TESOL/TEFL training: A Communication Lesson

what is the name of activity when students facing each other and asking questions?

Super! warm regards from Mexico!

wow.. it was really a nice activity..

I didn't believe you because Alaskans do not sound like yourself.

Hey there.. XD   why didn't you check  if your instructions were clear before students start the activity? or sometimes it's not necessary?  I liked the video. XD  

i know the guy who has curly hair, he is working in vietnam

Thanks a lot for your suggestions

Your videos are very inspiring, I watch them many times and I've got many ideas from the way you teach. The only problem I have in my communication class is that my students are passive. Please tell me what to do. ThanK you.

That's a good question, Fabian. The key issue was to have students communicating, listening and talking in English - so the focus was creating a space for fluency, building confidence and creating an activity that was fun so they would want to communicate. The secondary issue here was correction of mistakes. Mostly this correction was done at the end so as not to interfere with the fluency focus.

I'm glad you enjoyed it, Emily. Thanks for your positive comment. I understand about the anxiety doing this with a crowded class, Ozlem. It can be done but will need to be managed more carefully. So, give a small instruction, get them to follow it, give another piece of the instruction and so on. Ensure you tell them how much time is remaining to help everyone reach the same point and so on. Hope this helps.

very nice lesson, thank you for sharing.

its really good and enjoyable ;however;ı still have some anxiety sbout how to do it in s much more crowded class:(

Thanks for all your positive comments. Nicely surprised at the number of views.These videos form part of our online TESOL certification courses at Global English TESOL where we go into more depth on how to teach different classes, correction etc.

Is this all about listening to other student and see if they pronounce the words correctly or is there anything else. sometimes it gets hard for me to understand to british english

I don't understand a lot .However her voice sounds wonderful.

Good point, teach ESL. The focus here was on fluency, speaking and listening. So in this case, I error corrected at the end so as not to stop the flow and focus. I also did not want them writing. I really wanted them to use their ears and not use the written word as a prop. In other lessons with a different focus, making notes etc. is possible. Thanks for your comment as it good to analyse how we approach lessons and what techniques we employ and why.

This is a very advanced group; but how come they don't have notebooks?? My students prefer to have their corrections made right after it's made.

Yes, that's a good point. When we are teaching, sometimes we can correct errors on the spot, but at other times it is sensible to collect the errors together and go over them as a class. If done correctly, it can be a more sensitive way of making corrections because the individual who made the error isn't identified, and of course the whole class can benefit from the reminder of the correct way of saying a particular word.