Clarke Wainikka TESL

Assignment 3: Adaptation and Creation of ESL Materials Introductory Paragraphs Profile of Target Learners Learner Type : International Students Age: 18 and up English Level: IELTS 5 Goals: To prepare students for future College programs and courses Specific Needs: Academic English, Knowledge of essay writing, Note Taking Proficiency with Technology : Students MUST have a laptop and internet access to participate in the class. Learning Objectives This course is designed to develop academic reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. The students will learn relevant grammar to write strong sentences, paragraphs and essays. They will develop effective oral communication skills in order to listen and speak in common academic scenarios. Students will expand their academic vocabulary to assist them in future college programs and courses. Lesson Objectives By the end of this lesson, the learners should be able to: §   Identify ‘hooks’ and thesis stateme...

Technology review for Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/ I like Khan Academy because it is user intuitive, it has expansive materials that can be adapted and visually appealing quizzes. I also believe it matches with Nathan Hall's criteria: "free for students, no registration for students, don’t need to install anything, works on laptops/desktops, tablets, and phones, adds to the learning process, not complicated to learn." (2016) Khan Academy works well in my context because of the grammar practice activities that they provide. I don't generally use the explanation videos as the level is too high for some of my students. Often I will create my own explanation on a certain language point such as a power point and then provide the students with Khan Academy practice. Sometimes I will use the provided videos to further solidify my explanation.  Almost all of the practice activities I use are under the 'arts & humanities' tab, in the 'gram...

Applying Effective Principles for Adapting Resources Activit y Scenario 3 You are teaching a test preparation course. All your learners need to take the IELTS, which is an English language proficiency test and a university entry requirement. You are preparing a reading lesson to help students practice matching paragraph headings to the corresponding paragraph. You have the  Reading Lesson 1: Matching Paragraph Headings  resource available. I chose the 7 principles of materials development below to assess this activity. I chose these principles because the context is a test preparation course. I tried to stay away from principles that detailed the student’s emotional engagement as, in this context, the emotional engagement will most likely not be very high. I ensured to use principles that detail outcome feedback as I believe this is necessary in a test preparation course. I also ensured that these principles included references to high level skills as students will requ...

Assignment 2: ESL Materials Evaluation Evaluating Sentence Structure Materials Profile of Target Learners Learner Type : International Students Age: 18 and up English Level: IELTS 5 Goals: To prepare students for future College programs and courses Specific Needs: Academic English, Knowledge of essay writing, Note Taking Proficiency with Technology : Students MUST have a laptop and internet access to participate in the class. Learning Objectives This course is designed to develop academic reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. The students will learn relevant grammar to write strong sentences, paragraphs and essays. They will develop effective oral communication skills in order to listen and speak in common academic scenarios. Students will expand their academic vocabulary to assist them in future college programs and courses. Selected resources:       www.englishclub.com https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/sentence/sentence-st...