Hey guys,
I have been teaching
ESL about 3 years now and love it!
I was just wondering what your basic structure for a 1.5-2 hours conversation lesson looks like. I usually follow a pattern similar to:
1. Ice-breaking question 'Have you ever...', 'Spot the lie...', etc
2. 5-10 new vocabulary words/phrases/idioms for the day
3. a small demo conversation perhaps in video/audio
4. some conversation starter questions that stress the day's vocab (this usually leads into a class-discussion that carries on to the end of the period)
The reason I am asking is because I recently moved to China (was in Dubai before) and am having a really hard time getting the students to engage in classroom conversation using this structure. (It worked great in Dubai; the students and I always wound up laughing our heads off! I also found the students would return to the following class having mastered the vocab introduced in the lesson.)
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
Ryan