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This was one of the shorter units, but it offered a lot of important things to consider for English classes in regards to books and materials. For beginners, it seems that books and workbooks and other created/non-authentic material would be most effective in helping them build skills without feeling overwhelmed. I recently had a student ask if I could recommend a popular movie with "easy English." My husband and I had a good laugh from that one, imagining that question extending to "could you recommend a state in the US where they use easy English." Authentic materials like movies and tv shows and radio shows may be very useful for intermediate/advanced students, but for beginners, the focus would need to be very clear to not overwhelm them. For example, fill in the blank activities in songs (with possible options), or short trailers from movies where they can describe them in their own words (without need of sound). Street signs could be useful for beginner students (in imperative lesson). For intermediate students, it would be great to use the aforementioned resources with more focus on the language used. I think the biggest advantage in using a coursebook is having consistency, and a structured way to constantly build and review. However, I do feel this can lead teachers into a state of complacency, where they don't create material much more relevant for students. I would like to try to use course books to go over new words and concepts (giving them extra flair with explanation) and doing part of an activity where the students could continue for homework. For an upper-intermediate class, I would like to make a good ESA lesson plan about lyrics to a popular song. I would like to first play the song and ask what they think it's about, and who sings it. I would like to drill them on one part of the song (chorus or first verse) and try to get them to memorize it before even looking at the lyrics. Then I would like to pass out worksheets of the lyrics with words blanked out, and have them fill in the blanks while listening to the song. I'd like to have them fill in the blanks, check the answers in pairs, then sing the part they learned once more, then sing together with music. I would like to take any questions about difficult words/grammar and discuss these with them, including lots of examples. I would like to finish the class talking about the song meaning.
