ESOL ACTIVITES
Practical language activities for living in the UK &
Ireland – ENTRY 2
The book I chose is really helpful for beginners and
intermediate students. It offers activities for the four main skills. In addition,
teachers who will choose this book will not struggle a lot in term of preparing
for the class. It covers everything stating from Warmers, different types of activities,
audio script for the listening, answers box and extension activates as back up.
The activities in the book are mixture of filling the gapes
, matching , multiple choice, writing paragraphs , diaries, open ended
questions and true – false question. This diversity allow the teacher to play
between activates inside the unit to adapt with the class mood. The teacher for
example can use open ended questions if he feels that the students are active
and can participate inside the class. On the other hand, if the class is tired
the teacher can use the question where they can work individually or listen to
an audio tape.
Finally, if I’m going to choose activates from the book for
the future I will go with two activates. The first one is the open ended
question because I believe in communication in learning a language. Therefore,
this type of activities is helpful for the students so they can produce the language
and from their production I can give them feedback to enhance their English. The
second activity is the diary activities. I prefer this type because by time the
students will notes their development in the language. Many learners feel
desperate because they cannot see their development in learning the language,
although they are truly developing gradually. So, if they see their written
diary at the beginning of the semester and compare it with their last work
paper at the end they will notice the difference.
