... ignore them and wait for you to repeat it more clearly.Work on Everyone's Difficultiesã If you are doing a pronunciation exercise or discussing a false cognate for one linguistic group ... with one for another group. This will help teach the students to be patient with each other's linguistic limitations, as they learn that while the problems may not be the same for each ... actually hear. ã As students tend to forget, communication also means accurate listening, not just to the video or to native speakers, but to each other as well. For those students who think it...
... etc. This packet of listening and speaking activities contains just a few of the hundreds of activities available for classroom instruction. The activities are directly tied to two of the listening/speaking ... learners in her classroom. Some activities are described as whole-class activities led by the teacher. Many are learner-to-learner pair or group activities. Most teacher-led activities are to ... and speaking activitiesfor students of American English Cambridge University Press. SLRC Denver: PE1128 .J633 1987 guide (teacher guide) Moss, D. (2005). “Interactive Classroom Activities. ”...
... Structure: Activities for next SundayUnit9:Wednesday,February 18th 2009Lesson one: section A1,2,3 Learn by heartI. VocabularyI. VocabularyII. Structure: Activities for next ... tomorrow?Nam:I’m going to play football. What about you, Alan?Alan:I’m going to visit Ha long Bay. Activities for next SundayUnit9:Wednesday,February 18th 2009Lesson one: section A1,2,31. VDII. ... Thi Lan Anh I. I. VocabularyVocabulary- tomorrow (tt):- next(tt):ngày maitíi Activities for next SundayUnit9:Wednesday,February 18th 2009Lesson one: section A1,2,3next Sundaynext...
... eat apples. etc.5. Transformation Exercises. The teacher gives a sentence to students along in a brief instruction which forces the students to communicate with other form.Example: Teacher: ... After the students havepracticed and understood the dialogue, they can practice again, usinginformation of their own.8. Dialogue creation. Students can be, given the beginning lines in adialogue...
... better.What Influences Our Choice of Top-down Activities? The choice of the activities will depend on a number of factors, such as: Listening Activitiesfor Effective Top-down ProcessingJi LingzhuIntroductionOnce ... be very appropriate for opinion-giving text or fiction. It is best used for passages that provide factual information. If the passage is too long, one possible solution for the teacher is divide ... use of background knowledge for comprehension. Therefore it seems logical to teach background knowledge in the second language program. In China, the textbooks for listening are chosen by the...
... educational programs for distance education, family programs for family issues, children's programs, religious programs, etc. Benefits for ESL How can this program benefit an ESL curriculum? ... selectingsites of interest for students. I have made a sample list for those teachers with little time to search the Internet. See Table One. Table 1. A Sample list of Real Audio sites forESL ScienceEarth ... listening activities contribute to motivation. Fun activities or success oriented activities where students win a game because they completed a task are some possible techniques for increasing...
... the whole class will, too. Through this slow effort I keep his level of anxiety low, and hopes for internal motivation up. Motivation in the ESL Classroom William T. Lile IntroductionMotivation ... backbone of any classroom. When the students are motivated, the teacher can perform his/her job the best. A teacher can do a lot to improve the students' motivation, and the effort involved ... perform in a stressful environment. Proper InstructionProper classroom explanation is needed by the teacher, so the students can well understand what is expected of them (Harris). In the ESL...
... blanks and the words mixed up. They take it in turns to nominate words for each blank. Each word correctly placed scores a point for that player and all players write that word in the blank. However, ... blown out of the game! Words That Go TogetherThink of a sentence suitable for the level of class you are teaching, e.g. for intermediate level:'If it rains tomorrow, we will definitely stay ... MinefieldThis is a jumbled sentence game for groups of four. One student is the referee and has a piece of paper with the sentence in the...
... in many ways in the ESLclassroom as well as in other classrooms. Presentations can be used for initial teaching, for practice and drilling, for games, for reviews, and for tests. Initial ... PowerPoint.IntroductionAlthough PowerPoint has been in existence for many years, it has just begun to spread to schools and ESL classrooms. The reason for this delay is that technology requires hardware, ... classroom. Good presentations may take time to produce or adapt, but they can be shared and used year after year. They can be used for whole class presentationsand reviews, for drills, or for...
... notes.exercise5-2040 Practice Makes Perfect: English Grammar forESL Learners02 (017-043) Unit 5 11/3/04 1:41 PM Page 40 24 Practice Makes Perfect: English Grammar forESL Learners8. You buy flowers every day.9. ... anyone else for any inaccuracy, error or omission, regardless of cause, in the work or for any damages resulting there from. McGraw-Hill has no responsibility for the content of any information ... hungry for one.)I want the apple. (I am choosing between the apple and theorange that I see before me.)The definite article for plural nouns is also the. But there is noindefinite article for...