ESL Worksheets

05 Jan 2017 10:02
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As I recently have some time, I had been browsing on some forums the other day. Trying to get new, exciting, motivational ideas that I have not used previously, to treat my kids. Actually I was surprised by the magnitude of ideas existing regarding it.
It is practically infinite. Many people are ready to write about their activities to aid others or simply because they have got plenty of time on their hands. Furthermore a various teachers tend to be then content to talk about their skills with the people.
Trying to find some time yet could not find what I wanted. Just before I wanted stop searching, I found this neat site by accident about ESL teaching.
I share a little piece of advice from it here. It just makes life less difficult. There is a twitter feed with fresh videos from the class. I really appreciate the commitment they put in to make the articles. As it is with all the things it must be tailored to our necessities but that's okay. The important part is to keep the wheels running no matter how many problems are on the road.
"People only see what they are prepared to see. Ralph Waldo Emerson"
The article ESL Worksheetswas originally posted on MissTESL.
ESL Worksheets
Having some relevant ESL worksheets in the classroom has got a lot of benefits. We use them to encourage students learning and engage their brain with meaningful content.
However worksheets aren't always the most effective way of teaching English according to experienced teachers. There is still some room in the English teacher's bag for them. Mostly because the country we teach, measures the knowledge by results written on a piece of paper. Which is actually the worksheet itself. Or maybe we just need some time off singing and jumping around in the classroom.
Different worksheets has different goals. First we have to define the purpose of the worksheet:
1. Summarize delivered content.
3. Focus the attention on grammar questions.
4. Fill the gap between listening to the language and using it in written form.
5. Connect previous knowledge with freshly taught material.
6. Gap filling activity.
9. Assess what they remember or understand about new content.
One thing I don't like about worksheets. Their name! It should be fun-sheet. Worksheets mean you don't even want to look at them and neither your students. It makes a completely different outcome if you call them fun-sheets. Try to focus on having something that kids don't mind doing and not something that you can scare them with. Activities that they do happily would be remembered longer.
You can find here some tested exercises which can both please the parents, give you time to think but more importantly connect the different activities listed on the site. Thus creating an all-inclusive English lesson which only misses you as the teacher.
Even very young children can have worksheets to complete. Don't think about something difficult of course. It is rather a colouring page, picture dictation or match the pictures sheet that could be beneficial for them to complete as it builds a bridge between listening to the language and doing something with it. Hands on is very important in the early stages of language learning.
When children are at the age to start recognizing letters and words you have more possibilities to choose from. As spelling is a big part of teaching ESL, all kind of worksheets come handy to practise. Be careful and vary different types of worksheets otherwise it is going to be boring after a while.

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