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1. Using PowerPoint Presentations to Teach ESL.
A teacher’s complaint about his student.
“He always distracts himself with video toys which he insists on bringing to class.”
“His concentration span is so short and he soon takes out his video toys and plays with them in class. I cannot take his toys away from him. He will scream.”
Teachers discussing a discipline problem
A- “What do I do with this kid who insists on playing video games while I am presenting new language?
B- Do you use a lot of visual aids to attract his attention during your lessons?
A- Yes I use lots of flash cards.
- Try PowerPoint Presentations alongside flashcards to teach new language. Or practice new language with a video. Nowadays kids are more into sophisticated visuals, which we can cultivate for classroom teaching.
- But I am not familiar with operating these equipments.
B- You will eventually have to.
What is PowerPoint?
PowerPoint is software bundled in MS office and used for creating presentations usually in the form of slideshows. Over the years Microsoft has been updating the software, each time making it even better. Your computer might already have PowerPoint installed. READ ON
2. Basic Tips for Using Videos in ESL Classrooms
Like English songs, English videos can be used for an assorted variety of language teaching and learning. The main difference lies in the fact that you see and hear. Television is however a lazy medium, providing little challenges for the mind, spoon-feeding the mind with sounds and sights, thereby providing little room for one’s imagination to thrive.READ ON
3. All singing, all dancing KG lesson plan :
Quick revision of language and setting up of props needed for first song.
For example, drill colours from colour word prompts and then get the students to tell you where you should put the flashcards around the class (‘Under the door’ etc), to run and touch during songs like ‘Red, Yellow, Blue’ or ‘I can sing a rainbow’. READ ON>>>
