General tips

If I were starting out ...
These suggestions are for novice Adult EAL teachers working in government-funded programs. The first weeks for new teachers can be overwhelming. There are many decisions to make and a confusing array of choices. These suggestions are intended to help new teachers focus and manage their lesson planning, instruction and student evaluation effectively.

Asking and Teaching Questions (PDF 68kb)
Information on planning appropriate questioning in class and helping learners develop language skills as they learn to ask and answer increasingly complex questions.

ACTIVITIES

• CLB-correlated sample tasks (PDF 75kb)
  
  
• Talk About Game - Game Board (MS Word 27kb)

  Application forms (MS Word 27kb)
  Categories (MS Word 27kb)
  First conditional (MS Word 27kb)
  "Say one good thing." (MS Word 27kb)
  Template (MS Word 27kb)

Listening

Materials to come.

Speaking

Pronunciation teaching tips (PDF 100kb)
Advice and suggested approaches for teaching comprehensible pronunciation

ACTIVITIES

• Pronunciation, CLB 4-6: consonant sounds (PDF 50kb)
• Speaking, CLB 6: apologies (PDF 79kb)

Reading

ACTIVITIES

• Reading - CLB 2: Greeting Cards - Congratulations (PDF 55kb)

Writing

Materials to come.

Assessing language

Materials to come.

Developing metacognitive strategies

Materials to come.

Grammar

ACTIVITIES

• Grammar - CLB 6-8: Used to and Would (PDF 59kb) Answer Key (PDF 61kb)

Language and learning

Language and Learning Strategies