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Jizzo T. Clown
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 Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 12:41 am Post subject: Help for ESL University Prep Classes |
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I'm currently teaching ESL to Tawainese grad students and Japanese undergrads who are involved in the intensive English program here on campus. They're composed of four groups, two being high beginner/low intermediate; and two being mid-to-high intermediate.
Unfortunately everyone has been given the same texts (Let's Talk 2).
This book works well for the lower students, but I'm constantly having to reinvent the wheel with the other groups because the book is just too easy (not to mention uninteresting!).
I do have access to an Oxford Picture Dictionary, but it's hard to keep variety in a class with a limited amount of materials.
I've been told I can order a limited amount of textbooks, one set for the upper - level classes and a few supplementary books for the teachers' office.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what books work well for groups of 15-30 students in a university setting? Any *real-world* advice is much appreciated. |
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PAULH
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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Location: Western Japan
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 12:16 pm Post subject: Re: Help for ESL University Prep Classes |
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| Jizzo T. Clown wrote: |
I'm currently teaching ESL to Tawainese grad students and Japanese undergrads who are involved in the intensive English program here on campus. They're composed of four groups, two being high beginner/low intermediate; and two being mid-to-high intermediate.
Unfortunately everyone has been given the same texts (Let's Talk 2).
This book works well for the lower students, but I'm constantly having to reinvent the wheel with the other groups because the book is just too easy (not to mention uninteresting!).
I do have access to an Oxford Picture Dictionary, but it's hard to keep variety in a class with a limited amount of materials.
I've been told I can order a limited amount of textbooks, one set for the upper - level classes and a few supplementary books for the teachers' office.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what books work well for groups of 15-30 students in a university setting? Any *real-world* advice is much appreciated. |
Jizzo
I currently teach first and second year students at a japanese university (40 students to a class). My guess is students levels are about the same. I use different books for different classes and levels.
At the moment I am using New Interchange 2 for my second year intermediate class, and in other schools I have used American Hotline (lower-intermediate, yellow book) and Hotline (elementary) for false-beginner classes.
Some people dont like Interchange but i think it works well for Asian students and its just been re-written.
If you have japanese by themselves you can get them explaining or describing Japanese culture to you in English, lower- intermediate. J-Talk is good for this (Cambridge I think) |
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