Learning to teach ESL

I have attached a digital copy of my Continued Professional Development Report in this blog entry. It is a reflection on the usefulness of the resources that I chose to assist me in the development of my English language teaching and professional development. It discusses the ease of use, benefits and drawbacks of the resources, my learning takeaways, and my recommendations for others....

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I have attached a digital copy of my Final Self-Evaluation Report in this blog entry. It includes a list of my strengths as a teacher, areas for improvement, my focus for the future, and a reflection on the student teacher evaluation. It also contains a list of my practicum teaching reflections, my student evaluation questions and results, and a list of comments received...

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I completed the final two teaching hours on June 26th. I will reflect on both of the classes below. I think that the teaching that I did for the reading course went very well. I fit the content for the review class into the Jeopardy game. Most of the categories that I set up were focused on reviewing vocabulary that the students have...

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I have chose only one resource to examine this week to help me develop my ninth and tenth lesson plans. The resource that I chose was published by a website called Busy Teacher. The website contains a blog where authors write about various aspects of teaching and it provides teachers with teaching materials that they can include in their lessons. The resource that...

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This is a lesson plan for the cultural conversational class that I taught on June 26th. It provides students with the opportunity to reflect on the cultural differences between Canada and their home countries and to ask questions about Canadian culture anonymously. It also consists of several short games where students can practice using their listening and speaking skills. References Matheny, R. (2013)....

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This is a lesson plan for the Reading Strategies class that I taught on June 26th. It focuses on reviewing the vocabulary and reading strategies that were taught in the course to help prepare the students for the final exam later in the week. I did not prepare a lesson plan because all of the review topics and activities were included in a...

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I completed two more teaching hours on June 21st. I decided to teach vocabulary again this week because I wanted to get more practice. This would help my sponsor teacher assess my teaching ability and to provide me with more feedback about what I did well on and what I need to improve on. Reflecting on the courses I think that the teaching...

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The second resource that I used this week was a web-based chapter of a book called "Tools and Tips for Using ELT Materials" that was written by Ruth Epstein and Mary Ormiston. The chapter is called "Drills, Dialogues, and Role Plays" and is only available online. It can be found on the webpage for the book on the website for books published by...

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This week, I used two resources to develop my seventh and eighth lesson plans. Since this blog entry is quite long, I have split it into two parts. The first part of this entry discusses the resource that I chose to read and to develop my seventh lesson plan for the vocabulary and reading class. The subject that I chose to investigate for...

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This is a lesson plan for the Culture Talk class that I taught on June 21st. It is about situations that students might encounter where they have to talk to their teacher, instructor, or professor. It focuses on the phrases and sentences that typically make up dialogues in this setting. I have included the lesson plan, dialogues worksheet, and answer key. References Matheny,...

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This is a lesson plan for the Reading Strategies class that I taught on June 21st. It focuses on reviewing the vocabulary that was introduced earlier in the week from Chapter 9 of one of the class textbooks. You can view the Kahoot! quiz activity at the following link: here. References Matheny, R. (2016). Grey Chevron Chalkboard with Navy Ribbon [Digital Image]. Retrieved...

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I completed two more teaching hours on June 17th. I decided to teach reading strategies this week because I was dissatisfied with how the vocabulary lesson went last week. This would give me another chance to observe how my sponsor teacher structures and presents vocabulary lessons to help me in future classes. Reflecting on the courses I think that the teaching that I...

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This week, I used two resources to develop my fifth and sixth lesson plans. The first part of this entry discusses the resource that I chose to read and to develop my lesson plan for the vocabulary and reading class. The subject that I chose to investigate for this part of the entry is facts and opinions. The resource that I used for...

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This is a lesson plan for the cultural conversational class that I taught on June 17th. It provides an overview of the differences between receiving education and the associated social customs in Canada versus the home countries of the students. The lesson focuses on student learning styles as an example of what may be taught in the Canadian educational system but not in...

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This is a lesson plan for the vocabulary and reading strategies class that I taught on June 17th. It focuses on distinguishing between facts and opinions as a reading strategy. References  Matheny, R. (2013). Multi Brights Chevron Chalkboard [Digital Image]. Retrieved from https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Lesson-Plan-Binder-Cover-Freebie-Multi-Brights-Chevron-Chalkboard-790789 ...

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