This light activity deals with "silent letters" of English language which are encountered in a large number of English language words. Students read a fairly simple dialogue with the blanks for words containing silent letters. Silent letters, however, are listed while the rest of the letters are blanked. Students find the missing words and become aware of silent letters. Great activity for a warm-up.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Interactive
This is a review lesson on author's purpose. There is a short review of the three primary purposes followed by 20 examples. Students read the example to decide which purpose best fits.
Material Type: Homework/Assignment
A cute cartoon video of a superwoman and a student where they discuss how to connect compound sentences.
Material Type: Lesson
This is a PowerPoint of 12 vocabulary words which are common containers or partitives. The final slide contains suggested activities for the classroom.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Diagram/Illustration, Interactive, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy
This presentation is a stAIR Design. It is like an interactive PowerPoint Presentation that reviews the language and concepts of comparison and contrast in order to help students understand those vocabulary words. The presentation was helpful for beginning and intermediate ESOL students and includes keyword Vocabulary: (and), (both..and),(not only...but also), and (but). Part 2 is more advanced and contains keyword vocabulary: (equally), (just like), (similar), (the same as), (although), (different), (unlike), (whereas), and (while).
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Interactive
Do you want to learn the basics of how to use Microsoft word? This web site offers easy to understand video lessons. In addition to the audio lessons, the site offers supplement materials.
Material Type: Lecture, Lesson Plan, Student Guide
This video shows how writing letters for and about family can help someone learn English as a second language.
Material Type: Lecture
Comparing sales ads for the Shopping Unit for Beginner Adult ESL learners. Using sales ads students will learn how to figure out sale prices, percentage discounts, and final cost of items. They will compare ads from advertisers, compare like items, and find the best price available. Students will learn how to make sentences using comparatives (and superlatives – for higher level ESL learners.)
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Game, Interactive
Adult ESL learners may not know the American measurement system. The United States is one of only five countries still using Fahrenheit to measure temperatures (see list below). Simplifying the conversion can help our learners make sense of local temperatures. The method below is “a reasonable approximation”, not an exact calculation.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Interactive, Lesson Plan
This website has a fun short video and an interactive practice activity to teach and assess common suffixes. It is geared toward adults but would be appropriate for secondary as well.
Material Type: Lecture
An integral component of the adult ESL literacy and low-beginning level course outlines is an introduction to the parts of the body. The author addresses this content area, suggesting a variety of classroom activities and instructional strategies which promote student success in the development of this competency
Material Type: Lesson Plan
This website gives a short written explanation and plenty of practice for common prefixes. There is also a video on prefixes and other interactive activities for suffixes and more.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Homework/Assignment, Interactive
The lesson plan is useful for building community in an Adult ESOL class for intermediate and advanced level students. The plan contains icebreakers and a review of adjectives that describe character.
Material Type: Game, Lesson Plan
This activity is a good review for adult or teen ESL learners on time clauses. The movie, In Time, is set in a futuristic world where time is the currency. After ten questions on what happens before or after another, there are three interesting discussion questions.
Material Type: Assessment, Lesson Plan
This lesson presents common household vocabulary. It includes activities for cooperative learning, student interviews, and vocabulary development.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
This lesson introduces ESOL or ELL students to common food items and their location on supermarket shelves. The lesson also provides an overview of the organization of supermarkets and the distribution of food items along different aisles. Materials include a list of vocabulary, cooperative learning activities, and a handout to complete while visiting the supermarket.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Online instruction is an important supplement to traditional classroom instruction. However, internet access is not always available to all students. This lesson presents options for students without a home computer. It also lists 5 helpful ESL/ELL websites.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Taxes are part of daily life in the United States. The activities included in this lesson plan introduce ESL students to income taxes, the important date for submission of income tax returns, and the simple forms most students will need to complete. A variety of materials and resources are provided.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Great speaking and listening lesson about a girl who overcomes barriers and succeeds against the odds through pure determination.
Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Interactive, Lesson Plan
Conversation questions provides lists of questions organized by topics such as holidays, fashion, films, childhood dreams, etc. One thing to bear in mind here, is that the aim is to get students talking, not just to answer yes or no to the questions, even when those questions are polar questions, and that there won't be any "right" or "wrong" answers. Although the format may look like a questionnaire, the idea is that the questions are mere prompts/cues for meaningful communication and should not just be "ticked off" in rapid succession.
Material Type: Assessment, Game, Lesson Plan
