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Insider English eBook (v.35) for ESL teachers (to Adult learners)

By Insider English

I am proud to announce my latest edition of my eBook for English teachers, a unique* bundle based on at least twelve years of meticulously compiling it into EAL (ELT/ESL/EFL), which I have now fully reformatted into five categories, sorted roughly

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, English, Other (ELA)

Grades:

12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Handouts

$101.00

$95.00

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9- & 10-letter Words Spelling Aid

By Insider English

Is it -ENCE or -ANCE (or ENCY?) ? This list of 9- & 10-letter words not only assists with spelling, of abstract nouns, but with pronunciation as well. Suitable for upper-intermediate levels students, it is also a great resource for exam

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Spelling, EFL - ESL - ELD

Grades:

12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Handouts, Printables

$4.30

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Comprehensive List of Confusable Words

By Insider English

This comprehensive document provides several tables that show words that are often confused. The aim is to inspire further study for teachers and autonomous learners of English. It is an extract from my eBook, also available here on TPT, which is

Subjects:

Vocabulary, EFL - ESL - ELD, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Handouts, Homework

$5.00

$4.00

Digital Download PDF (0.40 MB)

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About ABOUT

By Insider English

It's clear that learners have much difficulty learning the preposition that collocates best with certain words and word chunks (i.e. with BE, MAKE, GET, HAVE). This worksheet, sorted by lexical items (adjectives, nouns, and verbs) aims to lighten

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, EFL - ESL - ELD

Grades:

10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Handouts, Printables

$4.00

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Sorted list of words with suffix -AGE

By Insider English

This PDF contains my research of words ending in AGE, sorted by intrinsic significance of 'age' as a suffix(plus all those, listed separately where 'age' is not a suffix). It is for Advanced learners only.

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, ELA Test Prep, Other (ELA)

Grades:

Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Handouts

$5.00

$4.00

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Characteristics of 'ING'

By Insider English

This 3-page hand-out outlines seven functions of the affix 'ing' and aims to dispel misunderstandings about so-called tenses and to shed light on learners and teachers alike, by looking at English from another, more lexical, perspective than the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD

Grades:

12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Handouts, Printables

$3.90

Digital Download PDF (0.17 MB)

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Backshifting, Modality and Simplification (English phenomena)

By Insider English

Backshifting, Modality and Simplification are three important and basic concepts of communication in English that I feel are not dealt with enough in ESL/EFL. This hand-out aims (1) to shed light on how we use each of these three aspects serve so

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Handouts, Printables

$3.90

Digital Download PDF (0.19 MB)

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Lexis Building: "Good or Bad?" or even better...

By Insider English

Getting learners to use richer alternatives and more precise vocabulary for common words like 'bad' and 'good' is a challenge. This 5 ½ -page worksheet, which forms part of my Insider English eBook (also available in TpT), explains why it is

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Handouts, Printables

$3.90

Digital Download PDF (0.38 MB)

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Lexical approach to HAVE (English)

By Insider English

This 4-page hand-out (aimed at levels B2 and above) outlines verbs BE and HAVE (in English usage) and serves to extirpate misconstrued analyses of English by way of "perfect" tenses, by taking instead a lexical approach to the target language. I

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD

Grades:

12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Handouts, Printables

$3.80

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Apophony, an Epiphany for Teachers

By Insider English

This document is aimed at giving English teachers something to think about when teaching based on cloudy nomenclature and flawed Latin-based approaches to English and instead embrace aspects of phonetics, phonosemantics to resolve so-called

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, Linguistics

Grades:

Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Study Guides, Teacher Manuals, Syllabi

$3.75

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600 Regular Verbs (sorted by sound ending -ED)

By Insider English

This 5 ½ -page resource of regular verbs is not just alphabetically listed but also sorted in 3 columns by sounds (D/T/iD), so that learners may practise saying the verbs in the past tense. (Teachers are encouraged to record audio to demonstrate

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, Phonics

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Printables

$3.70

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Uses of GET in English

By Insider English

This 3-page hand-out clearly explains the varied functions of the verb GET. It is ideal for levels B1+ and above, and aims to GET learners to actually use the verb more than it tends to GET used. It is also helpful for exam preparation classes. This

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

11^th, 12^th, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff

Types:

Handouts, Printables

$3.70

Digital Download PDF (0.15 MB)

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Alternatives for "People"

By Insider English

The word ‘people’ is used all too often, more often than not mindlessly. And so, it becomes meaningless, overused, annoying and rather redundant. This 3-page hand-out will help by offering viable alternatives on how to avoid this all too often

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, ELA Test Prep, Writing

Grades:

11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff

Types:

Handouts, Printables

$3.55

Digital Download PDF (0.13 MB)

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Relative Pronouns (& their omission)

By Insider English

This 3-page PDF is a great resource for study and reflection not only of when to omit the relative pronoun, where possible, but how it changes focus when it is left in. It includes a short quiz. This forms part of my Insider English eBook also

Subjects:

Grammar, EFL - ESL - ELD, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff

Types:

Handouts, Printables

$3.30

Digital Download PDF (0.22 MB)

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Comprehensive List of 5-letter Words (English)

By Insider English

It occurred to me that it seems that 5-letter words are somehow less likely to be recalled. So I have sorted this 2-page PDF into lexical items: first by adjective, then those which can be both verbs & nouns, those which are purely nouns, and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, EFL - ESL - ELD

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff

Types:

Handouts, Printables

$3.00

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Question Tags (English study)

By Insider English

This 2-page PDF outlines four (4) basic functions of question tags, and shows the different forms (with indication of intonations). It is useful for speaking activities, for speaking exam preparation (in pairs). Question tags are especially useful

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

12^th, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Printables

$2.80

Digital Download PDF (0.12 MB)

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Words with EA (Pronunciation)

By Insider English

This 3-page hand-out lists the most common words written with EA, sorted by sound. It is designed as a pronunciation drill. It naturally provides lexis but also serves as a spelling aid.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Phonics

Grades:

10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Handouts, Printables

$2.50

Digital Download PDF (0.06 MB)

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Using the word ONLY (in English)

By Insider English

This 3-page hand-out for upper-intermediate level learners of English outlines the uses of the word only, and expressions using only, with emphasis on syntax.It also contains a short quiz on using "only if" (as a conjunction). This insightful

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Printables

$2.30

Digital Download PDF (0.11 MB)

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Common 5-letter words which are both nouns and verbs

By Insider English

This list shows 5-letter words, which, for whatever reason, tend to be less used by learners.

Subjects:

Spelling, Vocabulary, EFL - ESL - ELD

Grades:

10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Handouts, Printables

$2.00

Digital Download PDF (0.10 MB)

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Expressions with WHAT & HOW

By Insider English

This hand-out outlines uses of WHAT (on page 1) and HOW (on page 2), aimed at levels upwards of A2. (That's just 1 dollar a page. But what is even more worth your buck is my full eBook entitled "Insider English" available here on TpT.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

12^th, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff

Types:

Handouts, Printables

$2.00

Digital Download PDF (0.12 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

My teaching English As an Additional Language (EAL) for over 24 years includes teaching Standard & Business English at large international corporations such as Omega, Rolex, and Swatch Group, as well as for Swiss governmental departments (immigration*, and agriculture), the Swiss main telecommunications company and the postal service, as well as for the Swiss military (Logistics div.). I have compiled a unique, comprehensive and meticulously designed teaching resource aimed at improving how English is conveyed to learners, available here on TPT.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I take a lexical and eclectic approach to learning a language, such that one maintains a balance between the logical and the creative. I get my learners to teach what they are studying, and I simply guide and assess progress.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

I am rewarded and honoured every time my learners confirm that they passed their Cambridge exam with honours.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

CELTA – 2003 BFA – Concordia University 1997 (Integrative Music Studies)

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

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GRADES

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, ESL-EFL-ELL, ELA Test Prep, Other (ELA), Informational Text, Phonics