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The audio is from a YouTube video #InequalityIs: Favianna Rodriguez on cultural inequality

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Audio is from a YouTube video Starting a coffee shop business 

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The audio is from a YouTube video Can fashion be sustainable BBC Earth 

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Audio is from a YouTube video Everything supermodel Tyra Banks eats in a day

The full video lesson with exercises

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A lesson plan for Esl/esol classes has a logical structure starting with

a warmer, intro to a topic, activation of previous knowledge.

pre-teaching of some vocabulary or grammar ( 3–5 items, if necessary). Ask questions, explain meaning of words/grammar within a context, practice pronunciation, check understanding, write and show other forms of a word/grammar, highlight phonology

Presentation of a text, audio, video or a picture. Simple gist question, following some specific questions about the material

Controlled practice. Check understanding of the material/vocabulary or grammar rules. The examples are gap-fill exercises, true or false, etc.

Freer practice. Here students should use their own ideas within the specific context. For example, complete sentences with your ideas, describe the picture relevant to target vocabulary/grammar

Production, the final step. It is usually expressing an opinion about the topic, advice, prediction. You can tell your students your own opinion before the task as an example. Don't forget to use target language. Special questions including target language can be formed to start a discussion.

It is a standard lesson plan using the traditional model PPP (presentation, practice, production) and CELTA methodology. More suitable for beginners, elementary and intermediate learners. You can find the examples of the video lesson plans using this model on my website. There are lesson plans for elementary, pre-intermediate and intermediate learners. Topics include health, food, character and personality, daily life, social issues, culture, business vocabulary, IELTS preparation.

Problem is where to have a learning space for online lessons 

-platforms: zoom, Google, etc. 

Why not to make lessons, use, reuse and make available for thousands of people 

Everything is on one page.

-blogs, website, Google slides, padlet youtube, and even a podcast

All of these platforms have their share of interactivity.

My choice is a website with lots of tools: videos, tests, audios and text can be all on one single page.

 If you buy a website address (domain) it will be your forever, although with platforms which are not yours, your content can be removed and you cannot actually own 100% of your content.

What is interactivity online

When we think about interactivity, first thing i think is interactive exercises. Where I can click and move things with my finger and of course auto check.

What I think about interactivity is really about

getting students engaged via communication, 

visuals, 

constantly activate students, besides just interactive exercises 

Creativity and interactivity when teaching online: should be mostly about (go to the outside world), and communication with people especially for adults and more confident learners

Communicating with other people: Facebook and YouTube (sending posts and comments 

Comment youtube videos

Ask instagram followers

Real-time interaction

Discussion boards

During an online lesson interactivity can be facilitated with 

Clicking on Links

Tests

Games

Games: role play, play a famous person 

Board games

Jam board, miro board Padlet Pinterest

How to expand creativity

To try something new 

Flip lessons 

Give them a choice

Encourage autonomy 

Incorporate their interests 

Inconventional learning materials: youtube comments, cafe reviews on Facebook, shopping websites, blogs, ask a blogger for audio on their piece

The full lesson at: http://pnesterova.com/2021/07/14/favorite-comfort-food-video-esl/

Transcript:

The best food I have ever eaten has to be a French crepe. I had it for the first time 1 year ago in a place near my home. French crepes are awesome, a little bit fatty but really tasty.

Jessi, you were staying in a house in London, right? That you are convinced was haunted.

-Yes! I really think it was because we were doing a lot of night scenes. 

-Yes! I really think it was because we were doing a lot of night scenes. And I came early, like 3:30 in the morning, and I'm so tired. And I had everything left out like the lights. And I had one chandelier on a little bit. And I started talking my clothes off to put my pajamas on and the lights started to dim.

-And I had one chandelier on a little bit. And I started talking my clothes off to put my pajamas on and the lights started to dim. And I thought, ok I might be having a stroke. This is what happens, right? The lights start slowly go dim. And every light in the room, even the bedside tables slowly started to go on. Swear! Swear! Swear! Like I was..and it was like err..like I was like on some alien spaceship,all white. And then it went pitch-black.

-I was..and it was like err..like I was like on some alien spaceship,all white. And then it went pitch-black. I actually said because I was so tired "OK, I acknowledge you, I understand you are here. And don't wonna kick you out, I'm just very tired so please let me sleep".And it never happened again.

- It never happened again. It must be true.

- Exactly! 

- It could have nothing to do with some odd electricity surge.

- It's London, it's haunted. 

-Jessi, you were staying in a house in London, right? That you are convinced was haunted.

-Yes! I really think it was because we were doing a lot of night scenes. And I came early, like 3.30 in the morning, and I'm so tired. And I had everything left out like the lights. And I had one chandelier on a little bit. And I started talking my clothes off to put my pajamas on and the lights started to dim. And I thought, ok I might be having a stroke. This is what happens, right? The lights start slowly go dim. And every light in the room, even the bedside tables slowly started to go on. Swear! Swear! Swear! Like I was..and it was like err..like I was like on some alien spaceship,all white. And then it went pitch-black. I actually said because I was so tired "OK, I acknowledge you, I understand you are here. And don't wonna kick you out, I'm just very tired so please let me sleep".And it never happened again.

- It never happened again. It must be true.

- Exactly! 

- It could have nothing to do with some odd electricity surge.

- It's London, it's haunted. 

Key vocabulary:

A haunted house -

A haunted house is a house or other building often seen as being inhabited by ghosts who may have been former residents of the house.

The lights started to dim -

To dim is to make or become less bright or clear, become darker

It went pitch-black -

To go pitch-black is to become completely and absolutely dark

I acknowledge you -

To acknowledge is to accept or admit the existence or truth of something 

Learn more vocabulary about paranormal phenomena and do exercises at: 

http://pnesterova.com/2021/02/07/english-paranormal-listening/

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This episode is also available as a blog post: http://pnesterova.com/2021/04/22/speaking-your-goals/

Video: https://vimeo.com/372137804