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Teaching Tips from Elihinkel.org

Aesop's Fables

Every child should learn the lesson's taught in Aesop's Fables. These 2,000 year old stories are short and full of wisdom. Their brevity also makes them an excellent resource for teaching English as a second language 

Learn English with VOA Special English

 Voice of America is a great place to practice English listening and reading skills. It has current news stories transcribed and recorded. There are subtitled videos and levels for English learners of differing aptitudes. This is a great resource for ESL listening practice and vocabulary building.

A PDF Handbook of Phrases for ESL


This is a link to a PDF with hundreds of common English phrases. The phrases are very useful for beginning English speakers and are very helpful to get through those intimidating first conversations.





Conversation Starters

Learn a song




This site has a variety of songs with lyrics included. It is a fantastic way to learn the rhythms and sound of English. It is a section of the fantastic ESL website Manythings.org

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