Beginning ESL Lessons and Accompanying Teacher Training Modules

This Section contains 11 ESL lessons and the teacher training modules that will enable you to teach them. If you follow the training modules carefully, step by step, you should be able to learn some of the basic techniques for teaching ESL as you teach.

In preparing each lesson, first go to the lesson part. This contains the actual material that you will be teaching to your students. Examine the lesson carefully, beginning with the objectives; read the dialog and then the practice exercises. Next go to the training module that is intended to accompany that lesson. Each module begins with an objective and a statement of purpose. Then it outlines step-by-step procedures for preparing a particular part of the lesson and instructions for teaching it. follow these procedures carefully.

NOTE: Each lesson should be duplicated or photocopied in advance for all students. Encourage your students to compile their lessons in a notebook to be studied at home.

* Lesson 1: Greeting and Introduction
o Module I: Teaching the Dialog
o Module II: Dialog Expansion, Structure Drills
o Module III: Cloze Type Dictation Exercise
* Lesson 2: Filling Out Forms
o Module I: Teaching the Dialog (Continued)
o Module IV: Teaching Pronunciation
o Module V: Teaching Numbers
o Module VI: Teaching a Command Sequence Lesson
o Module VII: Teaching the Alphabet
o Module II: Dialog Expansion, Structure Drills (Continued)
o Module VI: Teaching a Command Sequence Lesson (Continued)
* Lesson 3: Personal Information
o Module I: Teaching the Dialog (Continued)
o Module II: Dialog Expansion, Structure Drills (Continued)
* Lesson 4: Asking about Classroom Objects
o Module I: Teaching the Dialog (Continued)
o Module VI: Teaching a Command Sequence Lesson (Continued)
* Lesson 5: Telling Time
* Lesson 6: Finding a Job
* Lesson 7: Ordering Food
* Lesson 8: Calling on the Phone
* Lesson 9: Shopping for Clothes
* Lesson 10: Telling the Date
* Lesson 11: Visiting the Doctor

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