Welcome, Instructors and Learners

[skinglist]

If you're looking for my personal journal, that's at skinglistThis community will be used for the posting of lesson plans for adult ESL learners, as well as discussion of challenges specific to that learning group and their instructors. It is a friends only community because I put a lot of work into the lesson plans and while I don't mind sharing the lesson

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[villagechick]

I'm adding you. I'm a student ESL teacher but I'm teaching high school night students which translates to teaching adult ELLs since most of my students are 18 and above. :)

[skinglist]

added you back! that age level must be a challenge in terms of motivation!

[villagechick]

Yes! Especially since most of them work day jobs and are always on the verge of falling asleep or just want to hang with their friends. When I see I'm completely losing them, I make them play a silly game to get their blood moving, like Mother May I or Redlight Greenlight. Childish but they learn some interesting vocab and they wake up a bit.

[skinglist]

yep, I get mine with Tic Tac Toe and Bingo with chocolate for prizes
and everytime I don't want to teach, I think that theyve been working for 10 hours and are more tired than I am

[dothethingsucan]

What a great idea! When I started out volunteering as an ESL teacher they basically gave me a book, a piece of chalk and said, "Good luck." I never had the chance to see how others approach teaching so I think it'd be interesting to meet other teachers and see what they do in class. When I start teaching again, I'll start posting my lesson plans.

[skinglist]

thanks :)
that was more or less why I started the community, sharing resources.

[dothethingsucan]

A fellow student in my masters program is trying to develop a program aimed specifically towards spanish speakers and the problems they face in learning ESL. She's asked me to help her in the research so if I have the time to help her, on top of my course load and assistantship work, I'll share any good lesson ideas we come up with with the board.

melinda

[skinglist]

I just recently finished teaching a group of Mexican immigrants and may be able to give you some insight, what is it exactly that you're looking for?

[stdanmark]

I am an American teaching English to unemployed people in East Germany so they stay out of the official unemployment statistic. As you can imagine, some of my students are not exactly motivated. I am thrilled that there is a community where people can exchange ideas.

[stdanmark]

Right now I am looking for some creative ways to teach "can". I was hoping for something like the "I bet you can book" but simple enough that beginners will understand the actions being described. I was also hoping for a list of stange facts with can. My class is 8 hours a day, so I need a lot of games and action to keep people interested and engaged.

[skinglist]

I'd recommend making a top level post here, not too many people will see this comment and they may have some great suggestions.

[lindsey_rae]

Hi I'm a volunteer ESL tutor for now, but have applied to do it full time in both Chile and SE Asia for next year! Can you add me? Thanks!

Sorry, wrong account.

[skinglist]

Welcome.
It's now an open community--I forgot to edit this post. You should be able to join and see it all.

Re: Sorry, wrong account.

[annakey]

I've just joined and can't see anything.

Re: Sorry, wrong account.

[skinglist]

Don't know why, clear your cache and refresh maybe?