This is our second class. I hope the students enjoy learning English with these lessons.
ESL VIDEO ACTIVITY
This is a pair work activity with a video.
- Your partner turns her chair and does not watch the video.
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Fall 2013 Advanced Conversation Class: Week 11
This week, the ESL students will apply the logical thinking skills they have learned so far this semester.
Step 1.
Watch the trailer for An Inconvenient truth.
In this case study, we are going to think critically about globally warming. In particular we will summarize and question a few claims made by Al Gore and in his presentation An Inconvenient Truth.
Quick ESL Writing Lesson: Using THE
This is a quick writing lesson that helps ESL students learn how to use the definite article in their writing.
First, here are five troublesome areas of writing where ESL students have some trouble using THE properly. These five areas come from the Bedford handbook.
WHEN TO USE THE IN WRITING
PART A Some simple rules.
1. The noun was already mentioned in a previous sentence.
She is a carrying a bag. The bag is yellow.
2. The clause that comes after the noun restricts the noun’s identity.
Please pass me the book on the TV.
Fall 2013 Advanced Conversation Class: Week 10
Last week, we started to look at analogies. Let’s finish analogies this week. We will watch a few videos that make arguments with analogies. This will show us how analogies can be used to make very strong arguments. Then we will finish the analogy worksheets.
Here is the schedule for the rest of the semester:
Week 11, November 11 – case study analysis using fallacies
Week 12, November 18 – critical thinking test
Week 13, November 25 – oral presentations and quiz #2
Week 14, December 2 – review
Week 15, December 9 – make up week