Practice Activities
Show Notes
Tune in to this week's episode to learn more about practice activities for the ESL lesson. Let's start with a quick refresher of the difference between controlled and freer practice as well as which types of lessons require "practice" to begin with. From there, you'll learn about how to find and acquire useful practice activities plus ideas for using them in your virtual or in-person classroom.
In this Episode
-A review of the difference between systems and skills, and why this matters when determining whether your lesson truly needs practice activities.
-The difference between controlled and freer practice and the aim of each.
-Finding practice activities:
1. The course book
finding activities in the individual units
adapting the same activities for different grammar points (an example with “find someone who”)
2. The teacher’s book
extra activities included here (communicative activities and others)
3. Course book websites
example: the extra resources on elt.oup.com
4. Websites
the pros and cons of seeking out additional activities on various ELT websites
5. Other teachers’ lessons
stealing and adapting ideas (this is a good thing!)
Observing your colleagues’ lessons
7. The Online English Teacher program