A panoply of teaching resources.
Anyone who teaches ESL writing knows there comes a time when student papers pile up on the desk and they have to be marked. The hard part, when faced with 30 or more regular submissions, is finding a way to give English writing students meaningful input without spending hours generating feedback.
A writing rubric is one possible solution.
Below is a suggested scoring guide. It is simple, yes. Though I hope it provides useful guidance.
This rubric is suitable for one paragraph
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.
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
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
2. Short-term objectives
Over the next few weeks, you will learn many tricks to help students
Here is a video lesson which describes seven skills that students will need in the future in order to be successful. It’s a great list with skills that are very important for ESL English students here in Korea.
These must-have skills are:
If you don’t have time to watch the video, you can get the essential information here.