Perfect ESL Lesson Plan
ATTN: Newbie ESL teachers. I have a story for you that should sound familiar. My first six months teaching English in Korea were a disaster. I had no training, and no idea what I was doing. A blank sheet of paper had to become 45 minutes of constructive ESL teaching. After a lot of trial and error, I finally figured out a simple recipe to create ESL lesson plans that work. How to Create an (Almost) Perfect ESL Lesson Plan from Scratch The challenges of ESL lesson planning While beginning to teach English in Korea, I only kept my job because of my incredibly patient co-teachers. What made it so hard? With no educational training, I was expected to teach English to Korean middle school students without a book. If any of this sounds familiar, then this blog is for you. Questions to ask before making a lesson plan Give these questions some thought before you outline your ESL lesson plan. 1. 2. 3. The 6 crucial stages of ESL lesson planning Step 1: Decide on your lesson plan objectives 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Teaching Students About Holidays & History
Introduction to American Holidays in Classrooms Every country has holidays that are nationally or culturally important - typically centering on religious festivals, historical traditions and important events in their history. The US is no different and in over 500 years of history - historic moments before, during and after independence - they have come to make forge the American culture and traditions. There are presently ten Federal Holidays (government mandated days off work for Federal employees) and numerous holidays besides that are big public celebrations. Major American Holidays at A Glance The following represent current US Federal & State / Public Holidays and other major celebrations that are not government mandated as time off of work. New Year's Day What is it? When is it? Why do we celebrate it? Martin Luther King, Jr. What is it? When is it? Why do we celebrate it? Chinese New Year (Not a Federal Holiday) What is it? When is it? Why do we celebrate it? What is it? St. Vesak
Ideas for songs to teach English grammar - TeflTunes.com
ESL and EFL teachers looking for inspiration for lesson planning will find this list of songs to teach English grammar we’ve compiled a useful resource. Highlighted are songs available as complete ESL song lesson plans here on tefltunes.com. Songs for teaching present simple Eric Clapton / Wonderful Tonight (lyrics) The Beatles / She Loves You (lyrics) Bette Middler / From A Distance (lyrics) Songs for teaching present continuous Rod Stewart / Sailing (lyrics) Fool’s Garden / Lemon Tree (lyrics) Suzanne Vega / Tom’s Diner (lyrics) Songs for teaching past simple The Beatles / Yellow Submarine (lyrics) Gloria Gaynor / I Will Survive (lyrics) Celine Dion / Because You Loved Me (lyrics) Songs for teaching past continuous John Lennon / Jealous Guy (lyrics) Oasis / Champagne Supernova (lyrics) Aerosmith / Cryin’ (lyrics) Songs for teaching present perfect Songs for teaching present perfect continuous Songs for teaching past perfect Songs for teaching used to Songs for teaching going to future
Cultural training games/ worksheets for EFL classes
TEFLtastic blog News, views and reviews from TEFL lifer Alex Case, plus 1500 games/ worksheets and 500 articles via the drop-down menus under the photo Skip to content Cultural training games/ worksheets for EFL classes Updated 31 Jan 2015 Index pages in this section British culture EFL materials page UK and USA page Taboo topics cultural training worksheets Body language/ gestures cultural differences worksheets Food and drink cultural differences worksheets Business EFL cultural training worksheets Superstitions worksheets Worksheets for specific language points Making arrangements cultural differences and useful phrases modals practice – NEW Meeting people cultural differences and useful phrases Present Simple cultural customs bluffing game Present Simple guess the country Presentations Advice on Cultural Differences Advice about visiting your country modals Cultural rules modals pairwork Passives guess the country game Special occasions Reported Speech Travel advice guess the country Britain or America?
Six types of task for TBL
In this article we look at different types of task, and see which kinds are most often used in textbooks. I also suggest ways of adjusting them so that they stimulate more opportunities for meaning-focused interaction, and encourage learners to give longer responses. Finally I show how a graded set of tasks can be developed on a theme. Identifying task-like activitiesIn my first article Criteria for identifying tasks for TBL, we looked at six questions that gave us criteria to help us identify tasks and ‘upgrade' potential task-like activities into tasks. Pre-task activities,Task - Planning - Report cycle,Post-task activities as illustrated in the activity Planning a class night out. However, tasks tend to come in various disguises. For example, in ‘Total English’, a text-book for beginners, the activity: ‘Who is your favourite 20th Century icon? Three types of taskActivities like the following generally have the potential to become effective tasks: Examples: Three more type tasks Example:
British Life and Culture in the UK - Woodlands Junior School
English Listening Lesson Library Online
English Listening Lesson Library Online Learn English naturally by listening to over 300 speakers from 100 countries with our free video and audio lessons! What's New This Week Video 1424: What foods do you love? Video 1422: Were you naughty as a child? Video 1421: Are you good with children? Video 1418: What to do in France and Denmark? Video 1415: What chores do you hate doing? Video 1412: Do you follow a healthy diet? (Check out all the new videos) Danu Widuri Views 1410 Supper in Sri Lanka Views 1409 Lunch in Indonesia Christina Video Extra What is the best way to learn English? Abi. / Jeremy Video Extra What is the secret to learning English? Erina VideoExtra What is you biggest regret? PernaisDoron Video 1401 What sports do you like to watch? Seiji Video 1402 What extreme sport would you like to try? Micky Gaew Video 1403 When do you like to dress up? Nuri Video 1404 What is your best quality? Sorie Mark Video 1405 Are you a budget traveler? Looking for More? Free Printable Lessons Word Jumble Grammar Puzzle
Culture Quizzes | DFA Intercultural Global Solutions, LLC
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