Best+General+Language+Lesson

= = = = =Have you had one lesson in particular that really went well this year? It could be a vocabulary lesson. A pronunciation lesson, a vocabulary lesson, anything! Help your colleagues by sharing your ideas here:=


 * ~ Teacher's Name ||~ What I did in my Lesson ||
 * < Gail M ||< Speaking: For a group of 5 adult beginners practising past tense (and one past tense question) for the first time (we'd already looked at the form and done some written work). I set up a 'grid' information gap exercise using information from their lives. They had to ask each other about the gaps: What did e.g. Hans or Emma do in 2001 'She went to Barbados' or 'Sorry, I don't know. Ask Hans'. When the group had completed the chart we discussed which 'facts' were true or nearly. I 'found out' the personal information by listening to what they'd told me and the others in the group during the previous semester.

Best ever course: 1-2-1 with a university professor who had to give a seminar in English. She'd had 3 months of intensive English tuition years ago. We had 50 hours of lessons together and I threw everything I'd prepared overboard and played it by ear. I used recording a lot. Her seminar was a success but she worked hard at her English and always had lots of questions. || I had prepared a lesson on phrasal verbs but as the lesson progressed my students were getting really bored so I abbandoned it and pulled out some pictures I had in my bag. 'The students had to guess what the idom was, then guess the meaning. It turned out to be a really fun lesson!! ||
 * < Enza ||< A lesson that was going down a dead end street but turned out well in the end.
 * < Enza ||< A lesson that was going down a dead end street but turned out well in the end.
 * < Enza ||< A lesson that was going down a dead end street but turned out well in the end.
 * < Enza ||< A lesson that was going down a dead end street but turned out well in the end.
 * < Enza ||< A lesson that was going down a dead end street but turned out well in the end.
 * < Enza ||< A lesson that was going down a dead end street but turned out well in the end.
 * < Enza ||< A lesson that was going down a dead end street but turned out well in the end.
 * < Enza ||< A lesson that was going down a dead end street but turned out well in the end.