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Ideas for Using
Matching Exercises
Matching exercises are standard textbook fare.
Check out these suggestions for making them a bit more interactive. |
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 Discussion
Lesson Exchange--Stop by PartyLand's Lesson Exchange discussion forum
for ESL teachers. Add your own idea about how to teach listening and speaking or
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Partner: Telephone Skills--A fun activity for pairing students, includes
directions. (You could use this activity to pair students for the role-plays below.) Role-plays: Telephone Skills--A
set of role-play cards with directions.
Randall's
CyberListening Lab--An Internet worksheet for high-beginner through advanced level
students. Print, review tasks and vocabulary with your class, then go to the
computer lab for some CyberListening practice. After the class completes the lesson,
bring students together again for some synthesis. Remember to encourage your
students to return to this web site on their own for extra practice. |
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Do
your students know about this great on-line listening site? If not,
check it out.
Randall's ESL
Cyber Listening Lab |
 Oral Presentations
| Oral presentations are a great way for students
to practice their English skills. The extra pressure of knowing they're going to be
in front of the classroom provides students with some great extrinsic motivation for
staying on task. I usually start by going through presentation basics with the
group, then assigning an oral presentation every three weeks or so. (As a general
rule, never allow students to write out their presentations. Rather, encourage them
to use notecards to stay on track.) |
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Basics--This classroom handout discusses the basic structure of an oral
presentation. (Ideally, you should prepare a presentation yourself to give as a
model. Then elicit the structure of an oral presentation from the class before
reviewing the handout.) |
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Presentations: Do's & Don'ts--This classroom handout provides advice on giving
presentations. |
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Presentations: Peer Evaluation Form-This is a peer evaluation form for students to use
while their classmates are presenting. To allow for greater objectivity, I don't
have the students write their own names on the forms--just the name of the student they're
evaluating. Before having students use this form, make sure you've gone through
presentation basics with the group. |
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Presentations: Teacher Evaluation--You can use this form as students give their
presentations. Because the peer evaluation form has a lot of feedback on
presentation skills, this one focuses on grammar. I usually write down direct quotes
and underline the mistakes. Students must then take some time to self-correct their
mistakes. |
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