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This is week 10 of the semester. Here is the plan for this week.
Here is the plan for this week to help ESL students learn English speaking skills.
It’s a short week because of the holiday on Wednesday. So, my ESL students have just one class to learn English responses for the conversation exam questions.
Please note: all exam questions are given in random order. Students do not choose which questions they answer.
You will have 1 or 2 questions from this section. Long answers with full sentences and details are suggested.
This lesson helps ESL students improve the quality of their writing, speaking and thinking by understanding the differences between correlation and causation.
Learning these vital concepts helps students write logical stories and essays by avoiding post hoc fallacies. It also helps them develop critical thinking skills and an ability to express complex ideas in writing and conversation classes.
Developing an ability to identity and evaluate cause and effect relationships is not easy for students, especially those coming from an education system that emphasizes rote memorization. Finding causality requires a degree of imagination and a willingness to inquire, to dare and explore ideas.
In that sense, imagination fosters understanding.
By the end of this lesson, ESL students will:
Here is an outline of the activities we will do this week to help ESL students learn English speaking skills.