Week 7: Around Town/Communities
Flashcards for vocabulary from englishwsheets.com- places in a city, for kids, but appropriate for adult learner, too: Places Flashcards
There are a lot of resources on esl-lab.com. This one has a listening component and practices prepositions: Directions through Town If you show students how to use it in class, they may practice with it at home, in addition to Ventures Arcade.
Want to do something in class about the USPS/mail? The website elcivics.com has a lesson here: Post Office
SEEDFOLKS
Some of the topics fit our curriculum topics well, and you can also introduce your students to this great resource for more out-of-class practice.
esl-bits.net is another great resource for students to practice their listening skills and reading comprehension at home:
English Language Learning : Listen & Read
|
Here is a overview excerpt of some of the stories on the site.
The site also includes teacher and student favorite "House on Mango Street", please see the snapshots below for the site structure (information on the autor, stories, other)
Students can choose between faster (regular) listening speed and slower listening speed:
(Example: Cathy Queen of Cats)
Thanks to Sandra Cisneros we finally managed to get cats into this blog...
My personal favorite and tip for teachers, not students :) One of Agatha Christie's best murder mysteries:
If you don't know who did it - it's great!
Elke
An ESL Student Volunteers
This is a short, sweet little article by an ESL student who spent time volunteering for NY Cares: Volunteering- My First Visit to NYC
The Free Technology for Teachers website shares with us how to Find & Replace in Google Docs here: Find & Replace Google Docs
CONFERENCE INFORMATION
The NYC Adult Basic Education 37th Annual Conference
Changing Times in Adult Education: Collaborating to Meet the Challenge
A Conference of the teachers, by the teachers, for the teachers --- based on adult learners’ needs
Saturday, April 16, 2016
8:00 AM - 4:15 PM
The High School of Fashion Industries
225 West 24th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues, Manhattan
22 Innovative Workshops
Book Publishers
Panel Discussion of Urgent Issues
Improving and Expanding Outreach to Under-served Populations
Best practices in BE/HSE/TASC, College Preparation, ESL Literacy/ESOL, Civics, Classroom Management, and Instructional Technology presented by educators from CUNY, NYU, the New York Public Library, Queens Public Library, OACE DOE, DYCD, CBOs and Literacy Assistance Center
Join us --- to learn, to share, and strengthen
adult education in New York City!
Click here to save $5 by pre-registering or go to nycabe2016.eventbrite.com. Advanced registration is strongly encouraged as it will secure your space in each workshop of your choice.
Contact Anne Conroy with any questions about pre-registration at anne.conroy@gmail.com
Elke will present a workshop on using songs inside and outside of the classroom at the ABE Conference.
A LOOK AHEAD:
As post testing starts, keep in mind the following:
- Winter 16 session finishes: April 3
- Intake/Registration period: April 4 - April 22
- Spring 16 session begins: April 25
- Spring 16 session finishes: June 26
Coming up next week:ETNY - Educational Theater of New YorkTheater Ticket Raffle for some of our students!
SHOW US THE LOVE
One of the only ways we can know if you like what we are doing is if you make a comment on our blog page. Like our blog? Are there topics you would like us to add? Please comment!
Would you like to contribute something? A link, teaching tip, other? Any time!
Would you like to contribute something? A link, teaching tip, other? Any time!
Thank you, we really appreciate your feedback!
Have a great week!
Elizabeth & Elke
No comments:
Post a Comment