Resources For Speaking English Class
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Dear Ms. Ranganayaki,
We met once during a text-book review meeting.
I am Principal of a Gujarati-medium college in Ahmedabad. We plan to start some short-term courses in English for our students. Could you please advise me on possible sites for course-material etc. The course hopes to focus on Speaking.
Regards,
Indira
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Nice to hear from you Ms.Indira. I am sharing with you a few resources. Let me know if you have more questions.
To be able to speak in English, students need a lot of exposure to English. So a lot of listening comprehension exercises might help in getting them started.
For example, you can ask them to listen to the following audio and ask questions based on the audio.
Memory Exercises MP3
For more audios on a similar topic visit
Memory Tips
You can use audios on topics that interest students. If they are interested in iPod and music for example, you can make them listen to the audios on this site
iPod Zone
You can find some teaching tasks such as teaching through authentic materials, teaching multilingual tasks (integrating Gujarati and English)and teaching through technology at
Teaching Styles Online
I think it would be better to teach a course that would later be useful for the students to get through IELTS or TOEFL tests. In this way you would also be able to assess the quality of your course through an external evaluation. The additional advantage is the free materials available online that you can use in your classroom.
For example, if you do a Google Search for this purpose you might find the following results:
Google Search Result for IELTs Speaking Test
The students and teachers can learn to search better on Google using the resources available at Google For Educators.
How to Search Better Using Google - Posters
There are many sites online which offer free resources for teaching English as well as other subjects.
You can watch this video tour of one such site:
A high-level overview of edu 2.0, a next-generation education web site.
You can sign up for a free account on edu2.0 site and use their resources. You can also share your resources with them. The same goes for Google For Educators
Let me know if this answer is helpful to you. If you need more information do not hesitate to contact me at Ask Rangoo or send me an email.
How can I be with the world teacher community? Is there anyway I can teach on net n earn from home?
There are many ways for you to keep in touch with the teacher community.
Please visit Free Resources For Teachers. We will be adding more there.
Google for Educators is a good way of keeping in touch with the teachers community, sharing your plans, etc. - Read about it here - Google For Educators Post
You can also become a member of ELTechs Association - you can share ideas with other teachers and get answers for your questions.
There is a site for teachers which may be of interest to you.
If you look at this Squidoo Lens Free Online Courses you will find other sites where teachers can submit their teaching courses.
There are places where you can submit PowerPoint Presentations and videos.
To answer the second part of your question -
Is there anyway I can teach on net n earn from home?
Yes there are many ways you can earn from home.
You can prepare your own course and sell them online.
You can offer coaching programs for students.
You can work on projects with other online marketers.
For creating your own website and earning online please visit Ask Rangoo FAQ.
UGC NET SLET CSIR examinations are very popular with teachers and students. Similarly there are a number of other examinations students need materials for. You could choose a particular area to focus on and produce something useful for that community of learners.
Please visit Free Resources For Teachers. We will be adding more there.
Google for Educators is a good way of keeping in touch with the teachers community, sharing your plans, etc. - Read about it here - Google For Educators Post
You can also become a member of ELTechs Association - you can share ideas with other teachers and get answers for your questions.
There is a site for teachers which may be of interest to you.
If you look at this Squidoo Lens Free Online Courses you will find other sites where teachers can submit their teaching courses.
There are places where you can submit PowerPoint Presentations and videos.
To answer the second part of your question -
Is there anyway I can teach on net n earn from home?
Yes there are many ways you can earn from home.
You can prepare your own course and sell them online.
You can offer coaching programs for students.
You can work on projects with other online marketers.
For creating your own website and earning online please visit Ask Rangoo FAQ.
UGC NET SLET CSIR examinations are very popular with teachers and students. Similarly there are a number of other examinations students need materials for. You could choose a particular area to focus on and produce something useful for that community of learners.
गूगल फ़ॉर educators (टीचर्स) - गूगल को क्लास मे कैसे उपयोग करना है सीकीये
Google For Educators has great resources for classroom use.
You and your students can benefit from using Google tools in the classroom. More importantly your students will be prepared for functioning effectively in the internet dominated world of the 21st century.
Google has a teacher's guide for using Google in the Google For Educators section.
Teachers can get ideas for using Google tools in the classroom, they can join discussion groups and sign up for Google newsletter.
Google has also started a blog for educators called Infinite Thinking Machine Blog.
Google says, "While you’re here, you can sign up for the quarterly Google for Educators newsletter, as well as check out the latest from The Infinite Thinking Machine, a Google-sponsored, WestEd-produced blog for educators, by educators. We also invite you to visit the Google for Educators Discussion Group to catch up on what's happening with Google's K-12 Education initiatives, and to share information, ideas and lesson plans with other educators".
You can download posters for your classroom here - http://www.google.com/educators/posters.html
The posters are in PDF format. You need Adobe Acrobat to download the posters. If you do not have it on your computer, you can download a free Acrobat Reader here.
So sign up for Google for Educators' Newsletter and get ideas to use in your classroom. Discuss them in Educators Groups and share your lesson plans.
You and your students can benefit from using Google tools in the classroom. More importantly your students will be prepared for functioning effectively in the internet dominated world of the 21st century.
Google has a teacher's guide for using Google in the Google For Educators section.
Teachers can get ideas for using Google tools in the classroom, they can join discussion groups and sign up for Google newsletter.
Google has also started a blog for educators called Infinite Thinking Machine Blog.
Google says, "While you’re here, you can sign up for the quarterly Google for Educators newsletter, as well as check out the latest from The Infinite Thinking Machine, a Google-sponsored, WestEd-produced blog for educators, by educators. We also invite you to visit the Google for Educators Discussion Group to catch up on what's happening with Google's K-12 Education initiatives, and to share information, ideas and lesson plans with other educators".
You can download posters for your classroom here - http://www.google.com/educators/posters.html
The posters are in PDF format. You need Adobe Acrobat to download the posters. If you do not have it on your computer, you can download a free Acrobat Reader here.
So sign up for Google for Educators' Newsletter and get ideas to use in your classroom. Discuss them in Educators Groups and share your lesson plans.
What is the purpose of teaching Grammar?
Dhruti Asks: What is the purpose of teaching Grammar? Should we expand it with the day-to-day acticities of the life OR should we teach it like maths? For example, how to teach Pronoun in an ESL class? What should be the end product? Can you please guide me? some exercises I can include while teaching grammar?
Watch a PowerPoint Presentation: Grammar Capsule
I am glad you are asking these questions Dhruti. Many of us are teaching without understanding the purpose behind out actions. I think the main aim of teaching grammar is to aid the natural second language acquisition process. If our students had good natural exposure to the target language in class, they would learn the grammar of that language too, incidentally.
But there are limitations in a classroom situation. The pressure of examinations, covering the syllabus (!!) etc. etc. take up most of our time and we are not able to help the students develop language competence naturally in a tension free manner. And then some of us try to make the situation worse by giving grammar rules and explanations.
Teaching grammar can be useful if
- natural exposure to the language is provided to initiate a discussion on a grammar point
- students are given a chance to interact with the exposure and discover the underlying pattern for themselves
- Teacher and Student interact with each other in a natural manner, incidentally using that grammar item.
- Students get to work in pairs and groups to use grammar-based communicative activies in a relaxed manner.
- Students get to work on individual worksheets with LSRW skills integrated with that grammar component.
- Teacher gives feedback to the students in a variety of ways (definitely not circling wrong patterns in red alone)- repeat the correct form as part of her reply to the student, let them watch a video / TV prog. pause naturally at a certain point and focus their attention on the usage, tell a story and find a way to repeat that aspect of language etc.
For these please refer to the following websites:
- Sample PowerPoint Presentations for Grammar Items
- ESL Grammar Activities: The Present Perfect
- teaching Functional English Through Authentic Materials
- Sample Multilingual Activities
Could any of you who are reading this post some activities for teaching pronouns?
Watch a PowerPoint Presentation: Grammar Capsule
I am glad you are asking these questions Dhruti. Many of us are teaching without understanding the purpose behind out actions. I think the main aim of teaching grammar is to aid the natural second language acquisition process. If our students had good natural exposure to the target language in class, they would learn the grammar of that language too, incidentally.
But there are limitations in a classroom situation. The pressure of examinations, covering the syllabus (!!) etc. etc. take up most of our time and we are not able to help the students develop language competence naturally in a tension free manner. And then some of us try to make the situation worse by giving grammar rules and explanations.
Teaching grammar can be useful if
- natural exposure to the language is provided to initiate a discussion on a grammar point
- students are given a chance to interact with the exposure and discover the underlying pattern for themselves
- Teacher and Student interact with each other in a natural manner, incidentally using that grammar item.
- Students get to work in pairs and groups to use grammar-based communicative activies in a relaxed manner.
- Students get to work on individual worksheets with LSRW skills integrated with that grammar component.
- Teacher gives feedback to the students in a variety of ways (definitely not circling wrong patterns in red alone)- repeat the correct form as part of her reply to the student, let them watch a video / TV prog. pause naturally at a certain point and focus their attention on the usage, tell a story and find a way to repeat that aspect of language etc.
For these please refer to the following websites:
- Sample PowerPoint Presentations for Grammar Items
- ESL Grammar Activities: The Present Perfect
- teaching Functional English Through Authentic Materials
- Sample Multilingual Activities
Could any of you who are reading this post some activities for teaching pronouns?
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