Teaching English As A Second Language - 1422 Words

Introduction To enable all students to learn and engage with the learning areas in the classroom, teachers employ a variety of teaching methodologies across all learning areas. Choosing an appropriate teaching methodology will make the process of teaching English as a second language easier and more rewarding for the teachers and students, and increase the likelihood of success. In this research, I will analyses a video clip of an ESL/EFL teacher and class in action for reflection on and evaluating the mythology to promote language learning. The video clip chosen for analysis is from lessons included in Harmer (2007) published by YouTube. It covers adult class (pre-intermediate) during the lesson titled Kit teaches students to ask for and give directions. The class are learning English as a second language (ESL) and there are around 15 students from variety countries. Lesson Summary The clip can be viewed as a sequence of â€Å"episodes† where each episode is â€Å"a bonded unit which roughly correlates with a single teaching activity† (Gibbons, 2006:95). The class follows the task-based teaching structure found to be common in English as a second language and moves from listening tasks to a speaking task. In the first episode (0:03), the teacher writes the topic and what activities they will focus on in his teaching on the whiteboard. 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