Week 2: Tuesday Feb 27th
Crawley Community Action
10:00 - 11:00am: Elementary:
14 registered - 30 Attendees!
Join us for this Elementary Class. We will go over and recap the basics
- Prepositions of Place (last week's homework) - Revision
- Test your partner (pairwork)
- The Alphabet & Pronunciation "ABC" Repeat after the teacher (whole class)
- Additional: Repeat & Name objects/things with each letter!
- Days of the week - Group game
- Months of the year - Group game
- Ordinal Numbers - 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc...
- "Monday is the 1st day of the week" - Repeat (whole class). "Tuesday is... " etc
- Additional Exercise:
- Q: "When Is your birthday?"
- A: "My birthday is on the ____ of ___."
- Homework - Common Adjectives (Handout)
After the 1st Elementary workshop, there were 15 students waiting outside to enter the intermediate workshop. We had to ask half of the Elementary students to leave to make room.
I will write up the lesson & add materials for those who attended & left their email addresses.Thanks to Crawley Community for the extra colour photocopies & Jagruti, for assisting the groups.
11:00 - 12:00 noon: Intermediate: 27 Attendees!
Join us for this Intermediate Class. We will practice and develop your skills towards fluency.
- Routine (Handout) 'Vicky's Day'
- Present Simple Routine - [verb 1] play
- 3rd person! [verb 1 + (e)s ] - he /she/It plays
- Present Simple vs Past simple (Same handout) - Q&A Practice
- World Record holder for Vicky's Routine (1st person) - wake up, get up, have a shower etc...
- Gold Medalist/ Champion: Ati 1:15sec
- Challenger - Serrat 1:29sec
Classroom Management
We created 4 groups & got rid of the tables (great design on the folding tables) by placing them around the edges of the classroom.The 4 groups of students were then put in 4 circular seating arrangements with one intermediate student assigned to manage each group.
- 10:00 - 11:00am: Elementary
- 11:00 - 12noon: Intermediate
I thought this would be the most effective way of separating the levels.
Local Voluntary Work
I decided to start looking locally and in the meantime made myself available for any kind of ESOL voluntary work. It would be a good challenge and keep me connected with local needs.
I was invited to observe a class at St Paul's Church organised by Refugees Welcome Crawley.. Since then I've started these workshops with Crawley Community Action, attended English Cafe at St Richard's Church as well as a portacabin hub at Caridon Property with Anna-Rosa Harris from Melting Pot Project & Debs from Caridon.
Poster
Multicultural Class
"The interactive approach, which you used during these sessions, made the learning experience engaging and memorable. I feel more confident in applying what I've learned to real-world situations. Overall, it was a valuable and enriching experience that I'm grateful for."
Last week I was invited to The Charis Centre to assist in two classes, a beginners class and an intermediate class. I then got invited to collaborate on an ESOL Pilot with Crawley Community Action..
It's an exciting challenge to work in such a multicultural environment! I think my next language will have to be Arabic.
| GLOSSARY | ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY Register - A formal or official recording of items, names, or actions (verb, noun) Attend - To be present at. "attended the lecture." (verb) Preposition - is a word that tells you where or when something is in relation to something else. 'after', 'before', 'on', 'under', 'inside' The Alphabet - is a standardized set of written letters that represent particular spoken sounds in a language. Repeat - To say again. "Could you repeat the question?" (verb) Ordinal Numbers - are the numbers that indicate the exact position of something or someone at a place. e.g.1st, 2nd, third Common - Widespread; prevalent. "Petrol stations became common as the use of cars grew." Adjective - An adjective is a word that 'describes' a noun (the name of a thing or a place). Routine - A set of customary or unchanging and often mechanically performed activities (noun) Get rid of - To dispose (of); to remove; to abolish; to lose. (verb) Circular - forming a circle. Manage - To direct or supervise (employees or other staff). "She manages 20 people in the department." |
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