Thanks to Ann Macdonald for her posting about using language experience/Reflect in her classes. I found it quite inspiring and will certainly try more of that in my community class. I have lots of questions about how these methods could be used with different kinds of classes so yes, a workshop would be great.
I still believe there is a great need for more published resources at this level (PE/E1). They can give us fresh ideas of how to teach the same old thing and are particularly useful for new or less confident teachers who may find it difficult to improvise in response to the students, especially if the students have very little English. So I would love to see more beginner resources on the Nexus website - videos, Powerpoints, worksheets, anything!
Coincidentally, I have discovered that www.onestopenglish.com has just launched a series of 10 free lesson plans with materials for ESOL ‘Absolute Beginners’ written by Frances Marnie. You can access the first lesson now via the home page and then they will come in monthly instalments. I am in touch with one of the editors of this website who would welcome feedback on these materials, which can be left on the site itself.
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