How do you break the ice in your ESL class? It’s not easy getting a class of shy students to open up and start speaking English. So gently, you can introduce them to English communication with these 5 ESL icebreakers.

Let’s be honest. Your first class is not what you’ll expect. Your students will be shy. Start with these introduction class rules worksheets.

All teachers know that a good set of classroom rules is what you need to be the authority figure in class. Introduce students early to these 5 classroom rules.

Put the students into pairs with one worksheet per group. Without giving too much away, describe some of the benefits of learning English.

As an ESL teacher, you repeat phrases like “let’s begin”, “do you understand?” and “repeat after me”. This is why we produced a useful common English phrases worksheet.

If you’re teaching abroad in another country, your students may not have spoken to a lot of foreigners. So this means they they are curious about you.

Let Me Introduce Myself Worksheet – How many times have you introduced yourself in your lifetime? Practice your self-introduction.

Your first class teaching is your one and only chance to help your students feel relaxed in learning their subject matter. Start here.