ESL

Advanced ESL Conversation: Week 5

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This week 5 of the semester for my ESL English students. They are making great progress. here is a list of a few of the things we will study this week.

Writing and Speaking Review

A short quiz and a long mid-term exam are coming soon. Now is a good time to review some of the material we have studied in class. It might be useful when my ESL students have an English test.

Here are a few questions.

  1. Write 3 or 4 sentences to describe a difficult sport. Describe the rules, objectives of the activity, number of players, location of play and equipment.

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ESL Writing: A Simple Scoring Rubric

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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

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Summary Writing Lesson: NPR Sleep Lesson 2

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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

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