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Rob Whyte is a university teacher, teacher trainer and writer.

ESL Writing Class Week 14

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It’s the end of the semester and time for the students to review what they have learned in the English writing class this semester.

Writing Exercise 1: Edit

Find the errors. Rewrite the paragraph. When is the last time you had a Coca-Cola. did you know that John Pemberton, a pharmacist in atlanta, Georgia inventd Coca-Cola as a medicine he named the syrup he invented for two of it’s ingredients the coca leaf and kola nuts Coca-cola soon become a popular soft drink. On 1891 Pemberton sold his invention to Asa Candler for $2,300. Candler open bottling plants around the U.S. In 1919, Candler sold the business for $25,000,000!

Writing Exercise 2: Email message lesson

Write an email to the Sheraton hotel. Ask three questions. Use standard email writing message format.

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ESL Conversation Review Activities

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This is week 14 of the semester. The final exam is just around the corner so it’s time for my ESL students to learn English and get ready for the test.

ESL Conversation Exam

Here are the final exam questions. Each student will get one question from each part.

This will be a conversation exam, so expect follow up questions. The key point is to show your communication skills. The score will reflect your ability to express ideas that people can understand because your pronunciation is clear, your vocabulary is accurate and your logic is persuasive.

Part 1 Summarize and Conversation

Talk for 45 seconds and tell me the important parts about:

  1. a book
  2. a movie
  3. a tv show
  4. a news story
  5. your future

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Easy Writing Activities

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Here is a short list of easy ESL writing exercises to help students learn and improve their English writing skills.

Writing Activity #1  Murder Mystery

  1. Review a true story about a man who was killed. The slides are here.
  2. Do a short pair work discussion to review the key facts and undercover missing elements.
  3. Write a persuasive story to describe what happened. Put the facts together. How did the guy die?

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ESL Writing Lesson: How to Write and Format an Email

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This is the last week of new content to help ESL students learn English writing.

Email Writing Research

  1. This slideshow provides basic data about email messages.
  2. Here is an email which I sent to many hotels in Korea. Some of the answers I received are here.

Dear Sir/Madame,

I’d like to get some information about rooms and availability at your hotel.

I have two adults and one teenager traveling to Seoul. They need a room for two nights
on May 26 and May 27.

1. Do you have rooms available on those nights?
2. What are the rates and taxes?
3. Do you have wheelchair access?
4. What is the best way to travel to your hotel from the airport?

Many thanks for your help and information.

Rob

 

PROFESSIONAL EMAIL WRITING

Writing an effective email in English is not difficult. But my students need to learn a few basic writing skills.  This lesson will help them in the future, especially when they start looking for a job and need to write emails in

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