As part of a unit on dining out, Eduardo and I crafted a dialog between a diner and a server. Here’s a slice of it.
Teaching Module: Articles — Grocery Shopping for Zero Article Nouns
This assignment for the “Structure of English Language Teaching” course dovetailed with work I’d done in my 1:1 tutoring.
Teaching Module: Modal Verbs — What “Must Have” Happened?
An assignment for the “Structure of English Language Teaching” course, designed to help students make and articulate inferences.
Teaching Module: Pronunciation — “ch” vs. “sh”
An assignment for the “Structure of English Language Teaching” course, created to amplify the linguistic distinction between two common phonemes.
Teaching Module: Pronunciation with Praat — /s/ with Plural Nouns
Another crossover from my 1:1 tutoring to my “Structure of English Language Teaching” course: /s/ deletion was an issue with Eduardo’s English pronunciation, and I was curious about how the Praat tool might help.
Writing Lesson Plan: Cover Letter Outline
This college/adult learner-level lesson was the culmination of my “Teaching ESL Writing” course.
EIF Lesson Plan: Introducing Type 1 Conditional Tense
Created for my “Practice of English Language Teaching” course, this lesson employs the Encounter/Internalize/Fluency speech production framework to teach the concept of “If this happens, then that will happen” to elementary-age learners.
PDP Lesson Plan: “A Trip to the Aquarium”
Created for my “Practice of English Language Teaching” course, this lesson employs the Pre/During/Post reading framework for middle-school-age students to develop comprehension of a provided text.
Poster: “Timed Reading to Accelerate Reading Rate in ESL Learners”
Final Project for the “Principles of English Language Teaching,” in which students were asked to create a poster describing a teaching technique they considered effective, or which they had curiosity about. I fall into the latter category, as this topic directly addresses a challenge I face with my LVM learner.
Andy Peterson, ESOL/ESL Teacher 