Teaching ESL to AdultsTeaching ESL to AdultsAn ESL Tutor's personal experiences with adult second language learners. Her tips for lesson plans, grammar tips, resources, meeting new students, and being a self-employed English tutor. TESOL, TESL, TEFL. 
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Voiced and Unvoiced Sounds
2007-07-17 03:05:00 I was working with an advanced ESL student today. Her English is excellent. We are mostly concentrating on accent reduction and job interview questions. Today, we were working on past tense pronunciation using /t/, /d/, and /id/ sounds. Before teaching these three endings, I taught her about voiced and unvoiced (or voiceless) sounds. I feel that this concept needs to be taught before a student can fully grasp the past tense endings.My student told me that this concept of voicing was very helpful to her, and that out of over six English teachers she has had, no one has ever taught her this before.See Voiced and Unvoiced Sounds for more info about teaching this concept.--end-- More About: VOIC
Making Suggestions with Should or Could
More articles from this author:2007-07-15 22:37:00 When I teach my ESL students the use of “should” when offering advice or making suggestions, I always mention how it might be better to use “could” instead of “should” to soften the suggestion or advice. For some reason, most Americans hate to be told what we should do. Some of us have this internal flinch that happens when we’re told what we should do.So instead of “You should leave for work earlier so you won’t be late every day,” I would say, “You could leave for work earlier so you won’t be late every day.”Or, "You could practice your English every day," vs. "You should practice your English every day."--end-- More About: Makin 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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