ESL Lesson Plans Advanced Students --
Level 4
Advanced level classes in some ways are the most challenging
because you are always looking for new ways to challenge the students. They've
gained a decent level of proficiency with the language, can speak it
relatively well, know the basics of grammar without having to think about it and
have a large vocabulary.
But advanced classes can be the most fun because you can actually carry on a
good conversation with little struggle and is the place where you'll usually
make the most friends because there is little communciation barrier.
Now, the thing is to challenge the students and always look for ways to push
the envelope to the point of maybe making them a little uncomfortable because
you're starting to be rigorous with them.
Let nothing slide. Always be on top of their grammar, pronunciation, word
usage and idiomatic expressions.
You can use ...
Advanced Grammar in Use With Answers
by Martin Hewings
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English Vocabulary in Use
Advanced by Michael
McCarthy |
Peterson's Toefl Success 2005 (Toefl Cbt
Success) by Bruce Rogers
One good
exercise you can do with the TOEFL study guide is to turn to the
reading comprehension section and read one of the little essays they have.
Explain any new vocabulary, then ask the multiple choice questions at the
end of the passage.
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How to Prepare for the T.O.E.F.L
Essay by Lynn
Lougheed
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Idiomatic American English: A Step-By-Step Workbook
for Learning Everyday American Expressions by Barbara
K. Gaines
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Idioms for Everyday Use by Milada
Broukal
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The best way to find good deals on the above books is to google them using
the search tool below.
...and magazine articles using the same method with reading material
as I described in Level 2 and 3 (dictation, sentence creation and composition
writing). You can also use poetry and have them write their own poems.
You could also use passages from Shakespeare, too Just make sure you
know all the meanings of the words and phrases before going in to teach it.
And as I have mentioned before you can... get ready-to-use ESL lesson
plans based on news articles from Reuters. ...all you have to do is
simply print and teach. Very easy...very convenient.
Also, the book below is a good book to have on hand because it
has exercises and word games that will keep your students on their toes.
It contains sentences out of novels, plays, poems and television.
1100 Words You Need to Know by Murray
Bromberg An excellent
resource.
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