Learning to teach ESL

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.





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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

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.














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Matheny, R. (2013). Grey Chevron Chalkboard with Lime Green Ribbon [Digital Image]. Retrieved from https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Lesson-Plan-Binder-Cover-Freebie-Gray-Chevron-Chalkboard-w-Lime-Green-Ribbon-745139

This is a lesson plan for the culture conversational class that I taught on June 10th. It focuses on what could be understood as the "stages" of visiting a restaurant (e.g. sitting down at a table, ordering, etc.) and the phrases and sentences that typically make up dialogues in this setting.




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Miss Nelson (2012). Orange Free Lesson Plan Binder Cover [Digital Image]. Retrieved from https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Free-Lesson-Plan-Binder-Covers-250896

The course syllabus stated that students can combine the technology template with a lesson plan from another unit. As such, I combined it with the technology lesson plan template.

This is a lesson plan for the vocabulary and reading strategies class that I taught on June 10th. It focuses on introducing the vocabulary from Chapter 6 of one of the class textbooks. Students learn definitions of the words and examples of how they can be used in sentences.







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Miss Nelson (2012). Blue Free Lesson Plan Binder Cover [Digital Image]. Retrieved from https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Free-Lesson-Plan-Binder-Covers-250896

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.








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Matheny, R. (2016). Grey Chevron Chalkboard with Navy Ribbon [Digital Image]. Retrieved from https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Lesson-Plan-Binder-Cover-Freebie-Gray-Chevron-Chalkboard-with-Navy-Ribbon-748388

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 other countries. I have included the lesson plan, quiz worksheet, and a PowerPoint file for both the teacher and the students.












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VARK Learn Limited (n.d.). The VARK Questionnaire for Young People (Version 8.01). Retrieved from: http://vark-learn.com/the-vark-questionnaire/the-vark-questionnaire-for-younger-people/

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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 quiz game. You can view the quiz game at this link: here



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Matheny, R. (2013). Grey Chevron Chalkboard with Pink Ribbon [Digital Image]. Retrieved from https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Lesson-Plan-Binder-Cover-Freebie-Gray-Chevron-Chalkboard-with-Pink-Ribbon-744932

This is a lesson plan for the reading and vocabulary class that I will teach on June 5. It focuses on learning how to determine an author's purpose for writing texts.



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Liwchtzn. School, Teacher, Square [Digital Image]. (2019). Retrieved from https://www.kissclipart.com/lesson-plans-clipart-lesson-plan-clip-art-wyjnv7/

We were instructed to create a full lesson plan that ties together aspects of listening and speaking that we learned over this course. My lesson plan is targeted towards foundations (or pre-beginner) level students. The lesson is based on a medical appointment scenario because it is practical and a situation that the students will encounter. The lesson plan can be viewed below.

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.











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Matheny, R. (2013). Grey Chevron Chalkboard with Plum Ribbon [Digital Image]. Retrieved from https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Lesson-Plan-Binder-Cover-Freebie-Gray-Chevron-Chalkboard-with-Plum-Ribbon-748507

This is a lesson plan for the conversational class that I will teach on June 5. It focuses on problems that students might encounter while shopping, how to address them, and how to talk to and ask for help from salespeople .



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Lesson Plan [Digital Image]. (2018). Retrieved from https://www.kisspng.com/png-lesson-plan-teacher-clip-art-lesson-design-clipart-389754/

We were instructed to assess the pronunciation of an English language learner in a speaking test that was a part of an IELTS exam. I chose the video of the Korean L1 student, which can be viewed here. I decided to create an activity to address the difficulty that the student had with substituting and voicing final consonants. Both the assessment and activity can be found in the document below.

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 this lesson to be used for students learning at approximately level 1 and 2. I have combined some of the objectives for speaking and listening from the CLB publication since there are few learning tasks that only incorporate one type of language learning skill. The lesson was structured using the lesson mapped out in chapter six of the class text.

This lesson focuses on students understanding and following the teacher's instructions while introducing themselves as another student.

You can see my lesson plan in the pdf attached below.

We were instructed to make a listening activity for Unit 3 in our Listening and Speaking class.

When I was looking for resources that I could use for this activity, I came across a website called Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab.The website has a wide assortment of recordings, preparation exercises, and comprehension activities for beginner, intermediate, and advanced students. I decided to use this recording for my activity because the dialogue is easy to follow and it uses simple vocabulary that should be accessible for beginner students. The recording is of a conversation between a father and his young daughter after he comes home from work.

I also found a book called "Fifty Ways to Teach Listening: Tips for ESL/EFL Teachers" by Janine Sepulveda. I liked activity two, which involves listening to a recorded message or story and putting a list of events in order of when they appear in the recording. I decided to modify this activity a bit in order to focus on the conversation between the two characters. I chose this activity because it seems like a good way to connect the development of listening skills with understanding the relationships between statements/questions and responses/answers. I have provided a script and worksheet for this activity below.



Family Activities Objective - Students will be able to listen to and identify question and answer statements in an audio clip and determine which answer statements are used in response to the questions.

Level - Beginner (CLB Level 1-2)

Context - This activity can be used as part of a unit about family or how to ask and answer questions.

Pre-Listening Exercise (approx. 5 minutes) - Review the structure of open-ended questions (ie. who, what, where, when, why, and how) and how they are typically answered. Explain the past tense and the meaning of words that may be unfamiliar, like "supplies"and "cousins." Have a short discussion about the types of activities that young children do during school and when they come home after school.

Activity #1 (5-10 minutes)
Have students listen to the audio recording of the conversation between a father and his young daughter. Explain to students that the greeting and questions are in chronological order in the left column and that the answers are on the right side but out of order. Instruct students to listen for the questions and responses and match them by drawing lines that connect them together. Replay the recording as needed. Correct the worksheet as a class.

We were instructed to create a pronunciation activity for Unit 2 in our Listening and Speaking class. We were told that the activity should address a pronunciation problem that we noticed in a speech sample that we were given to analyze. One of the problems I noticed was that the speaker had was distinguishing between vowel sounds, especially the sounds /æ/ (-ah), /e/ (-eh), and /eɪ/ (-ay). I think that this activity is suitable for English language learners at the beginner level because this activity involves differentiating between vowel sounds that are often confused.

When I was looking for resources that I could use for this activity, I came across a concept called "minimal pairs." Minimal pairs are words the the same syllables except for a single sound. This gave me the idea to find words that share consonant sounds but have different vowel sounds that also match the sounds that the speaker has difficulty distinguishing between. I found one video on YouTube that lists several activities that can be used in an ESL classroom to teach this concept and help ELLs distinguish between sounds. The video can be found here. However, the example given in the video is used for consonants, so I have modified it to use the vowel sounds that I listed above.

I have created three charts that all include two of the three vowel sounds. Each chart includes 10 words for both vowel sounds that are divided into column A and B and share consonant sounds with the words across from them. For this activity, the teacher is to divide the class into groups of two. The teacher then instructs students to choose and pronounce one word from each of the word pairs and have their partner say whether the word stated was from column A or B. The teacher can explain this activity by going through the first chart as an example and have the class give an answer for each pair. After, both partners in the class groupings can do one chart where they are the speaker and another where they are the listener.

I chose this activity because it seems relatively simple and because I recognize that pronunciation itself can be rooted in not being able to hear the differences between sounds. As such, this activity addresses both the pronunciation and listening aspects of the problem.

I have included a template in the attachment for this post.