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    Guide to Teaching English - ESL Curriculum Planning


    by Kenneth Beare
    Updated June 24, 2018

    This continuation of advice for non-trained teachers of ESL / EFL focuses on building a program for your class or private
    students. The first part focuses on the basics of ESL.

    There are a few important aspects to always keep in mind while developing any curriculum, be it only a few lessons or a full
    course:

    Language skills need to be recycled many times before they are actively acquired.
    All language skills - reading, writing, speaking and listening - should be involved in the learning process.

    Understanding grammar rules do not necessarily mean that a student can use that grammar - students need to
    actively practice skills they are learning.

    Language Recycling

    An acquired language needs to be repeated in a various number of guises before it can be actively used by the student.
    Studies have shown that new linguistic functions need to be repeated at least six times before most learners can consider
    the new piece of language theirs. After six repetitions, the newly acquired language skills are usually still only passively
    activated. The learner will require more repetitions before he/she will be able to use the skills actively in everyday
    conversation!

    Here is an example of language recycling using the present simple:

    Work on the present simple rules.


    Read an article about the daily routines of someone.

    Listen to someone who describes his/her daily tasks.


    Have a discussion asking him to describe what he does on a daily basis, his wife, ask you questions etc.

    Use All Four Skills

    Employing all four linguistic skills - reading, writing, listening and speaking - when working through a lesson will help you
    recycle language during the lesson. Learning rules are important, but, in my opinion, practicing the language is even more
    important. Bringing all these aspects into a lesson will add variety to the lesson - and help the learner pragmatically practice
    the language. I've met many learners who can knock off a grammar sheet without a mistake and then when asked, "Could
    you describe your sister?", have problems. This is generally due to the emphasis in many school systems for learning
    grammar.

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    Putting It All Together

    So, now you understand the basic tenets of teaching English effectively. You might be asking yourself the question: "What
    do I teach?"! When planning a course most coursebooks build their curriculum around certain themes which help glue
    everything together. While this can be rather complicated, I would like to provide a simple example developing the present
    simple and past simple. Use this type of outline to build your lesson and remember to provide a number of elements
    including listening, reading, writing, and speaking and you should find that your lessons will have a purpose and specific
    objectives which are clearly definable - helping you and your learners recognize the progress you are making!

    1. Who are you? What do you do? - Daily Routines

    Present simple Example: What do you do? I work at Smith's. I get up at seven. etc.
    "to be" present Example: I'm married. She's thirty-four.
    Descriptive adjectives Example: I am tall. He is short.

    2. Tell me about your past - Where did you go on your last holiday

    Past simple Example: What did you go on holiday when you were a child? I work
    "to be" past Example: The weather was fantastic.
    Irregular verbs Example: go - went, shine - shone

    Finally, the lesson generally will be divided into three principle sections

    Introduction: introducing or reviewing the grammar or function.

    Development: taking that grammar and working on it in a reading, listening, or other forms. This section should
    make up the bulk of your lesson and include a number of different activities if possible.

    ​Review: review the principle concepts covered during the lesson. This can be very straightforward and either
    student or teacher-led depending on the level of your learners. Take a look at some of the lesson plans here at
    esl.about.com (feel free to use them!) and notice how the various methods mentioned above are employed while
    focusing on one specific linguistic function.

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