TIME TABLE FOR TWO WEEK COURSE.

SUBJECT: TEACHING ENGLISH WITH SONGS.

WEEK 1 9-10:30 10:35 -12:00 1:00- 2:30

Monday Using ice breakers.Introduction

Differences between child and adult foreign language learning.

The brain process: lateralization

Tuesday Understanding differences between child and adult pronunciation process

Examples of strong accents, broken English and other issues.

Adults as an specific ESL learning group.Pronunciation techniques

Wednesday sounds Understanding how sounds are perceived by adults

Learning sounds different from the native language

Thursday Words and intonation.Main concerns for adult learners

Language learning abilities for adult learners. Intonation patterns

Understanding adult motivations, acquisitions and learning.

Friday Listening levels.Listening skills

Listening materials Some activities to apply in the classroom

WEEK 1 9-10:30 10:35 -12:00 1:00- 2:30

Monday Using ice breakers.Introduction

Reading short stories(2)

Understanding the contents.

Tuesday Read titles. Look at pictures (if there is any). Read a few of the first sentences the first paragraph. Read first line of other paragraphs. Read the sentences of the last paragraph.

Predicting the contents of the reading by using pictures

. With the above information, students will predict what happens next

Wednesday Reading another kind of printed material:MagazineNewspaperAn article with technological information

Students practice scanning important data (numbers, dates, etc) and then write them board and in their workbook.

Discussion about the importance of scanning for reading comprehension

Thursday Reading another short story

Students will underline the unknown words, find their meaning and try to understand their application on the context

Students will write sentences extracted form the story in order to understand the meaning. Then they´ll use the same sentences to write a short text.

FridayStudents will look for patterns like cause-

Students will change the pattern of the

Group discussion about the impact of

effect, comparison and contrasts, etc.

reading the pattern in a short story.