Post Archive by Month: September,2014

Adult ESL learners have countless daily opportunities for listening and speaking in English as they interact as workers, family members, community members, and classroom learners. Some listening is non-face- to-face, such as listening to movies and broadcast media, listening on the phone, and listening to loudspeaker announcements. Most listening, however, combines short bursts of face-to-face listening interspersed with speaking –

Information Gap Grid 2 Partners – each take turns to ask for the Grid reference (in English) and the other responds with the correct Food name in English

Grid game Roll the die. Answer the question. Get one point.

What is it? > Roll the dice. > Say the name of the food.

Fluency Circles Preparation: Photocopy and cut up the fluency strips, making sure that you have one strip for each pair in the class. To start, divide the class in half and demonstrate to students that they should form two concentric circles. Each student in the outside circle should face a student in the inside circle, thus forming a pair. Give

Find someone who… Walk around. Ask a question. Find one person for each of the following. When you find someone who, write the name of that person. 1. __________ is a new teacher. 2 __________ has a pet. __________ likes Thai food. __________ can swim. __________ has visited more than 5 countries. __________ can speak two or more languages. __________

What are Teacher-less activities? A teacher-less activity can loosely be defined as: – an activity that involves students turning to one another as sources of knowledge, information, and opportunities to practice the target language. – not teacher-fronted Teacher-less activities… o Are noisy and chaotic. o Put students at the center. o Allow students to control the pace. o Allow students