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Classroom Teacher's ESL Survival Kit #1

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I have taught ESL in grades K-12 for four years. This book has been by my side the whole time. It has tons of helpful information and blackline masters to use with beginning students of English. It is also a wonderful resource to share with regular ed. teachers who have questions about dealing with their ESL students.

I have been teaching English as a Second Language for over a decade, and Elizabeth Clare's books have been staples in my lesson plans for much of that time! Her ideas are very practical and can be used in the regular classroom to help shelter and mainstream, or in small group or even individual pull-out programs.

I own an English language school in Japan and this book is utterly useless. It might be of some use to you if your idea of teaching is to photocopy boring worksheets and pray that nobody notices. This book is a waste of money. There is nothing of value to any trained professional. (...) I bought several of her books and regret each purchase. In my situation, I need to not only teach the English language, but make it interesting and fun since that is what the parents of my students are paying for. Results. (...)

When teachers first encounter ESL students, they tend to treat them like SPED (special ed) students. ESL students are NOT dumb or handicapped, they are language challenged! This book and its partner, ESL Survival Kit #2, are ideas which are tried and true to work for ESL students. Judie Haynes is a powerful writer and ESL proponent and even has her own website, [...]

Buy this book if you have ESL students and need help. This was actually considered the "bible" of its day!It has many ideas that work very well.

Winnie Senty

If I could return this book, I would.
The lessons are not very good. Search the net and you will find much better.
The copyable pages are not very good. You can make better with your pc and cheap printer.
It gives you a lot of ideas for other books to buy. Save your money and google "ESL Lessons" +kids. After your search you will have enough useful free teaching material and ideas to fill several books.