I work at a Mexican restaurant, and I was recently asked to help two of the women that help there with their English. Though this is eventually going to be my major, I am at the beginning of my education and specialty English classes. Therefore, I am not exactly sure how to go about teaching these people. They are all adults. I am looking for printable pages or a program that could assist me in making my own worksheets, flashcards, etc. I know that making the worksheets themselves isn't difficult, but I am looking for what content to include. If you can't provide a website or something, could you make suggestions as to what you think would be the best/most important subjects to work with first. These women know a few phrases, but are mostly at a basic level.

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Buy a basic ESL book at your local bookstore, and start from there. Focus on the vocabulary (verbs and nouns) in the location that they will use English most. Be creative... Have them make the flashcards, by the way... Let them ask each other questions. Questions are tough! When a student provides an answer to your question, ask a different student what the question was (reported speech) and then ask the same student what the answer was (reported speech + listening skills). Vary slightly, or modify the questions and take it from there.

Basic verb structures, basic vocabulary, memorization, listening skills, and practice, practice, practice - because rarely will you have a student who can learn and use proficiently anything the first time. Give lots of homework, or they won't take your class seriously. They will learn 70% outside of class (unfortunately).

I've been teaching ESL in Madrid, Athens, and Rome for the last 8 years. Keep with it - there's lots and gobs of lots of resources on the internet. Don't pay for anything ESL-wise on the internet, not because it's not worth it, but because somewhere it's already free - and... Have fun teaching!!

Hello. My advice would be to search English teaching plans on google and look at some ideas.

Plennum222 gives good advice. What you do depends on their level. If they have a low level you want to make things structured and repeat different grammar points and vocabulary. If they are a higher level then you can introduce more conversation while keeping to a topic.

Let me know more information on their level and what they need to improve on and I will be able to help you more.

And as plennum said, homework is very important.

There are plenty of resources to find online. It just takes a little time to find the sites right to use. I try and send my students to where they can find English examples. Learning this way is easier for the student as they can learn through real English dialogues.

Just do a google search for the specific term you are looking for. There will be plenty of resources on each topic.

Hi!
I think that the best tool you can use is Internet. Google(yes, it is now a verb!) the notion that you want to teach and you will get a lot of resources. One that I like to use in my classroom is Dave's ESL café. There are many ideas of games and activities that you can do with your students. It is also classified into categories which makes it very easy to explore. Also, here in Quebec, we have the SPEAQ website. It is full of useful tools and ideas about the ESL classroom. There is also advice and tips that you can use.
There are a lot of flashcards available on the Internet about any topic. However, if you don't like the ones that Google proposes you, you can make your own: find a picture on the internet, write on hand the word if needed!

If they are a higher level then you can introduce more conversation while keeping to a topic.

Let me know more information on their level and what they need to improve on and I will be able to help you more.

You can refer to Oxford Seminars' ESL Teaching Resources http://www.oxfordseminars.com/esl-teaching-resources/index.php. There are MANY links to online resources. I have found some of them to be invaluable!