Keith Taylor

Teaching Reporting Verbs to ESL Students

The most common verbs we use to report what someone says are "say" and "tell". These are the verbs which students learn first when they learn reported speech. These are fine, of course, but there will come a time in your students' learning when they want to use other verbs to more accurately report what someone says. We use many different reporting verbs in English, and the way we use them in a sentence varies... (posted by Keith Taylor 4 years 342 days ago.)

Teaching the Third Conditional to ESL Students

Here's an effective way to teach the third conditional to your ESL students. 1. First, write a short story (a few paragraphs is fine) about someone who had a bad day. The first paragraph could start something like this: Sarah had to be at the airport for her flight at 9am, but her alarm didn't go off and so she overslept... With this example you could continue to talk about Sarah's travel problems... (posted by Keith Taylor 4 years 344 days ago.)

Teaching "Used to" to ESL students

Here's a way to introduce the structure "used to" to your ESL students. 1 Find or draw on the board a picture of someone who looks like they could have just won some money. A photo from a magazine of someone driving an expensive car, or sitting in a luxurious room, for example, would work well. Give the person a name, and set the scene for your students of someone who has just won the lottery, or elicit it from them... (posted by Keith Taylor 6 years 15 days ago.)