The ESL / ELL Teacher's Survival Guide: Ready-to-Use Strategies, Tools, and Activities for Teaching English Language…

I've been teaching ESL for 20+ years and still learned a lot from this seasoned team's ideas. I teach at the elementary level in a pull-out, push-in setting and there was still a lot of good ideas in here for me. I particularly liked the description of the classroom routines and how they use lists of sentences about a topic (called Text Sets) to have students categorize and think about the topics. The categorized digital resources are worth the price of admission. Yes, Larry Ferlazzo has many of these on his website and, yes, some of the links just refer you there. It's the world's go-to for curated lists of sites for ELLs. I like that the book only lists a few of the best for each category.

This book is potentially a career-saver for me. I am a teacher of ELL students in Taiwan, transitioning from year one to year two. Coming out of my first year, I have reflected on what I did well and what I could do better. The former, too little...the latter, too much. I returned to the U.S. for two weeks and brought back books similar to this one. Of the books I brought back, this has proven to be most effective, and I am excited about using the lessons I learned from this book, modifying them for my classroom, and, I hope, seeing some real progress from my students!There are a number of helpful game ideas, unit plans, and even relationship-building and classroom-management tips that I hope will prove highly beneficial to both me and my students.The reason for 4 stars rather than 5 is that, after a few chapters, the authors tend to recycle ideas and re-word their plans and lessons; the repetition is important, but I did skip a couple of pages here and there.Overall, a very helpful resource for teachers of all abilities!

A good book for teachers of English as a Second Language. It is especially useful for relatively new teachers. As someone who has been teaching ESL for some 20 years I found it to be of not much value to me.

I love this book because it is well organized with relevant information about teaching ESL to ELLs. There are great sample exercises and the best websites with even more information and resources to study. I needed something to update me on the latest research and effective methods for teaching ESL, since I've been living abroad for 5 years and felt "out of touch" with the world of formal education. There are many classes for learning English in the country where I live, but they use outdated methods which I find to be ineffective, as the students have difficulty applying their knowledge into practice for work or travelling. The students feel frustrated and like they have wasted their money. This is not a book for a teacher who wants day-by-day planning or a specific curriculum. It is more about how to teach better and create programs based on empirical evidence.

This is a great book if you need to do something NOW to help English Language Learners! It is my new "go to" guide to demonstrate for teachers how to create easy and meaningful English Language Development strategies. Buy this book. You won't be sorry.

I'm a new ESL teacher and this is the FIRST ESL resource book I've come across that aligns with the teaching methodology I'm learning in Graduate School and actually makes sense. I'm about halfway through at this point and the insight I've gained thus fair is invaluable. I can't get through a single page without highlighting the hell out of key points and making notes in the margins. This book is a must if you're teaching ESL, especially in a school system, although the strategies and tactics can be applied to adults as well.

This was an excellent book for studying for the CTEL test! One of only two that I found that actually had useful info in it!

First impression: I like the larger, easy-to-read font choice. Thank you!So far, the "I am" Project (page 21), Chapter 3, pages 198, 199, Chapter 11 = are those that have the most penciled in margin notes and/or post-it reference tabs.It is one of those books that even a very experienced ESL / ESOL / ELL / EFL (whatever acronym you use) teacher/facilitator will be likely to find useful to review, even if just to be reminded of a few tricks that she or he has not used in awhile, to become more aware of research supporting the "why we do and try to do what we do and try to do."As someone who has been a fan of Larry Ferlazzo and his prolific blogging and tweeting for years, I felt I owed it to him -- and to visitors to my bookshelves -- to purchase a copy of this text. As an adult ELL educator, even though the book is marked for Grades 4 -12, many chapters and much of the information has relevancy.This is a text that is not likely to overwhelm newbies and/or classroom volunteers -- a quick flip-though may well lead to a careful reading of the Contents pages, and then to self-selected study.The Afterword is well chosen.The Notes section will make you wish for access to a hyper-linked copy of same!This is a great text to have near you while lesson-planning, at hand during peer-to-peer / staff committee meetings, a text to revisit frequently.Holly

Not a manual for teaching English as a second or other language (ESL or ESOL). The book has a little info (32 pages) on general techniques of teaching and classroom management for ESL. However the overwhelming focus is on teaching techniques for the core curriculum and daily instruction of English language learners (ELL). There is much less information or detail than you would expect, given its 332 pages, do to the large font, numerous blank pages and ridiculously oversized figures. The book is definitely overpriced for its usefulness.

Ready to use is the word! After 25 years of teaching ESL and EFL, I still got so much from this book! Great ideas. Complete plans for teaching beginner and intermediate courses. Connects to a website filled with resources. I especially appreciated the advice on finding great online sites to use in class. This book is really worth the cost!

I found this book very informative and useful. It is truly a practical approach to teaching and although it is primarily adapted to a school setting, I find it very helpful in my current work with adult learners! I highly recommend it!

As práticas e dicas no livro são muito boas e realmente ajudam nas aulas.

great for any teacher, new or old. provides great tips/ ideas for esl students