Tuesday, June 29, 2010

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Kenneth Beare
From Kenneth Beare, your Guide to English as 2nd Language
Welcome to the final lesson. This lesson includes tips, tricks and activities to help you get your classes involved in the learning process, as well as printable quizzes and interactive tools that you can use in class. I hope you have found these lessons useful and that you have gained some new ideas and insight for your teaching practice. Best of luck with your teaching career! Sincerely, Kenneth Beare
Teaching Tips and Activities
Using Music in the Classroom
Six years ago researchers reported that people scored better on a standard IQ test after listening to Mozart. You would be surprised at how much music can also help English learners.


Brain Gym
The brain is an organ and can be physically stimulated to improve learning. Use these simple exercises to help your students concentrate better and improve their learning abilities.

Using Colored Pens
The use of colored pens to help the right brain remember patterns. Each time you use the pen it reinforces the learning process.

Using Colored Pens
"A picture paints a thousand words" - Easy techniques to make quick sketches that will help any artistically challenged teacher - like myself! - use drawings on the board to encourage and stimulate class discussions.

Additional Teaching Resources
Printable Quizzes
These pages are for teachers who want to use the quizzes in class or for private lessons. Answers are not provided, so teachers will need to help students correct the exercises.

How To Choose a Coursebook and Other Classroom Materials
Finding the right coursebook is one of the most important tasks a teacher needs to undertake. This quick guide will help you in your decision making process and point you to some of the resources on this site that can help you find the right coursebooks and supplementary materials for your course.

Computers in the Classroom
CALL Use in the ESL/EFL Classroom
There are many uses of the computer in the classroom. I find that CALL can be successfully employed not only for grammar practice and correction, but also for communicative activities. As most of you are familiar with the programs that offer help with grammar, I would like to focus on the use of CALL for communicative activities.

Using Blog Feed Readers for Teaching Purposes
The great thing about blogs is that you can use RSS feed readers to receive an update when new information has been posted to any number of blogs. Let's say I'm an ESL teacher who works teaching business English and English to middle-school students in Japan. I can use the feed reader to keep me posted on new relevant business content and general ESL teaching information.






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Kenneth Beare
English as 2nd Language Guide