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ESL Teacher's Activities Kit: Over 160 Stimulating, Easy-to-Use Games and Activities to Enhance Language Learning in Any Second-Language Teaching Situation

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This book is perfect for those looking for a comprehensive ESOL teaching book. It is organized by levels and subjects. In addition it gives you ideas that are interesting and use the newest methods for teaching ESOL. This book is not for people who are old fashioned in their teaching methods.

This book isn't as bad as all the reviews you've read. I've taught overseas, in the US (elementary, middle school, and high school). It's definitly not the best! but, the skilled instructor can make many of these activities work for the benefit of the students. On the contrary, because the materials are so 'general,' it takes more creativity and (sometimes) more preparation for the ESL/EFL teacher.

Give it a try. I'd recommend it to more experienced (and some inexperienced) teachers. Use your imagination and creativity in teaching!

This book is terrific and I am terribly happy it arrived so quickly so I could implement some strategies into my 'back to school" lessons this year.

I was transferred from teaching Spanish into a class of ESL students...who didn't speak spanish. I had no idea where to begin, how to organize, how to prepare lessons for students of many different English ability levels. The text book i was told to use didn't relate to the students needs. My supervisor put this book into my hands and I had an expert friend at my side...No jargon, many usuable engaging activities both for early elementary and my older students in 5th and 6th grades. I highly recommend it.

This was as disappointing of a book as I've bought. I have found much better material on the internet for free. 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. This woman is a sham. 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 and children who don't hate the English language due to poor teaching. avoid Elizabeth Claire like the plague.
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. . . this book is of limited use here in Korea. It seems to be a typical example of the way in which Americans believe their methods are the best - pure North American navel-gazing, if you ask me.

I have also worked in Taiwan and it is the same there - shops full of American books being sold as ESL titles when in fact they are intended for native American English speakers who already speak the language.

Get real, people. Nothing I have tried to use from this book has worked since I bought it.

Perhaps if you are lazy and just wish to photocopy boring activities and space out behind your desk, this book is for you. I own an English school in Japan and this was utterly useless. The activities are unimaginative and rote. The author is a sham. Avoid this lemon.