Methods of teaching ESL

Music in a ESL Classroom
Using a song about New York to start a lesson is a creative way that gets the students thinking about New York by listening to the song New York New York is a more effective way to start a class than by simply stating that today we are going to learn about New York.

Traditional ways of teaching ESL using intelligence

Here is a discussion of the eight different intelligences Dr. Gardner proposes and their relationship to the ESL / EFL classroom.Below is a summary -see link for more information.

Verbal / Linguistic

Explanation and understanding through the use of words.

Visual / Spatial

Explanation and comprehension through the use of pictures, graphs, maps, etc.

Body / Kinesthetic

Ability to use the body to express ideas, accomplish tasks, create moods, etc.

Interpersonal

Ability to get along with others, work with others to accomplish tasks.

Logical / Mathematical

Use of logic and mathematical models to represent and work with ideas.

Musical

Ability to recognize and communicate using melody, rhythm, and harmony.

Intrapersonal

Learning through self-knowledge leading to understanding of motives, goals, strengths and weaknesses.

Environmental

Ability to recognize elements of and learn from the natural world around us.

Methods of learning English as a Second Language

Correcting mistakes
this web site talks about having students in advanced classes correct their own errors in grammar and spelling.
Second life
This is becoming a more popular way to learn English online as you are put into a virtual world and classroom and taught English. However this may be more confusing for some people because they may not be very good with using technology.

Reading
Reading English is an easy way to learn English the following are more articles to help people with reading English and what and how hey should read.

To get the most out of reading, it's important to know the difference between different types of reading which include: scanning, skimming, intensive and extensive reading.

Reading Tips to Improve Your Pronunciation

This article talks about starting with simple reading nursery rhymes or parts of sentences in a new paper and look up the pronunciation of new vocabulary words at Babylon dictionary or other online pronunciation resource to help you learn the correct pronunciation of these words.
Reading Tips to Improve Your Vocabulary

This article talks about how to constructive vocabulary trees and mind maps.
Reading Tips to Improve Your Conversational Skills

this article talks about reading short stories in groups and discussing them.
Reading Tips to Improve Your Grammar

this article talks about using a tenses and reading word in that tense
Reading Tips to Improve Your Listening Skills

read a book as you listen to it on a audio book.

Learning Japanese

How to Learn Japanese

this article first asks you why you are learning Japanese. Are you learning it for fun or for business. some of the methods they give for learning Japanese are as follows: Use flashcards to learn,Join a Japanese language conversation group,Make Japanese friends,take a vacation or look for an opportunity to live in Japan.

How to learn Japanese on Your Own

This article recommends starting with a dictionary book and a grammar book and start reading it. then start reading Romaji then Hiriagna then Katakana and then Kanji. The article also states that to become literate in the language you have to learn 2000 Kanji. Also the article states that there are many online websites and podcasts to assist in your learning of the language. The article also states that if you do not practice Japanese everyday you will forget parts of the language.

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