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| Title | More Suggestions to Keep Adult Students Coming to Class |
| Body | Correction: The past two installments in this series were mistakenly attributed to the Neteach-L listserv (NETEACH-L@HUNTER.LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU). These posts came from the Teachers of English to speakers of other languages electronic list (TESL-L@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU). I apologize for any confusion. ---- One of the things I've tried with students is creating a conversation club. The purpose for this is for students (as well as for teachers or anyone interested in joining the club) to have an extra chance to practice English without having the pressure of taking exams. The good thing about it is that people propose topics of their interest to discuss during the 1-hour sessions. Before coming to the session everyone is responsible for finding information about the agreed topic; then at the moment of the meeting, we share what we have found and previously read. We can talk about different areas such as politics, environment, finances and the like. To get started I suggested the first topic for the first session. I did this by posting papers on the wall inviting people to join the club. This has worked out pretty well. Franco, R. Re: Keeping Adult ESL students. Teachers of English to speakers of other languages electronic list. TESL-L@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (23 Feb. 2006). ---- I started sending them what I call "e-homework", "e-news", "e-curiosities" and Ive been getting good feedback from it. They get interested and want to participate in class to share their findings on my last mail or discuss doubts, this or that. I feel they become more motivated and keep on working with the language during the week. Enthusiastically most of the time, since I always spot printed sheets of the things I send in their notebooks. Another way to keep them coming is by keeping small group competitions along the semester, where they have a task for the next class (practice something at home to perform in groups on the next class or whoever finds out a specific information gets scores three points for the group). Believe it or not, adults (even businessmen!) love the atmosphere of a small class competition and some give their best and really participate. Maria Elisa Orsini Re: Keeping Adult ESL students. Teachers of English to speakers of other languages electronic list. TESL-L@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (10 Mar. 2006). |
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