[nobe-l] tutoring ESL

[Sean]

Hey Marc.

Thanks a lot for your suggestions. Last night I wrote out a dialog of about
ten lines about shopping. I paired them up and had them take turns reading
it this morning. Then I explained the vocabulary they didn't understand. I
think they liked the idea, and it seems to have helped them. I'll get a
little more elaborate as I get more experience, but this was a good start.
:) Thanks again.

Sean

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Marc Workman <mworkman at ualberta.ca> wrote:

> Hi Sean,
>
> I have a couple of random thoughts
>
> Small group activities.  You can pair them up and have them work together
> on a short writing assignment.
>
> You can also have them do individual writing assignments that are then
> presented to the rest of the class.
>
> In my second language classes, even at the university level, we would do
> role playing and write and perform short skits, which, with the right group
> of people, could be a lot of fun.
>
> You can split them up and have them debate an issue.
>
> Whether any of these ideas will work largely depends on the actual content
> of the exercises as well as the people you are teaching, but these are a few
> things I've done in classes, both as student and as teacher.  I'll let you
> know if I think of anything else.
>
> Best,
>
> Marc
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean" <s.p.lundy at gmail.com>
> To: <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 5:14 PM
> Subject: [nobe-l] tutoring ESL
>
>
>  Hi everybody.
>> I recently started volunteer tutoring a group of English learners (all
>> sighted). I have a little experience tutoring one-on-one, but not group.
>> The
>> sessions have been pretty unstructured so far, so I am looking for
>> suggestions as to how to incorporate speaking, listening, vocabulary,
>> reading, and writing into them. There are between four and seven in the
>> group, depending on how many show up. They are all intermediate learners.
>> I
>> only have two sessions a week with them, one hour each, so I want to make
>> them as efficient as possible. Since all of the students say they use
>> English most at school and at the store, I thought it would be a good idea
>> to base my lessons on those places to start with. Any suggestions/advice
>> will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>> Sean
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