Posts by Jake Young

Conversation lessons are a great way to practice and develop speaking skills for adults (and teenagers), but you may be a little lost on how to give your student the most out of the lesson. You don’t want to just show up to the lesson and chat. You should want to give them the most…

For Business English students, it’s important that ESL lessons are based on the needs of their day to day work. They want to practice situations taken from their real professional lives. Some are: making phone calls, being able to hold and carry on conversations, and preparing and giving presentations.  Coming up with creative activities and finding…

Every language teacher knows that speaking is a core skill to teach and practice, but sometimes it can be challenging to come up with creative or engaging ESL speaking activities. Let’s dive into seven quick and easy ESL speaking activities you can integrate into your lessons to practice speaking with teens or adults. They are…