The week we are instructed to create a short lesson plan (15 minutes). These lesson plans can be for beginner, intermediate, or advanced students. I decided to make a lesson plan for beginner students who are at approximately the first or second level in the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) since I have more experience working with students at this level. I have designed...
I am really enjoying the TESL program even though we have only completed the first unit. I appreciate the amount of information contained in our assigned readings and I think that it will be very helpful when I volunteer in the ESL classroom and assist teens with their homework. This entry will primarily examine the Infed.org article written by Mark K. Smith because...
Here is an image of my PLN. I hope that some of the labels aren't too faint. I have organized the parts into flowers and leaves. The flowers show the people and resources that help me to grow as an ESL teacher, while the leaves show the organizations and social media connections that help to connect me to these people and resources. At...
Welcome to my blog! My name is Hayley Jonasson and I am currently enrolled in a part-time certificate program for Teaching English as a Second Language through the University of Manitoba. I am graduating this fall with a Bachelor’s degree in International Development Studies from the University of Winnipeg. I am taking this program because the ability to teach is a marketable skill...
