Pauz goes to Detroit
So exciting! Pauz is going to an ESL program in Detroit.
So exciting! Pauz is going to an ESL program in Detroit.
Jump In and Prep Train are perfect when starting a new ESL class. Sometimes I'm not sure just where my new students are and taking ten minutes and having them ask questions from Jump In and then a quick game of Prep Train does the trick. FAST, FUN AND EASY!!
'Take a pauz (pause)' we say it over and over. And why? Because a pause is sometimes all many ESL teachers can take. Some schools and universities have strict schedules on what's to be done each day. So... take a Pauz and use one of the games as a quick review. It only takes a few minutes and prepositions, questions, auxiliaries, phrasal verbs, original sentences, all of these can be part of whatever the daily class includes. And, it's fun!
OK, let's move on to ALL the other verbs and those indispensible auxiliaries; gotta love 'em 'cause, baby, they're not going away.
Present tense: Question word + Auxiliary + Subject + Complement
Do - I, you, we, you, they
Does - he, she, it
Give examples!!!! OK then, moving on...
Past tense: Question word + Auxiliary + Subject + Complement
Did - for everything!! yippee
That's right! Write those formulas, beginning with the present, present continuous and past tenses, on the board and make sure all your students have them handy in a notebook. As 'to be' is the exception, start with it. It's so easy to invert the subject & verb! Move on to ALL the other verbs.
Yes/no answers to questions - Verb 'to be' + Subject + Complement
Information questions, come on, let's admit it, we're nosy.
Question word + Verb 'to be' + Subject + Complement
Asi es. Cuando jugamos Jump In, hay una lista de las palabras interrogantes porque algunas como: 'What is/are ________ like?' son dificiles, y con la practica de hacer preguntas con Jump In, de repente no necesitamos la lista! Genial!!
When we play Jump In there's always a list of questions words. Some, like "What is/are ________ like?" are a bit difficult so there's the list. Because of repetition in asking questions in Jump In, suddenly we don't need the list. Yippee!!
Las reglas gramaticales:! Dios Mio!, me digo al empezar a temblar. La causa: usually. Ahí está la regla y ahí está 'usually'. Dame unos ejemplos de 'usually', pero oh no, tenemos que esperar que aparezca el ejemplo y aparecerá. Por eso, el temblor. Nuestro juego, Jump In, fue creado para darles a los estudiantes de ESL una oportunidad de afinar su capacidad de hacer preguntas; yes/no respuestas y preguntas de información (information questions). 'Who' viene con USUALLY.
Grammar rules, good grief, say I as I start to shiver and shake. The cause: usually. There's the rule and there's usually. So, please, some examples of usually, but oh no, we have to wait for the example to appear and appear it will. Hence, the shivering and shaking. Our game, Jump In, was created to give students the opportunity to ask questions; yes/no and information questions. 'Who' comes with USUALLY.
That's right folks, give your students the fun of learning prepositions instead of tears and fears. In, At, and On have never seemed friendlier and all the other preps, well, they too are included in PREP TRAIN another teaching tool from Pauz.