Comments for ESL Madness http://eslmadness.wordpress.com Just a little help Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:34:01 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Current Events by serenden http://eslmadness.wordpress.com/current-events/#comment-383 serenden Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:34:01 +0000 http://eslmadness.wordpress.com/resources/current-events/#comment-383 Hi efl boy; I haven't actually tried using news with just beginners, but I did do an introduction-to-reading-news-articles class with my multi-level adult class this week, and I don't THINK the few beginners were too lost... I noticed that they were able to follow along well when... I wrote the 5 W's on the board, then had the class discuss what the 5 W's were using the headline and/or lead of the article only. I wrote our conclusions on the board and the beginners found those words (Madonna, Hollywood, hair-do, etc...) in the article and wrote "who", "what", "where" next to them. FYI --- Gossip works MUCH better than politics or "current affairs". Starting easy, silly, and fun, is definitely a good idea... I learned that the hard way. Hi efl boy;

I haven’t actually tried using news with just beginners, but I did do an introduction-to-reading-news-articles class with my multi-level adult class this week, and I don’t THINK the few beginners were too lost…

I noticed that they were able to follow along well when…

I wrote the 5 W’s on the board, then had the class discuss what the 5 W’s were using the headline and/or lead of the article only. I wrote our conclusions on the board and the beginners found those words (Madonna, Hollywood, hair-do, etc…) in the article and wrote “who”, “what”, “where” next to them.

FYI — Gossip works MUCH better than politics or “current affairs”. Starting easy, silly, and fun, is definitely a good idea… I learned that the hard way.

]]> Comment on Current Events by efl boy http://eslmadness.wordpress.com/current-events/#comment-382 efl boy Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:04:51 +0000 http://eslmadness.wordpress.com/resources/current-events/#comment-382 Hi, I'm a young English teacher and I've always loved the idea of using press in the classroom. I loved it so much that I even wrote my thesis on it. ;) However, what I find difficult is using press in teaching elementary or false beginners. One may argue that it's not really necessary to use it when teaching beginners but I strongly believe that it's at this very level of English proficiency that schemata and culture-bound items shoudl be presented to students. So I'd like to knew whether you've had any success in using press in teaching beginners? If so, how what did you do exactly? Hi,
I’m a young English teacher and I’ve always loved the idea of using press in the classroom. I loved it so much that I even wrote my thesis on it. ;)

However, what I find difficult is using press in teaching elementary or false beginners. One may argue that it’s not really necessary to use it when teaching beginners but I strongly believe that it’s at this very level of English proficiency that schemata and culture-bound items shoudl be presented to students.

So I’d like to knew whether you’ve had any success in using press in teaching beginners? If so, how what did you do exactly?

]]> Comment on Talking Cards by Eric http://eslmadness.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/talking-cards/#comment-8 Eric Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:35:43 +0000 http://eslmadness.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/talking-cards/#comment-8 Excellent list of questions. I often find adding introducing vocabulary improves the quality of questions, mentioning proverbs gives a larger cultural context. Finally, I also like to provide ten or a dozen short, witty quotations from a wide variety of perspectives allows students the freedom to consider a wider range of possible responses to familiar questions. Excellent list of questions. I often find adding introducing vocabulary improves the quality of questions, mentioning proverbs gives a larger cultural context. Finally, I also like to provide ten or a dozen short, witty quotations from a wide variety of perspectives allows students the freedom to consider a wider range of possible responses to familiar questions.

]]> Comment on Janken Math by Around the World « ESL Madness http://eslmadness.wordpress.com/2007/07/25/janken-math/#comment-4 Around the World « ESL Madness Mon, 30 Jul 2007 04:43:19 +0000 http://eslmadness.wordpress.com/2007/07/25/janken-math/#comment-4 [...] Basically, you start at one end and two students compete with flashcards, questions, greetings, janken math, anything. The student who wins gets to move forward to the next student, while the loser sits [...] [...] Basically, you start at one end and two students compete with flashcards, questions, greetings, janken math, anything. The student who wins gets to move forward to the next student, while the loser sits [...]

]]> Comment on Around the World by Janken Math « ESL Madness http://eslmadness.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/around-the-world/#comment-3 Janken Math « ESL Madness Mon, 30 Jul 2007 04:42:22 +0000 http://eslmadness.wordpress.com/2007/07/30/around-the-world/#comment-3 [...] Keep going until there’s a champion. Can also do multiplication and/ or use it with the “around the world” [...] [...] Keep going until there’s a champion. Can also do multiplication and/ or use it with the “around the world” [...]

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