Learner Resources

Common Errors: Examples and Handout

September 6, 2018

Learning to self-correct is an important skill language learners must develop. Check out this list of common errors I’ve been collecting. Share it with your students to help them review the mistakes...

Discussion / Learner Resources / Lessons and Handouts

Three Steps to Better Pronunciation

April 21, 2018

This is a great activity to help English learners improve their pronunciation of English sentences by paying attention to phrases and stressed words. ...

Learner Resources / Lessons and Handouts

Become an Expert Language Learner

April 20, 2018

Are you learning a Language? Check out these strategies to help you be an expert language learner. Are you a teacher? Use this article in your class to help students develop their language learning strategies....

Learner Resources / Lessons and Handouts

Ways to Study Over Break

April 15, 2018

If you're learning English, read about different ways to study English to help your language skills improve. If you're a teacher, print the handout to give to your students or share this article...

Grammar / Learner Resources / Lessons and Handouts / Uncategorized / Verbs

Simple Past Tense Quick Reference Handout

February 17, 2018

The simple past is a commonly used verb tense in English. It's also a tense that English learners often struggle to form and use correctly. This handout is a great resource for learners to keep with...

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Simple Past Tense Cloze Paragraphs

February 15, 2018

Help build verb knowledge with these three past tense cloze paragraphs. There are two paragraphs in simple past and one paragraph that requires both simple past and past progressive. ...

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Simple Present Tense Tip Sheet

February 12, 2018

It's not always easy to find a condensed handout that explains the basics of a particular grammatical structure. I recently created this one for the simple present tense for my class. I'm planning...

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Simple Present and Present Progressive Cloze Paragraphs

February 10, 2018

Verb tenses can be a challenge for students. This document contains clozes to help English learners practice the simple present, the present progressive, and then both tenses together. The three different...

Classroom Ideas / Learner Resources

Becoming Multilingual: Study Strategies for the Language Learner

January 17, 2018

Even though there are many benefits, the question many people have is how? Learning another language can be challenging, but it’s not impossible. This article tells about some great strategies to help...

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English Verb Tenses and Aspects Handout

December 29, 2017

Verbs are very important, but they're also challenging for students. This handout breaks English verbs down by tense and aspect and then gives examples for each. ...

Classroom Ideas / Grammar / Learner Resources

The Sunday Review is Back

September 24, 2017

If you are learning English, the Sunday Review is a resource that can help you with this process. After a summer break, the Sunday Review is back for the fall semester with a weekly list of sentences with...

Discussion / Grammar / Learner Resources / Slides

Some and Any Grocery Shopping Activity

April 18, 2017

Use these food vocabulary cards and shopping lists to have your students participate in a fun and interactive grocery shopping activity to practice using some and any. ...

Classroom Ideas / Grammar / Learner Resources / Slides

The Sunday Review

March 5, 2017

This week, TESOL Planner is releasing the first in a series of grammar practice slide shares to offer English learners the opportunity to study and review on their own. If you’ve ever found yourself...