So we did a picture storytelling activity. I gave them a bunch of pictures (see slide 2 on the right) and asked the students (in groups) to make a creative story. I got this idea from Kathi Bailey 🙂 Anyway, so all of the stuff below are written by students. We presented this PPT during […]

Reflection: When we tried to think of an activity that help learners practice giving directions, we came up with the map activity for the intermediate-level students . We gave students 2 types of map (A and B). Map A and Map B are complementary (see Appendix A). Thus, students with Map A need to ask […]

This was the first part of my PP lesson plan that I had also used for my class in Korea. I know that PPP model (Present – Practice – Produce) has a controversy over the effectiveness; the long term acquisition of the language they learned. Thus, I was told to use TBLT which is more […]

After reading the Yinghua’s reflection about her teaching guidelines, I wanted to think about my own teaching guidelines and I came up with the list as follows;   Keep learning about the target language whether it is about language itself or about the related knowledge such as different cultures or social backgrounds. Stay up-to-date! Try […]

Teaching at PRC gave me various new experiences, and one of them was that I taught the students who didn’t share the first language with me. Since I have been taught English only to Korean students, when I had trouble explaining difficult grammar points or some abstract concepts, I could switch to Korean to explain. […]

I just remembered that on the first day at PRC, we conducted a needs analysis with the students because we would like to incorporate the topics the students wanted to learn into the class. It was a simple questionnaire written in English as well as Spanish as shown below. Then, based on this needs analysis […]

One of the challenges I noticed while I was teaching at PRC was the fact that the class consisted of mixed level students. It was harder for us to create our lesson plans because we had to think several possibilities which include coming up with backup plans and preparing different ways to manage the activities […]

Based on my teaching and/or tutoring experience in the past two years and especially this semester, I have come up with the following teaching guidelines for myself. Don’t be too laidback (my personality, I think) in class. Of course, I’m not a control freak, but I need to speak with an affirmative tone. Know what […]

Overall, I think I’m getting better at classroom management. After teaching for a whole week (week 5), I started to establish myself as the co-teacher for the OC class. I was able to get students’ attention as soon as I called their names. My voice became louder and stronger as well. However, I think I […]

This LP is for teaching ESL students (high intermediate to advanced level). For some reason, I love American Literature! 🙂 I always try to encourage my students to read more. 🙂 LESSON PLAN: Cultural/Social Relevance of Language Learning: American Literature Class Size: 10-13 students Students: Nonnative English speakers; ESL/International students; high intermediate-advanced level Duration: 75 […]