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ESL activities for grade school and adults, September 25, 2009
This review is from: ESL Reading and Spelling: Games, Puzzles, and Inventive Exercises (Paperback)
I have used this book all year round and several times for the games, number, colors, spelling, and body/clothing material. EASY and Plain to reproduce activities. I have also used as a springboard to invent my own curiculum. I will continue to use.
If I should get new students, I would get another book
I am a volunteer teaching those who are refugees from Burma/Thailand. The adult ones I teach have nearly zero English skills and they like the pages from book. The kids like to do them to reinforce their schoolwork.
I have found most material is so very unrealistic and plain not suitable for those who come to USA with little or no skills in English and Grammar.
However, I am looking for fresh resources that involve more creative arts and kinetic hands on activities. I am open to suggestions!
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Just for Kids, December 28, 2010
This review is from: ESL Reading and Spelling: Games, Puzzles, and Inventive Exercises (Paperback)
I teach ESL to adults. When I purchased this book, it was not clear from its
description that the exercises were intended for young audiences. Other
than one short reading passage, I found nothing of use for my students. With
adult learning situations one has to be particularly sensitive to the age-
appropriateness of materials. Adult students come to class aware of their language
deficits, and committed to improving them. Kiddie material demeans the best intentionsof both teacher and students.
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More Usable Classroom Games Needed, March 22, 2009
This review is from: ESL Reading and Spelling: Games, Puzzles, and Inventive Exercises (Paperback)
There are a few activities in this book that I think will be usable in the class of beginning English speakers that I'll have over the summer. Much of the book, however, wouldn't work especially well for this application.
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