St. Francisville, Louisiana TESOL Online & Teaching English Jobs

Teaching equipment Resources found in classrooms and students centers • White/black board • Interactive whiteboard • Overhead projector • Visual aids • Work sheets and work cards • Cassette recorder • CD player • Videos and DVDs • Video camera • Dictionaries • Courses books • Resource books • Photocopier • Computers • Online resources 1- The board Basic principles for board work: • Start with a clean board • Write legibly and neatly • Use the correcting writing tool for the board • Keep the board clear and easy to read • Try to section off the board, to give areas for vocabulary, grammar and notes, • Use different colors and or underlining or circling to highlight particular language points to focus on, or to show irregularities differences in language etc. • Adjust the size of your writing t the size of the board • Only put essential or requested information on the board • Erase what is no longer needed • Avoid unnecessary capitalization Interactive whiteboards Instructions • Test and have a back up plan • System selection and location • IWB training regime • Lesson planning with IWB • Making your own IWB lesson plan • Using the IWB as a screen Overhead projectors Advantages Sheets of paper or car can be used to cover parts of the OHT, allowing the teacher to review information gradually. They can be used for reading gap-fill exercises. They can be kept in a file and reused time and time again. Disadvantages Some OHPs can be complicated or troublesome to set up effectively. The class may need reorganizing to allow for an uninterrupted projection path. Visual aids Many different types of visual aids can be used in the classroom, but the most common are real objects, pictures and photos. Worksheets and work cards • To adapt publisher materials • To write your own exercises with authentic materials • To make cards (role-play) for communication activities The cassette recorder More modern technology is replacing it, but it is still very useful. Make sure you know how to make the tape works and if the content is appropriate. CD player Same as cassettes. Videos and DVDS Videos are much easier to understand and hold more attention. Video camera Smartphones can have a high quality camera and this equipment can be very useful. Dictionaries The single most useful tool available for the students. Teachers should encourage the use of English- English dictionaries. Course books Previous unit. Resource books Resources books range from grammar exercises book, through communication games books. Ex: Essential Grammar in Use, Raymond Murphy, Elementary Communication Games, Jill Hadfield Photocopiers Almost all schools have. Computers Main use: Word processor EFL CDs Reference tools Emails Videos video clips You tube Podcasts MP3 Online resources • Dictionaries: Dictionarie.com Freedictionarie.org • Learning: Dave’s ESL Café (www.eslcafe.com) Englishclub.net • Literature and poetry http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/ • Media http://www.capitalfm.com/ • Resources http://www.towerofenglish.com/ • Teaching • http://ww1.jason-ism.com/?subid1=a510b6fa-4230-11e8-a7d1-5aa52f031451