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Improve your English ability in a fun way with these English Dialogues for Beginners. These easy English conversations and questions are designed for ESL/EFL learners at a high-beginner or low-intermediate level.

Even experienced ESL teachers get stuck in a rut. It's time to find some fresh ideas! Whether you're a first-time ESL/EFL/TEFL teacher, an experienced but overwhelmed instructor, or an instructor without a textbook, you need more activities for your conversation or speaking classes. During their decades of experience teaching English, authors Jackie Bolen and Jennifer Booker Smith have developed countless games and activities for their students. They're sharing their low-prep/no-prep ideas with ESL teachers throughout the world.

In 39 Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning Activities: A Very Practical Guide to Using TBL in the ESL/EFL Classroom, you'll get a ton of creative and interesting ideas for speaking, listening, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, and more to use in your own classroom. The highly detailed descriptions will show you exactly how to use the activities during your lessons. The clearly and concisely explained activities will help you add instructional variety and put the focus back on your students.

Learn hundreds of English phrasal verbs to help you get a band 7/8+ on the IELTS speaking exam. Sound like a native speaker with these common phrasal verbs that are used in the USA and around the world. Most importantly, improve your IELTS score by mastering new vocabulary words.

Learn hundreds of English collocations in a fun and engaging way! Sound like a native speaker with these common words that are used in the USA and around the world. Find out how people speak American English in real life. That’s where English Collocations in Dialogue comes in. You’ll see the collocation used in a dialogue, find out what it means and then get an opportunity to practice what you’ve learned. It’s everything you need to improve your English vocabulary and score higher on the TOEFL, TOEIC, or IELTS exams.

The Short Stories in English for Intermediate Level ESL/EFL Learners are designed to improve your English quickly and easily. Jackie Bolen has more than 15 years of experience teaching ESL/EFL to students in South Korea and Canada. She has written short stories in Canadian English about common experiences that people have living in Canada. Plus, each story has practice exercises to test your reading comprehension and vocabulary. Do the discussion questions with a friend, teacher or classmate. You'll improve your English vocabulary and reading skills in no time at all.

Welcome to this audiobook designed to help you improve your academic English vocabulary with helpful idioms, phrases, and expressions. Real World English for Academic Situations Inside & Outside the Classroom is designed for English learners at a low or high-intermediate level (IELTS levels 5-7). My goal is to help you expand your academic English vocabulary and to be able to speak and write more fluently. Improve your confidence when studying at an English-speaking college or talking to colleagues from other countries.

What would it mean for your studies or career to be able to speak and write freely in English? How about understanding more of what you hear or read? These idioms and phrases in Intermediate American English for Everyone are designed to improve your English quickly and easily. Jackie Bolen has 15 years of experience teaching ESL/EFL to students in South Korea and Canada. She has written this book filled with helpful idioms and phrases in American English, plus you'll find plenty of practice exercises. You'll improve your English vocabulary in no time at all!

Have better ESL/EFL classes with preschool and kindergarten kids. It's time to find some fresh, new ideas for English lessons for very young children! Whether you're a first-time ESL/EFL/TEFL teacher, an experienced but overwhelmed instructor, or an instructor without a textbook, you need more activities for your English classes for kindy and preschool kids. In 39 ESL Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten, you'll get a ton of creative and interesting ideas for speaking, listening, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, and more to use in your own classroom.

Collocations are words that occur together more frequently than by random chance. Sound like a native speaker with these common phrases, expressions, idioms, and phrasal verbs that are used in the USA and around the world. Most importantly, improve your IELTS score by mastering new vocabulary words. That's where Collocations for IELTS Speaking comes in. It's everything you need to improve your English vocabulary and score higher on the IELTS exam.

Set yourself apart in the business world with these phrases, expressions, and idioms in American English. Have more confidence when speaking English at a meeting with clients, during a presentation or business lunch, or when making small talk with co-workers. And that’s just to name a few of the situations that this business English book covers! Get your copy of Business English Vocabulary Builder 2 to improve your English quickly and easily. These are the business English sentences that you’ll hear over and over again in real life.

Learn hundreds of English idioms, phrases, sayings, and expressions in a fun and engaging way! Sound like a native speaker with these common idioms that are used in the USA. That's where this book of American English idioms comes in. You'll see what the idiom means, the history behind it, and then how it's used in some example sentences. It's everything you need to "bone up" on your English vocabulary! Get your copy of More American English Idioms to improve your English quickly and easily. It will help you stay motivated while consistently improving your English skills.

Find out how people speak English in real life. That’s where The Big Book of American Idioms comes in. You’ll see what the idiom means and the history behind it. Then, you'll see how it’s used in some example sentences. It’s everything you need to "bone up" on your English vocabulary! Get The Big Book of American Idioms to improve your English quickly and easily.

What would it mean for your studies or career to be able to speak and write freely in English? How about understanding more of what you hear or read? These idioms and phrases in More Advanced English Conversation Dialogues are designed to improve your English quickly and easily. Jackie Bolen has more than 15 years of experience teaching ESL/EFL to students in South Korea and Canada. She has written dialogues filled with helpful idioms and phrases in American English, plus each dialogue has practice exercises. You'll improve your English vocabulary in no time at all!

Learn how to express yourself in English with hundreds of time expressions, phrases, and idioms. Find out how to talk about time in English like a pro! These are the expressions of time used by native English speakers in the United States and Canada. This list of English phrases and expressions will prove to be invaluable, with written dialogues filled with helpful sentences, expressions, and phrases, plus each section has practice opportunities to make what you've learned more memorable. You'll improve your English vocabulary and conversational skills related to time in no time!

Whether you're a first-time ESL/EFL/TEFL teacher, an experienced but overwhelmed instructor, or an instructor without a textbook, you need more activities for your English classes focused on teaching grammar. If you're tired of wasting time wading through the junk on the Internet, then Jackie is here to help in a big way! These are the activities that she uses in her own classes.

Who or whom? Lie or lay? Borrow or lend? Master hundreds of confusing English words and word pairs quickly and easily! Sound like a native speaker with these common, but confusing words that are used in the USA and around the world. Improve your TOEFL, TOIEC or IELTS score by mastering these important words. That’s where Most Confusing Words in English Explained comes in. Have confidence with English today by mastering these most confusing words in English!

Set yourself apart in the business world with these useful phrases, expressions and idioms. Have more confidence when speaking English at a meeting with clients, during a presentation or business lunch, or when making small talk with co-workers. And that's just to name a few of the situations that this business English book covers! Business Vocabulary in Use will help you improve your English quickly and easily.

Speak English like a native speaker with Beginner English for Everyone. It's easy to learn English on your own! What would it mean for your studies or career to be able to speak and write freely in English? How about understanding more of what you hear or read? The phrases, words, and expressions in Beginner English for Everyone: Easy Words, Phrases & Expressions for Self-Study are designed to improve your English quickly and easily. You'll improve your English vocabulary in no time at all!

Speak travel English easily! There are more than 700 useful phrases, expressions, idioms, and words for airports, hotels, restaurants, sightseeing and more. Have confidence speaking English when travelling around the world. There are hundreds of common phrases and expressions in dialogues so you can see how they’re used in real life.