and William as they talk about teaching English in the Middle East, including job opportunities, qualifications required, and what it's like to actually live there.

Find Jennifer at: https://www.teachtravellearn.com/
Find Jackie at: https://www.amazon.com/Jackie-Bolen/e/B00PHYOM5I/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1
Podcast info: https://www.eslactivity.org/podcast/

Join Jackie and Jennifer as they share some very practical tips for making ESL/EFL classrooms more student-centred (as opposed to more teacher-centred) And find out why this even matters in the first place.

Find Jennifer at: https://www.teachtravellearn.com/
Find Jackie at: https://www.amazon.com/Jackie-Bolen/e/B00PHYOM5I/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1
Podcast info: https://www.eslactivity.org/podcast/

Join Jackie and Jennifer as they talk about their favourite ESL icebreaker activities and games. Start your classes off on the right foot with these fun and engaging TEFL icebreakers for all ages and levels.

Top 30 ESL Icebreakers: https://eslspeaking.org/top-10-esl-icebreakers/
39 ESL Icebreakers (book on Amazon): https://amzn.to/2VevAk5

Find Jennifer at: https://www.teachtravellearn.com/
Find Jackie at: https://www.amazon.com/Jackie-Bolen/e/B00PHYOM5I/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1
Podcast info: https://www.eslactivity.org/podcast/

Great Joe Rogan and Bill Burr story from the SiriusXM days.  Also, coffees from around the world as I steal beer, the crazies really come out during a heatwave, Krispy Kreme hat from Carl Ruiz, getting rid of cars like you get rid of your pets, everyone wats a fruity drink, an issue with Dawgie, my kids can't understand the lack of technology I had growing up, I don't blame Howard Stern taking the whole summer off and much more!

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