Teaching Kids About Ireland When teaching kids about Ireland, you can choose many different focal points. Language teachers may choose storytelling whereas history teachers will no doubt prioritise Ireland’s fight for independence. The Emerald Isle conjures scope for engaging activities, delivering gripping stories and buckets of classroom craic. Between the many famous writers and poets,… Continue reading Teaching Kids About Ireland
Category: English Teaching Resources
Transformative English teaching resources to enrich your students’ learning experience.
ESL Games for Kids – Resources for Teachers and Parents
ESL Games for Kids – Resources for Teachers and Parents When it comes to learning a new language, kids outshine adults every time. We have all witnessed how effortlessly kids become bi- or even tri-lingual. Their affinity for sounds, curiosity, and chattiness translate into powerful learning. With a subconscious and playful trial-and-error approach, kids quickly… Continue reading ESL Games for Kids – Resources for Teachers and Parents
Adult ESL Activities
Adult ESL Activities As an ESL teacher or lecturer, you always search for ways to innovate your classroom. The degree to which your students engage determines the incline of their learning curve, the more captivating your lessons, the more meaningful and productive their learning experience. Today’s ESL resources combine traditional language learning, technology, and innovative… Continue reading Adult ESL Activities
Best Language Teaching Methods
Best Language Teaching Methods Go back 75 years, and people will tell you about verb drills, vocabulary quizzes, hours and hours of grammar drudgery, and translation-based level tests. But language tuition has come a long way since then. Scientific research has helped to develop the most effective and transformative teaching methodologies by studying language acquisition,… Continue reading Best Language Teaching Methods
Learning English Through Drama
This is a piece written by Kashi, one of our teachers, March 2018, about the benefits of using dramatic devices to enhance language learning in Atlantic Language Galway. You can also listen to her students talking about their experience learning English through drama above. After a full morning of Halloween activities, with students sleepy from… Continue reading Learning English Through Drama
English and Singing =Singlish
Do you sometimes find that people don’t understand you even though you know your grammar is correct? Do people ask you to repeat things you’ve just said because they can’t understand your accent? Do people sometimes think you’re angry when you’re hungry? Does this make you feel blue (sad)? Combine English and singing, and you’ve… Continue reading English and Singing =Singlish