By Rick Love, Ph.D. A woman we’ll call Brenda emigrated from west Asia to Canada and was very motivated to learn English. She was preparing for a professional exam and had a time limit to see her IELTS score high enough to qualify for that exam. At our church in Calgary we have created a […]
Category: Christianity & the Bible
By Linda Reed Most of us don’t realize we’ve signed up to teach grammar when we sign up to teach English. We often just love Internationals, and perhaps teaching. We feel called and we care. But, clarifying the words that form contractions, conjunctions, or consonant pronunciation—we’re often not so sure. What if we could provide […]
By Roslyn Farmer Doing online Bible studies via screenshare means no more photocopying. And that means no more restraints of printer ink cost—you can freely use coloured maps and illustrations! Also you can instantly access and show Bible-based video clips. In this article I want to share some good resources that are easy to access […]
DebBrammer.com These lessons were initially prepared by Deb Brammer for outreach in Taiwan. She is now generously making them available for all to use.
10 Lessons on the Message of the Bible ESLBible.org Student book – http://eslbible.org/From_the_beginning_to_the_End_student.pdf Teachers’ book – http://eslbible.org/From_the_beginning_to_the_End_teacher.pdf
Science Shorts
Demonstrating the credibility of the Christian faith through Science The intermediate level ESL lessons below have been adapted with permission from the work of Dr. David Humphreys, emeritus professor of Chemistry at McMaster University, in Hamilton, Ontario. On his original Science Shorts website Dr. Humphreys stated his purpose as creatively demonstrating the credibility of the […]
The Virtues
A series of lessons created by SOCEM members that unpack human virtues. The last lesson in each theme introduces relevant Bible readings.
This is an interactive ESL curriculum using the Hope film as its basis. The Hope Film is an overview of the Bible from Creation to the growth of the early church with narrators introducing each topic as scenes from feature films complement their explanations. The language is very clear and easy to understand. The ESL […]
NOTE: Your church should have a Public Performance Copyright license if you plan to use DVDs and movies in your ESL Classes. The license is good for 1 year and costs from $200 – 300 depending on the size of the church. Here is a link to one of the organizations that can provide a license. Click here to go to […]