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Hi Chawa! My name is Christa and I'm a student teacher at Arcadia University. From my experience, a lesson plan is a document used to describe exactly what goes on during a lesson. It includes materials used, teacher preparation steps, expected time each section will take, assessments, reflections a...

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It's also a great idea to have the students take notice of what their mouths are doing while they're saying their pronunciation drills (i.e. where their tongues are, what shape their mouths are making, if the sound is silent or vocal). This will help them to remember how they should be saying the di...

A great way to assess students is through performance based assessment. This will allow the students to decide how to express their knowledge. Also, by implementing a rubric, the students can determine what they'll need to know specifically. Observation and informal assessment are another great way ...

Hi SSS123, I'm a senior taking several courses in ESL Assessment and teaching multiliteracies. We've talked a lot in these classes about different ways to both assess and teach using technology. One of the methods is called computer-mediated communication—which was used for teacher-student exchange,...