During my undergraduate career, I was introduced to the idea of creating a blog as part of our practicum to showcase to our professor and classmates our learning experiences. Being in a health-care environment, there were many things I was not able to share about my practicum. Therefore, I never found this platform useful as student pursuing a career as a child life specialist.
Two years later, I changed gears to a career in teaching English as a second language and was re-inspired by the idea of blogging and the many ways it can be used in the classroom. What have I learned so far in this process ? : - As a future TESOL instructor, I could use this as a teaching tool for students. Depending on my class demographic, I could use this as a source to post important notes, homework, and announcements. - Blog can be used as a source of information for students where they can obtain information about lessons. - Instead of using pictures from other websites that may have a copyright, use your own photos or photos from a public domain. As a new teacher in the field of ESL, using a blog as a teaching and documentation tool is still a work in progress. For more information on different ways that a blog can be used in the ESL classroom, I found an article on blogging for English language teachers that I found to be very informative.
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how to form plural froms of nouns adding -s or -es : lesson for low-level learners [review]3/6/2020 This week, I was asked to choose a grammar concept and demonstrate how I would present this concept to low-level learners in the classroom. As an early childhood educator, I am responsible for planning developmentally appropriate learning activities for children based on their interests. Many of these learning experiences are hands-on that include real world objects for children to manipulate. As a result, I find myself adding a variety of tangible elements when asked to prepare activities within adult education. For this task, I decided to teach "How to form plural forms of nouns by adding -s or -es". - I created a worksheet, pdf is attached, for students to use as a reference and to come up with examples of their own. ![]()
During the lesson: -I wrote the definition of a noun on the board and made charts to help students see the comparisons between common and proper nouns. - I elicited from students the names of different nouns, in this case, types of apples - Once the board work was complete, I presented students with props to show them the difference between singular and plural nous (1 green house - singular vs. 4 red houses) - I used props that I had from home like children's toys, boxes, and cups. Props used for this lesson can be anything, you can utilize the classroom and use items within the classroom to enhance learning. Extending learning:
In early childhood programs, educators are also required to extend children's learning by adding more to the activity, in order to enhance children's skills. I used this concept , to also extend learning for adults in the ESL context by: - Putting students into groups, turn this lesson into a scavenger hunt. - Students have to find different objects in the room and sit with their groups to create a chart with the names of the different items found, in singular and plural form. - The objective of the activity, would be for students to practice writing skills, and review of singular and plural nouns. Review: Upon completing my lesson, my professor had some pointers that I didn't realize could have an impact on my teaching. As a new teacher, the professor suggested that: - Make sure your back isn't turned to the board the whole time when writing on the board. - Provide handouts after the lesson or else students will be too distracted and might miss critical points during the lesson . However, handouts are a great resource for students. - Props are great to use for students in low-level classes because it gives them something tangible to look at and hold ; helps them remember concepts - Create sentences with the props being used so students can relate more to the experience --> lesson becomes more meaningful - Repeating words helps students at low-levels remember them |
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