Esl Teaching Ideas
We have all had questions on Esl Teaching Ideas before. Below are the top questions posed by visitors just like you to our. We hope our answers located below will help you solve your teaching problems today. Feel free to ask another question, or even comment on what has been written.
There has been a lot of debate recently regarding Esl Teaching Ideas, and it is therefore critical for you, the reader, to grab all of the information that is out there on the vast topic of teaching. Your teaching can have a huge impact on your future, so don’t procrastinate any longer. Read up on Esl Teaching Ideas today!
Ian Said:
ESL teach at a University in Colombia and I need help with ideas of how to teach phonetics to Spanish speakersWe Answered:
spelt??Anyways, I've had success in working with mirrors and minimal pairs. Sometimes it's the placement of articulation (tongue, teeth, lips, palate, etc) that throws ELLs off.
Don't work it to the point of frustration, though. Come up with a few patterned examples (ie., bill, will, fulfill, until, pill, ill / bell, well, fell, tell, relevant, telephone, elephant...).
Clinton Said:
Any ideas for ESL conversation classes?We Answered:
Hi Dave...well you don't actually say what level they are...Anyhow, have you ever thought of using the BBC webpages for teaching English? They have (literally) thousands of exercises there for all levels. Here's the link.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learni…
You can also download mp3 files there, so if you have an mp3 player at home, you could use that in class for listening exercises too.
Good luck,
Jim
Megan Said:
Does anyone have any ideas about teaching possessives for ESL adults? Any suggestions would be appreciated!?We Answered:
-use real object or situation that match their cognitive level to demonstrate. Make it fun!-give out the script and let them read as motivation.
-ask them to take part in the role play (they can hold the paper) and you have to play the role of Joe as you are the main demonstrater. Smile!
********************************
e.g. Role play
(Joe and Mark are good friends. Joe brings one of his gfs, Liza to have a drink with Mark. )
Joe: Hi, this is my girl friend, Liza.
Mark: Joe's girlfriend! Hi, Liza!
Liza: Hi Mark! You must be Joe's best friend.
Mark: you may say so.
(Joe's another girlfriend, Jane, comes in and Joe approaches her instead of letting her join the table)
Joe: Hi, Jane!
Jane: Who is she, Joe?
Joe: This is Mark's girlfriend.
Jane: Mark's gf!
Joe: Yes! They are talking about their wedding plan. Sorry, I gotta go. Call you later tongiht!
(Then another girl comes in and repeat the scene several times.)
************************
- Take other object to demo.
- basic knowledge about possessives (you tell them the pattern or you may ask them to derive the pattern from the example of the script)
-Learning Sheet: circle the best answer:
they have the choices or (Mark / Mark's)etc to choose from in a cloze passge to make sure they know how to use possessives. (Mark has to be right in some questions; otherwise they just see " ___' s" and circle them)
Terrance Said:
Teaching esl to a 8 year old? Need fun ideas?We Answered:
I'm not sure how much time you have, or what sort of constraints [are you a private tutor?]One way you can keep an 8-year-old occupied in learning a second language - graphic novels. They are sometimes called manga. I would suggest a good kid story, like Naruto. You can grab a copy at Barnes & Noble, okay it with his parents, and present it to him one page at a time [to keep him eager for the next page and the next lesson with you].
Have him work on translating each page from English into his native language. This will require him to put some effort into the lesson, and as he goes through the dictionary he will discover not only the words he is searching for, but others. You will be there to answer his questions, and to explain concepts of the English language as he moves along.
It takes critical thinking on your part to structure sessions like this that incorporate the key points and concepts in the "Moving into English" text, but I am sure you are more than capable.
From his translation exercises, he can build his own vocabulary list, and add it to the one you already use.
He will become familiar with spelling patterns.
He will learn second-hand the patterns of English speech. This is something you should emphasize through your lesson plan.
He will learn to speak clearly and enunciate through reading his own translations.
You can check for understanding immediately, and if he does not understand - he will be sure to ask you because he doesn't want to miss part of the story.
He will thoroughly enjoy the story!
Hope this works, it's a bit time consuming, but that's my style as a one-on-one private teacher.
Bryan Said:
Teaching ESL games ideas?We Answered:
Wow, 64 ESL? Good lord, you have your work cut out for you. I just have 3-4 ESL kids in each of my classes, so I don't normally do lessons for that type mix. I don't think anyone does. It is illegal to set up classes like that in my state...A friend of mine does ESL in a class of 12 6th graders. She showed them a very simple picture book. It had about 15 pages, and just 2-3 sentences per page. She then handed each student a photocopy of the book WITHOUT words. They were told to make it their own, and make their own stories to share using the same pictures. It kind of self differentiates, because some stories were pretty simple, and the higher kids made their stories involve aliens and stuff (they could add to the pictures I think if they wanted). The kids liked sharing them, which is good, because my ESL kids would normally rather claw their eyes out than write/read in front of people. Her objective was about introduction to character development in short stories. She teaches language arts though, what are you supposed to be teaching them? With 64 you could read them the book with the pictures on the TV, then just show he images with no words on the TV and let the kids make up the story one sentence at a time orally. Anything orally in a class of 64 would be very hard though. Language is acquired orally - not by reading, so how you are expected to do your job with a class that big is beyond me.
What are the objectives they need to know? How old are they? If you do not have anything in particular to teach them, then it is just babysitting, and since it is a class of 64, I would put on a movie in English with Spanish subtitles and tell them to talk about it and answer some questions in small groups when they are done. Graphic organizers with fill in the blank notes are kind of a catch all if you have real objectives to teach, though probably not the very best to do every day.
I have the Texas ESL training, and they tell us that the idea is to head to oral activities over reading, and use pictures whenever possible. They connect better to stories than to facts. I teach social studies, which is pretty easy to present as a story about interesting people as opposed to a bunch of facts to remember.
From a classroom management prospective, I would say a 64-1 student-teacher ratio is madness, and when you throw into the mix that they are different levels of ESL, I would think the classroom management would be insane. I could not do it. There is no way one human can tend to the different levels of preparedness in a class of mixed level ESL kids. You should be made a saint (:
Joann Said:
Hi! I´m an esl teacher I teach one on one with adults, can anyone share teaching ideas with me?We Answered:
Try to tie the lessons to their own experiences. As a student teacher, that is one thing that they are always telling us. Also, make sure that they are understanding the message. They may not talk to you, but make sure that they undderstand what you are saying.