TALK or WALK Real Conversations for ESL Classes |
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| Author:
| Breaux, Gunther |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5233-2188-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2016 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $24.90 |
Book Description:
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WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR? ESL students from middle school to adult. The world of ESL education is filled with students who can pass standardized English tests but cannot carry on an English conversation. This book's for them.
WHY IS THIS BOOK NECESSARY? Because most ESL conversation books are long on instruction and short on communication. Most teachers must scramble to provide some sort of communicative...
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For a closer look inside go to: talk-or-walk.com
WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR? ESL students from middle school to adult. The world of ESL education is filled with students who can pass standardized English tests but cannot carry on an English conversation. This book's for them.
WHY IS THIS BOOK NECESSARY? Because most ESL conversation books are long on instruction and short on communication. Most teachers must scramble to provide some sort of communicative component for each unit.
THERE ARE 16 conversation activities for the 16 most common ESL conversation topics. Each activity:
1. Is mated to an ESL conversation topic
2. Has a conversation skill focus
3. Generates personally-relevant, self-sustaining conversations
4. Requires student input, so it can be checked as homework (and spread the grades)
HOW DOES IT WORK?
1. HOMEWORK: Students look over and fill in the handout at home (5 - 10 minutes).
2. CLASS WORK: SPEED DATING: One topic, many partners, switch every 5 - 20 minutes.
3. More partners = more variety = more repetition = more improvement