TESL E-Zone Malaysia » writing http://www.teslmalaysia.com Resources, Tips, Lesson Plans for ESL/EFL Teachers and Students Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:05:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Useful Websites on Teaching ESL Writing http://www.teslmalaysia.com/useful-websites-on-teaching-esl-writing http://www.teslmalaysia.com/useful-websites-on-teaching-esl-writing#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:13:23 +0000 TESLMalaysia Admin http://www.teslmalaysia.com/?p=201 Occasionally, ESL teachers would spend considerable time browsing through the internet, hunting for materials or worksheets for their classes. Some would spend hours digging for materials but to no avail. Here are some useful websites that might just help you out.

ESL Galaxy Writing Exercises

ESL Galaxy provides a good collection of ESL worksheets and exercises for writing sorted according to students’ level. You can download the available worksheets and modify it to match your needs.

Using English Dot Com

UsingEnglish.com is a popular website offering lesson plans and worksheets for teachers. Here you can see a list of lesson plans, which can be adapted for Malaysian context.

ESL Gold Writing Zone

ESL Gold offers step-by-step guide to ESL writing based on student’s level. Not that comprehensive but it still contains several activities that are good to build up student’s writing ability.

About.COM Teaching Beginners

This website offers good activities meant for beginning ESL learners. Activities are simple and easy to be executed in class.

Purdue OWL Writing Lab

Another popular website that must be visited and explored. Purdue OWL provides resources for ESL instructors and students. Mainly suitable for intermediate and advanced students.

If you have other websites to share, please post it in the comment sections. It’s good to share!

]]> http://www.teslmalaysia.com/useful-websites-on-teaching-esl-writing/feed 0 Lesson Plan: Teaching Argumentative Essay http://www.teslmalaysia.com/lesson-plan-teaching-argumentative-essay http://www.teslmalaysia.com/lesson-plan-teaching-argumentative-essay#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:34:10 +0000 TESLMalaysia Admin http://www.teslmalaysia.com/?p=183 A Form 4 lesson plan on the the teaching of argumentative essay. It gives ideas to teachers on how to use common daily topics like “Tuition: Good or Bad?” to expose students to the concept of argumentative essay.


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]]> http://www.teslmalaysia.com/lesson-plan-teaching-argumentative-essay/feed 0 Useful Verbs and Adjectives List for Writing http://www.teslmalaysia.com/useful-verbs-and-adjectives-list-for-writing http://www.teslmalaysia.com/useful-verbs-and-adjectives-list-for-writing#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:58:25 +0000 TESLMalaysia Admin http://www.teslmalaysia.com/?p=157 This is a compilation of useful verbs and adjectives that can be given to your ESL students in helping them to describe. You can also create activities based on the words list.


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This is a simple lesson on descriptive writing, which is in fact an introductory lesson. It teaches students the very basic of describing. Language items emphasised here are adjectives and adverbs.

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