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Tutor Resources

We're happy to share with tutors and students our tutoring resources. We encourage all EiA participants to download and use these materials to enhance their sessions. Tutors who are looking for even more ideas should make sure to read our monthly tutor e-newsletter, sent to all volunteers.

Tips on Tutoring English
Tutor Resources List
Tutor Training Workshops
Let's Talk


If you have any resources you would like to share, email them to eia@esuus.org.


Tutor Training Workshops

Tutor Training Workshops are held regularly at the English-Speaking Union for the benefit of tutors. During the workshops, experienced educators offer advice on how to work with students on such topics as: pronunciation, American culture, current events, and many more. Suggestions are most welcome!

Details about upcoming workshops are emailed to tutors and are posted on this page.

Past workshops topics have included:

  • Music in English and English in Music 
  • Teaching Pronunciation
  • The Compelling Nature of the Everyday: Journaling as a Springboard for Conversation
  • Using the News to Teach English
  • Cross Cultural Communication: From Awareness to Competence
  • Using the Tutor Toolkit

Let's Talk Archive

Let's Talk (previously published as Here/There) is a teaching tool for tutors and students. Published monthly, Let's Talk is filled with language games, grammar exercises and American idioms to make conversation sessions more effective and -- most important -- fun! Below you can find and download all past issues of Here/There.




Zinaida Jevgrafova, Chairman of the ESU Estonia, teaches students about Thanksgiving using Let's Talk.


2016 Archive
Month Issue Link
January
February
March
April
May
June
Summer No. 1
Summer No. 2
Summer No. 3
Summer No. 4
September
October
November
December

2015 Archive
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Winter
May
June
Summer No. 1
Summer No. 2
Summer No. 3
Summer No. 4
September
October
November

2014 Archive
Month Issue Link
January
February
March
April
May
June
Summer No. 1
Summer No. 2
Summer No. 3
Summer No. 4
October
November
December

2013 Archive
Month Issue Link
January
February
March
April
May
June
Summer No. 1
Summer No. 2
Summer No. 3
Summer No. 4
Fall

2012 Archive
Month Issue Link
January
February
March
April
May
June
Summer No. 1
Summer No. 2
Summer No. 3
Summer No. 4
Fall


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