Download or read book Great Debates for ESL EFL written by Jackie Bolen and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-01-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have better ESL/EFL classes filled with engaged students by using this book of important debate topics. Get students talking with these 39 important debating topics that consist of an icebreaker, the debate question, 3 common positions, vocabulary, and 10 discussion questions. It's the ultimate book for intermediate-advanced speaking or conversation classes with teenagers or adults. The best part? It's a no-prep solution! Seriously. It's designed so that you can just grab it and go so stop wasting too much time doing lesson planning. There are 39 important debate topics so you can make it through an entire semester in style. Talk about things like social media, immigration, plastic surgery, vaccines, smoking, abortion, illegal drugs, and more. Check out the book if you want to... Have some interesting discussions and debates about a variety of topics Save time when planning lessons Help students improve their English conversational skills in a big way Talk about interesting things with students Introduce debate to English learners in an informal kind of way Have something you can print off and take to class at the last minute See happy, smiling students in your classes Author and CELTA/DELTA certified teacher Jackie Bolen is sharing her great ideas with ESL teachers around the world. She has 20 years of experience teaching conversational English. These are the lesson plans that she uses in her own classes if she wants to get her students talking and sharing their ideas. Pick up Great Debates for ESL/EFL today and get ready for better English conversation classes tomorrow.
Download or read book Make Your Point written by Michael H. Lubetsky and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2007-08-15 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This valuable workbook and downloadable audio can turn any ESL student into an accomplished debater! Make Your Point! opens the world of formal debate to the English learner. Debate fundamentals are taught form the first chapter in a student-centered format suitable for large and small classes alike. Each of the ten chapters offers a "language focus" and a "debatable focus." As students learn new debate skills, they also build important language skills. All task chains integrate speaking, listening, reading and writing activities. Most activities are intended for pairs and small groups. Neither the learners nor the teacher needs any prior debate experience to use this text successfully. This debate course promotes other forms of oral communication—such as discussion, recitation and speech-making—as well as more general activities, such as summarizing and taking notes.
Download or read book Great Debates written by Meredith Westfall and published by University of Michigan Press ELT. This book was released on 2004 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debating and discussion tips for ESL learners
Download or read book Targeting Listening and Speaking written by Keith S. Folse and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Debating in Teaching and Learning English written by Ben WIlson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-04-18 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers the first full-length treatment of the topic of debating as a method of developing English Foreign Language (EFL) speaking, inviting scholars and practitioners to reflect on the demands of the current age for moving forward educational practice. While debating is a well-known method of dialogic speaking and is widely practiced, the extent to which it is integrated in adult TEFL has not been established, and an understanding of its affordances for developing foreign language speaking is also limited. This book fills the gap in the field of TESOL and applied linguistics on the affordances of debating as a form of dialogic speaking that can promote a holistic understanding and improvement of experience of education, and indeed academic outcomes. The two main themes that situate the work are those of dialogic speaking and affect (at times referred to as 'humanistic', 'positive psychology' and 'social and emotional learning'). The book details the experiences of an adult EFL debate group in a private language school in the North of Italy. It reports how the participants experience the pedagogy so as to offer insights into it as a form of teaching speaking in adult EFL, as well as providing a practical framework with lesson plans and curriculum. The affordances of debating emerge as being social, cognitive, educational and communicative, and are discussed alongside the work of language teaching scholars Curran and Freire, and more broadly within a Social Constructivist approach to education. As such, debating is discussed as being a holistic and dialogic form of pedagogy. Particular attention to experience - often affective - is also found to be fundamental in planning and assessing educational outcomes for both teachers and learners.
Download or read book Discussion Starters written by Keith S. Folse and published by University of Michigan Press ELT. This book was released on 1996 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-two lively topics to stimulate classroom discussion for advanced ESL students
Download or read book Debates in ESOL Teaching and Learning written by Kathy Pitt and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively introduction to the theory and research surrounding the adult learning of ESOL, this unique book examines the social and personal histories of, and pressures on the learners and discusses types of classroom and teaching methodologies.
Download or read book Fifty Ways to Teach Speaking written by Janine Sepulveda and published by Wayzgoose Press. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching English as a second or foreign language is full of challenges: How do you hold students’ interest? How do you ensure that they get enough practice to really learn? The Fifty Ways to Teach series gives you a variety of drills, games, techniques, methods, and ideas to help your students master English. Most of the ideas can be used for both beginning and advanced classes. Many require little to no preparation or special materials. The ideas can be used with any textbook, or without a textbook at all. These short, practical guides aim to make your teaching life easier, and your students’ lives more rewarding and successful. This book addresses the teaching of speaking, including fluency, pronunciation, self-expression, discussion skills, and presentation skills.
Download or read book First Discussion Starters written by Keith S. Folse and published by University of Michigan Press ELT. This book was released on 2002 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Discussion Starters includes conversation activities that teachers and students have loved in the best-selling Discussion Starters and More DiscussionStarters, this time for lower-level ESL/EFL students. First Discussion Starters contains: *a variety of tasks and exercises based on real situations from all over the world serious discussion topics such as censorship, prison conditions, and cloning *topics that are lighter in nature such as lotteries, pets, and travel *activities that require students to work together in pairs or small groups to reach a conclusion about a topic *several kinds of oral fluency activities such as problem-solving tasks, court cases, "finish the story," "put the story together," and small group presentations *links to related websites for each unit
Download or read book The Art of Teaching Speaking written by Keith S. Folse and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2006-04-06 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *What elements make a speaking activity successful? *Which tasks or activities really help build speaking fluency? *What does the research show regarding speaking activities? *What mistakes do ESL teachers often make in speaking activity design? In this highly accessible and practical resource, Keith S. Folse provides a wealth of information to help ESL/EFL teachers design and use speaking tasks that will actually improve students' speaking fluency. The book presents and discusses the relevant research and assessment issues and includes case studies from twenty different settings and classrooms around the world so that readers learn from others about the problems and successes of using various speaking activities. Teachers will find the chapters on Twenty Successful Activities and Ten Unsuccessful Activities particularly valuable. The successful activities are provided for classroom use and are reproducible. The book also contains five appendixes that explain what teachers need to know about vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar and how they affect the teaching of speaking. Samples of successful lesson plans and a list of resources useful for teaching speaking are also included. Keith S. Folse, Ph.D., is Coordinator, TESOL Programs, University of Central Florida (Orlando). He is the author of Vocabulary Myths (University of Michigan Press, 2004) and more than 35 second language textbooks, including texts on grammar, reading, speaking, listening, and writing.
Download or read book Great American Stories written by C. G. Draper and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fifty Ways to Teach Life Skills written by Emily Bryson and published by Wayzgoose Press. This book was released on with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As teachers, we want to see our students succeed. Supporting them to acquire life skills is one of the more effective ways to do so. This book provides fifty inspiring, practical tips and activities to enhance students’ social, academic, critical thinking, digital, and work skills to help them become their best selves. It is a quick and essential guide for any busy teacher. This guide is simple, supports all levels of learners, and many of the activities require little or no preparation or special materials. Each activity assists students to improve their speaking, reading, writing, listening, grammar, vocabulary, or pronunciation skills while also practising their broader skills for life. The Fifty Ways to Teach series gives you a variety of drills, games, techniques, methods, and ideas to help your students master English. The ideas can be used with any textbook, or without a textbook at all. These short, practical guides aim to make your teaching life easier, and your students' lives more rewarding and successful. If you’re a busy teacher who wants to see their students excelling, this is the resource for you.
Download or read book Teaching English Language Learners Worldwide written by Thomas Jerome Baker and published by Thomas Jerome Baker. This book was released on 2013-05-06 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is estimated that over 1 billion people are currently learning English world wide. According to the British Council, as of the year 2,000 there were 750 million English as a Foreign language speakers. In addition, there were 375 million English as a Second Language speakers. The difference between the two groups amounts to English as a Foreign Language speakers using English occasionally for business or pleasure, while English as a Second Language speakers use English on a daily basis.These impressive numbers are driven by adult speakers around the world who use English to communicate in the workplace. It is a commonly held misconception that these speakers need English to communicate with native speakers. While ESL is required for those living and working in English speaking cultures such as the UK and USA, it is equally true that English is used as the lingua franca between nations where English is not the primary language. In a globalized world, the number of English learners around the world is only expected to further grow as the global trend to begin teaching English to young learners at increasingly younger and younger ages continues.Teaching English Language Learners Worldwide contains relevant ELT pedagogy, educational theory, and is a Practical Guide for both the new and esperienced teacher. The practical guidebook offers educators practical strategies for teaching in all settings: EAL / EIL / ELL / ESL / EFL worldwide. It is written by a teacher of English who has over a decade experience in a variety of settings, including language institutes, schools, and university, with all ages and levels, from beginner to advanced.The book is written in a friendly, engaging, authentic, practical voice. It makes for easy reading and reference while motivating and interacting with the reader. The author is the Past-President of TESOL Chile, and thus is no stranger to the controversial topics in English Language Teaching, which he takes head on in this book. The writer says: "This is the book I wish I had when I first started teaching English language learners. It would have made me a better teacher." It provides research-based instructional techniques which have proven effective with English learners at all proficiency levels. The author requests you write a review for this book if you find this book to be helpful to you in your practical teaching, where it is most valuable. Thank you in advance for your support.
Download or read book ESL Conversation Questions for Kids written by Jackie Bolen and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-24 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have better English conversation and speaking classes with children today! In ESL Conversation Questions for Kids, you'll find more than 50 conversation topics suitable for English learners, each with a set of 15 engaging, interactive questions that'll get your students talking. They are designed for kids who know a little bit of vocabulary already. This book is perfect for those situations when you want to get an interesting discussion going but are out of inspiration. Keep a copy on your phone to pull out in case you need some fresh, new ideas. They're ideal for a warm-up or for a longer, free-talking time at the end of a themed lesson. Author Jackie Bolen is sharing her great ideas for English conversation questions with English teachers throughout the world. She's a CELTA/DELTA certified teacher with more than 15 years of experience in the classroom. These are the question lists that she uses with her own students. Pick up a copy of the book if you want to... Have more interesting English conversation classes with kids Engage students with great questions See happy, smiling faces in your classes Save time when planning lessons Have a resource to use in case of emergency It's the perfect solution to a last-minute class that you haven't had time to prep for! Or for classes where students want to do lots of free-talking, including private lessons. Avoid the chit-chat about the usual things and instead opt for something more interesting. These TEFL conversation questions for children will get students talking, guaranteed! Buy the book today to have better English classes tomorrow.
Download or read book 67 ESL Conversation Topics with Questions Vocabulary Writing Prompts More written by Jackie Bolen and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-07-13 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get your students talking with these 67 conversation topics that consist of a warm-up question, vocabulary challenge, idioms & phrases, 14 conversation questions, and 2-3 writing prompts. It's the ultimate book for speaking or conversation classes with teenagers or adults. The best part? it's a seriously no-prep solution! It's designed so that you can just grab it and go. And there are 67 ESL conversation topics so you can make it through an entire semester in style. The basis of a good conversation class is giving learners a reason and an opportunity to speak. Combine this with scaffolding of grammar and phrases and that's some serious ESL teaching gold! Your students will love this engaging, interesting approach to working on their English conversation skills. Pick up a copy of the book today and get ready for better English conversation classes in the future.
Download or read book Pronunciation in EFL Instruction written by Jolanta Szpyra-Kozłowska and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2014 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses issues and debates at the centre of English pronunciation teaching. It offers new theoretical ideas and practical solutions to phonodidactic problems that arise in EFL contexts, approaching pronunciation instruction from global and local perspectives and supporting its theoretical claims with extensive empirical evidence.
Download or read book 49 ESL Conversation Games Activities written by Jackie Bolen and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-06-17 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even experienced ESL teachers get stuck in a rut. It's time to find some fresh ideas for English conversation classes! Whether you're a first-time ESL/EFL/TEFL teacher, an experienced but overwhelmed instructor, or an instructor without a textbook, you need more activities for your conversation or speaking classes. If you're tired of wasting time wading through the junk on the Internet, then Jackie is here to help. During her decade of experience as a CELTA/DELTA certified teacher, author Jackie Bolen has developed countless TEFL conversation games and activities for her students. She's sharing her low-prep/no-prep ideas with ESL teachers throughout the world. In 49 ESL Conversation Games and Activities, you'll get dozens of ideas to use in your own classroom. The highly-detailed descriptions will show you exactly how to use the activities during your lessons. Jackie's clearly and concisely explained activities will help you add instructional variety and put the focus back on your students. If you're extremely busy or you're simply out of new ideas, Jackie's book makes it easy to try out new and exciting ESL conversation activities your students will love! Buy the book to get new lesson plans ready to go in minutes!
