ESL Listening Activities for Teenagers and Adults: Practical Ideas for the Classroom

by Jackie Bolen

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 listening classes. If you're tired of wasting time wading through the junk on the Internet, then Jackie is here to help. During her decade of experience as a CELTA/DELTA certified teacher, author Jackie Bolen has developed countless games and activities for her students. She’s sharing her low-prep/no-prep ideas with ESL teachers throughout the world. These are the activities and games that she uses in her own classes. In ESL Listening Activities for Teenagers and Adults , you'll get dozens of ideas to use in your own classroom. The highly-detailed descriptions will show you exactly how to use the activities during your lessons. Jackie's clearly and concisely explained activities will help you add instructional variety and put the focus back on your students. Pick up a copy of the book if you want to... If you're extremely busy or you're simply out of new ideas, Jackie's book makes it easy to try out new and exciting activities your students will love!

110 pages, Paperback

Published February 3, 2020

About the author

I taught English in South Korea for a decade to every level and type of student and I've taught every age from kindergarten kids to adults. You can find me at my website: ESL Activities.

These days, I do private tutoring in Vancouver and online teaching. In my spare time, you can usually find me outside playing tennis, biking, hiking or on the hunt for the most delicious kimchi I can find.

In case you were wondering what my academic qualifications are, I hold a Master of Arts in Psychology. During my time in Korea, I completed the CELTA and DELTA teacher certification programs.

My most popular books include:

Advanced English Conversation Dialogues

39 No-Prep/Low-Prep ESL Speaking Activities for Teenagers and Adults

1001 English Expressions and Phrases

67 ESL Conversation Topics (complete lesson plans)

1001 English Expressions and Phrases

TOEFL iBT Vocabulary Builder

Reviews

[Beatriz]

We all know that during class sometimes it is hard to be concentrated and keep being interested if there too much stuff happening or little that leads us to be disengaged. Do you want to help your students improve their listening skills, to save time preparing classes and add some variety to them? Then this is the right book!
Jackie Bolen teaches us on how to create engaging and interesting classes so that the students won’t feel bored by listening to them. With ESL Listening Activities for Teenagers and Adults: Practical Ideas for English Listening for the Classroom I have learned what a teacher might be doing wrong and also how to prepare classes so that we are not only reading trough the textbook.
Jackie has a proven experience in this area, so you will feel at ease with her trustworthy and deep explanations that aim to help the reader to solve his daily issues. Get ready, because this book is an excellent guide and I am sure that you will be able to teach without feeling that your students are not listening to you. ‘’ With time, I found that I liked teaching listening far more than I did conversation and speaking.’
You will be able to read descriptive examples and do exercises to help understand these concepts and skill. I enjoyed how the author keeps encouraging us to move on and be positive. Negative words attract negativity, so let us cut those words from our vocabulary! It is breath of fresh air!