Michelle Maxom

Michelle Maxom has been teaching English throughout the UK and Italy since 1997 and has the Trinity Certificate and Licentiate Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Formerly Director of Studies at Avalon School of English, she now trains would-be TEFL teachers and runs one-to-one and executive English courses.

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English as a Second Language Marking Students' Written Work with Correction Codes

Article / Updated 03-26-2016

Most teachers use a correction code when they mark written work so that the student can do some self-correction. You can devise your own symbols but this table shows some possibilities. Mark Error Indicated / A word is missing / Start a new sentence // Start a new paragraph Gr Grammar error Sp Spelling error P Punctuation error Art Error with articles (a, an, the) c/unc Countable/uncountable error (you can use a/an before countable nouns but never before uncountable noun) Wo Wrong word order Ww Wrong word Wt Wrong tense Wf Wrong form Irreg Irregular verb ? Unclear

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English as a Second Language Lesson Planning Checklist for Teaching English

Article / Updated 03-26-2016

No matter what country you are teaching in, use this handy checklist to make sure that you’re really prepared for each lesson when you’re teaching English as a foreign language. I know what level my students are at. I know who my students are – their nationality, language, background and so on. I know how long the lesson is. I set aims and objectives. What I want to teach fits in with the course syllabus. I know what my students need to know about this piece of language – its rules, patterns and so on. I have an appropriate context for this language point. I anticipated problems and have thought of ways to prevent them from occurring. I have a planned activity or exercise for providing controlled practice. I have a planned activity for providing free practice. I have any materials I need. My activities are communicative, which means the students spend some time interacting with each other to complete a task. My teacher talking time is 30 per cent or under.

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