Materials
ESL Oral
Communication Curriculum
Additional
Listening/Speaking Activities
Topic: ________________________________________
Name: ________________________________________
Date: ________________________________________
Interactive Listening & Speaking
Small Group Discussions
Evaluation
Criteria (over 60)
Scale: 4= Excellent 3= Very
Good 2= Good 1= Poor 0= Fail
_______ Preparation (over
12)
____ Collects relevant
information
____ Organizes effectively (+ Timing)
____ Uses references
_______ Effective
Participation (over 24)
____ Shows interest and
respect
____ Stays on topic/ relevance
____ Adds constructive ideas
____ Uses effective discourse cues
____ Interrupts politely
____ Takes/Gives turn appropriately
_______ Language (over 16)
____ Grammar &
Sentence Structure
____ Vocabulary & Expression
____ Pronunciation
____ Coherence & Cohesion
_______ Non Verbal (over
8)
____ Eye Contact, Posture
& Gestures
____ Interest arousal
ESL Oral Communication
Curriculum:
ESL Level 1- Beginning Communication in English
Oral and
Visual Communication
Overall Expectations
By the end of this course, students
will:
· participate in oral learning tasks and engage in
social interaction in the classroom;
· use high-frequency words and simple
sentence patterns to communicate meaning;
· demonstrate some awareness of different levels of
formality in social interaction;
· obtain key information from media works.
ESL Level 2-
Low Intermediate
Oral and Visual
Communication
Overall Expectations
By the end of this course, students
will:
· participate in conversations on familiar topics in
some social situations;
· recognize and respond appropriately to body
language, pauses, and common stress and intonation patterns in English speech;
· understand and use some key subject-specific
vocabulary in classroom discussions when visual aids are used;
· communicate orally, using accepted word order,
common tenses, and other features of English grammar with some accuracy and
consistency;
· use appropriately some features of
language that indicate different levels of formality in English;
· demonstrate comprehension of key information from
media works.
ESL Level 3- Intermediate
Oral and Visual
Communication
Overall Expectations
By the end of this course, students
will:
· initiate and take part in conversations,
participate in classroom discussions, and make short oral presentations, with
teacher guidance, using a variety of subject-specific words and expressions;
· communicate orally, using a variety of the
conventions of English grammar with some accuracy;
· use appropriately a variety of features of
formal and informal communication in English;
· create and analyze a variety of media works.
ESL Level 4- High
Intermediate
Oral and Visual
Communication
Overall Expectations
By the end of this course, students
will:
· communicate orally in English in a wide variety of
daily activities in the community, and in the classroom;
· use the elements of English grammar with
increasing accuracy in speech;
· use appropriate language and non-verbal
communication strategies in a variety of situations;
· create, analyze, and interpret a variety of
media works.
ESL Level 5- Advanced
Oral and Visual
Communication
Overall Expectations
By the end of this course, students
will:
· initiate, sustain, and conclude conversations
and discussions on a wide variety of topics of personal, social, and academic
interest;
· communicate orally, using patterns of English
grammar and pronunciation with the accuracy necessary for continued success in
subject classrooms;
· analyze a variety of social contexts to
determine the appropriate style of language and non-verbal behavior to use in
them;
· create and analyze a variety of media works
in forms appropriate for different purposes and audiences.
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Additional Listening/Speaking Activities
Adopted
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- Dialogues
Dialogues provide learners
with a rubric on which they can build their conversation and vocabulary skills.
Beginner Dialogues
Intermediate
Dialogues
Adopted from:
http://esl.about.com/b/a/120093.htm
- Present, Past and Progressive
This review focuses
on whether to use a perfect form (He's lived here for three years) or the
progressive perfect form (He's been working for three hours). Find out when to
use either form in the past, present or future.
Another common problem is whether to use the
present perfect or simple past. These quizzes will test your understanding.
Quiz 1 Present
Perferct or Simple Past
Quiz 2 Present
Perferct or Simple Past
Adopted from:
http://esl.about.com/b/a/189663.htm
- TV Episode Listening
Help students improve
listening comprehension skills with this TV episode
listening lesson plan.
Adopted from: http://esl.about.com/b/a/190921.htm