Teach English through speaking drills

The Ultimate ESL Teaching Manual practices the no text-book teaching method. In short this involves two things:

The first are controlled speaking exercises called drills, where the teacher plants the grammar or vocabulary in their students’ minds by getting them to answer carefully directed questions.

The second is pairs’ speaking practice allowing your students the chance to speak and explore the grammar themselves.

This teaching technique to mimics the way we learnt our native language (through speaking, listening and repetition) but in a condensed form  allowing your students to learn a second language in classes covering just a few hours a week.

Advantages for the teacher:

Because The ESL manual is a completely self-contained English teaching system you do not need any additional text-books.

This means an end to:

• Buying expensive text-books (and updating with new editions).
• Carrying around heavy text-books meaning you can teach classes wherever you are; in classrooms, on the internet or while backpacking.
• Persuading your students to buy expensive text-books. This may be easy if you belong to an academy but for private classes and teaching online expect to pay for your services, not a book.

Plus:

• Drills are also perfect for teaching English online as teacher and student are in constant communication. No ‘dead-air’ while you both try to find the same spot in a book.
• If you have to teach from text-books, the ESL Manual can be used as supplementary material for speaking practice.
• You do not need a TEFL, TESOL, CELTA or any other teaching qualification to use this manual.

Advantages for students:

The benefits of no text-book teaching method for students are enormous. You didn’t learn your native language bent over a book. You learnt it through speaking, listening and repetition. 

Drills and speaking activities recreate how your student’s learnt their first language but in a condensed period of time meaning that they will make progress which would never be possible in text-book lessons.