<<would rather talking chart>> I used this in ESL 235/535: Integrated skills level 3. The week before we had gone over World English 2 “Unit 12” with its introduction to using ‘would rather’ and using comparisons. I used this talking practice as part of a review day about halfway through the semester. We reviewed how and when we use ‘would rather (not)’ and then students moved around to talk with 10 classmates and write complete sentence […]
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Hold Your Horses
Students are introduced to common idioms such as in one ear and out the other, butterflies in my stomach, and hold your horses. Exercises in the text check for understanding and also ask the students if the idioms ever applied to their lives. They can give written and / or oral responses. The resource is the text Hold Your Horses by Myra Shulman Auslin in the Dormac Idiom Series. pdilley
Oral Report: Personal History
This is an in front of the class presentation. Students will have a handout with specific questions to answer. They simply have to fill in the blanks with answers to such questions as what country they are from. When a student has finished presenting the class and I ask followup questions. Everyone seems to enjoy learning more about their classmates. Grading is up to 10 points maximum. I am looking for fluency, range of vocabulary, […]