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Summary Writing Lesson: NPR Sleep Lesson 2

July 13, 2014September 21, 2012 by eslwriter

The previous post introduced the idea of summary writing. It showed students how to structure a summary paragraph using a process I call FACT. The challenge for students was to listen to an NPR podcast and write a one paragraph summary.

Sample Summary Paragraph

Here is a sample which can help English students understand the structure of a summary paragraph.

In this podcast, scientists asked a question: can people

Summary Writing Lesson With NPR

July 13, 2014September 20, 2012 by eslwriter

Here is an outline which can be used to begin a new writing class. The starting point for this ESL writing class is learning how to write one-paragraph summaries in a multi-skill English communication class that uses podcasts from NPR.

1. Purpose of class

improve the students’ ability to communicate clear ideas in writing

2. Short-term objectives

Over the next few weeks, you will learn many tricks to help students

Basic ESL Conversation: Week 4

September 17, 2012 by eslwriter

This week has many activities for my ESL English students. One speaking activity is to practice using he – his, she – her, we – our and they – their … in sentences.

Here is the

Advanced ESL Conversation: Week 4

September 18, 2012September 17, 2012 by eslwriter

This week, my ESL students will improve English fluency and develops job skills by learning how to describe patterns, trends and differences.

ESL Conversation Activities

The first ESL conversation activity is a pair work exercise where students have to find the differences in two pictures. This is a warm up for the next activity.

The second activity is more complex. Students will