Week 1 Resource Review

Week 1 Resource Review http://www.languageguide.org/english/vocabulary/food2/ http://www.languageguide.org/english/vocabulary/ This web page is pretty good for me and my lesson because it is simple and has many of the foods I am looking to teach (pizza, hamburgers, some typical western foods). Also it is great because it will sound out the vocabulary when you scroll over the item. I know this website doesn't seem like much but try finding something like this on the internet and you will know what I mean. I could use this site in class on a projection screen and point to the foods and demo them myself while turning off the sound. Last but not least, the students could practice the language at home while listening on their computers. There is a listening challenge at the top of the site where students can hit a button and the site will say a random vocabulary word then student must scroll over the correct food item. There is also a speaking challenge which randomly says a vocabulary word and the student has to say the word. The teacher could send the link to the students email for them to practice. Improvements and problems: Some of the foods listed don't go with the selected target sentences (words like icing). It would be better for the class if they were all foods like donuts, eggs, pizza, ect. But this would work. It would be great to see a few more games relating to vocabulary but over all I'm happy with the simplicity and functionality of the website. I don't think it's possible to access on a smart phone. I would have to create some cards with the target vocabulary pictures. It wouldn't be difficult because I'm used to created things like this for class. The students I will have students are Japanese in Vocational college or University with a low level of English. They have had some English class room experience in the past. I chose food because even low level or no level Japanese students have eaten Pizza and cheese burgers. After doing a quick introduction (“Hello, how are you?) I would start out the class using a flat screen tv/projection using the website above and using the pointer with the computer say a few of the food items. Then do a ''repeat the teacher'' exercise using the same items (Teacher says pizza then student says pizza.) After the teacher would demonstrate to the class with some cards with pictures of some of the same foods (pizza, hot dogs, ect.). A: “What food do you like?” B: “I like________”. Then have the students repeat after me. After that the students would get in two lines facing each other. Line A student would ask line B student. “What food do you like?” B: “I like Pizza. Then we would change the food item to cheeseburgers and keep going. The students would sit down and I would demo the language: A: “Do you like_______? B: “Yes I do./No I don't”. (Shaking my head while saying don't.) The students would repeat after teacher. Then we would line up again. This time the students can choose to say yes I do, or No, I don't. After we are done the stunts can sit down. Then we would do a guessing game using the target language.