Peer Feedback in ESL: 8 Strategies That Work
A structured system for peer feedback in ESL classrooms: sentence frames, a compliment-suggestion-correction protocol, feedback forms, partner rotation, and fixes for face-saving classroom cultures.
English Idioms: Animals — 10 Expressions You Need to Know
English speakers have been borrowing from the barnyard and the savanna for centuries, and the result is a set of animal idioms that show up in boardrooms, classrooms, and casual conversation alike. When a manager tells a team to hold their horses, or a friend admits they’re letting the cat out of the bag, they’re…
7 Best Flipgrid Alternatives for ESL Teachers
Microsoft shut down Flipgrid — rebranded Flip in 2022 — for good on October 1, 2024, deleting every video that wasn’t downloaded by September 30. For ESL teachers, the closest of the Flipgrid alternatives is VoiceThread, which keeps the same asynchronous audio, video, and text replies to a shared prompt that made Flipgrid useful for…
ESL Report Card Comments: 50 Proven Phrases
Good ESL report card comments name one specific skill, give a concrete example of what the student can already do, and set one next step — never a vague label like “needs to improve.” For a mixed-proficiency class, pair a WIDA-style proficiency note (Entering, Developing, Bridging, and so on) with plain, jargon-free wording a parent…
Mentimeter for ESL Teachers: Honest Review
Mentimeter for ESL teachers reviewed: real 2026 pricing, the word-cloud trick for shy students, and where it beats Kahoot and Quizlet.
Gimkit for ESL Teachers: 2026 Honest Review
Gimkit for ESL teachers is a live and self-paced quiz game where students earn in-game currency for correct answers and spend it on power-ups and strategy upgrades, which makes repeated vocabulary drilling feel like a game instead of a worksheet. For ESL teachers specifically, Gimkit’s biggest wins are the AI question generator (build a 20-question…
Blooket for ESL Teachers: 2026 Honest Review
Blooket is a free, game-based review platform where students answer the same vocabulary or grammar set through more than 25 different mini-games, from a slow-paced Café mode to a fast Gold Quest race. It’s COPPA-compliant, ad-free for students, and needs no student account to play, which makes it a low-friction way to turn a 10-minute…
Wordwall for ESL Teachers: 2026 Honest Review
Wordwall for ESL teachers: real 2026 pricing, how it compares to Kahoot, what peer-reviewed research says about retention, and a 15-minute setup walkthrough.
IELTS Writing Task 2: 8 Proven Teaching Tips
Teach IELTS Writing Task 2 the way examiners actually score it — 8 classroom-tested strategies for task response, cohesion, vocabulary, and grammar.
LiveWorksheets for ESL Teachers: 2026 Honest Review
LiveWorksheets lets ESL teachers upload a PDF or image worksheet and turn it into a self-grading digital exercise with typed answers, drag-and-drop, and audio recording. The free plan caps you at 30 private worksheets, 10 workbooks, and 100 students; the $7/month Premium plan raises that to 1,000 worksheets, 100 workbooks, and 400 students with ads…
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