Boring ESL Teachers - What To Do

You've got an ESL teacher that you feel is boring. What are you going to do? In today's post, we'll look at the different ways ESL students can make their classes more interesting even though their instructor is boring.

More English Teachers On YouTube

Besides excellent self :-), there are many talented, creative ESL teachers on YouTube. In today's post we'll look at four.

ESL Games: Talking Boards

Today's post is about one of my favourite ESL activities: talking board games.

Home Study: Your Hobbies & Interests

In previous posts we looked at home study using the Internet. We covered ESL websites and English teachers on YouTube. These are great resources, and ESL learners can get a lot from them.....

English Teachers On YouTube

Students usually like to stay with one teacher as long as they can, but, it's a good idea to receive lessons, and advice from other teachers. All teachers have different strengths, and approaches, and also come from different backgrounds. You can learn Canadian, American British, Australian, Irish, Scottish, etc.


This is why the Internet, and YouTube especially, are great resources for ESL learners. They are (usually) free, and can be used any time. I recently found this YouTube channel: Learn English with Emma, part or the EngVid group on YouTube which has many teachers you can choose from, and there's also the EngVid homepage.There's also a Facebook page.



This blog has had posts about telephone English. Below are two videos from EngVid's teacher, Emma.

Emma's lessons are outstanding: she, and the other EngVid, speak clearly, and have  vocabulary and expressions clearly written on a whiteboard.

Remember: if you'd like to practice telephone English, try a simple business call like ordering a pizza. It's a fun, comfortable place to start. Practice in real, "live" situations is very important.

JLB Language Services On Social Media

JLB Language Services a Weibo profile for readers in China. 

JLB on Weibo

Apologies if there are any mistakes with the posts in simplified Chinese. I used Google Translate, but, from this day onward, I will post only in English. In the future I will try to get a reliable translator, or translation software.

I am also on Facebook.

JLB's Facebook page


This blog will be my main page, but, I will add links on Weibo and Facebook at least once a week. Thank you to my readers. I hope you enjoy the blog, and find the advice useful.

Lastly, here is   my teacher profile on findatutor.ca 

findatutor.ca  is for people looking for tutors to teach English, and more. Check it out.

 Correction the search engine works fine. I made a mistake last week. Please disregard the previous version of this post. Thank you.