Picture Stories for ESL (TESOL)

[JoshTheNinja19]

Hey this is a great technique! I noticed it was mentioned in a blog on esl treasure.com so I checked it out and its really got me thinking about how to change my approach to story lessons.

Thanks man

[aridion1]

Oh. Right I see now. I didn't know that the lesson was rushed. That explains a lot. I have used picture stories before in my teaching as well, althouigh not through the ALG or AUA methods. I do find them to work very well.

Thank you for pointing out grammar mistakes. I am not here to demonstrate my grammar.

[brooklynmonk1]

@aridion1 This lesson was just a quick demo for teachers. but if you check my channel or search ESL picture stories, you will find actual lessons i did with my students and i generally don't coach them at all. they just talk their way through the story. On youtube i have a picture story for Mulan and a few others. I would appreciate it if you commented on one of them.

[aridion1]

@brooklynmonk1. Thank you for the quick responses. I will defo check out your channel and the other lessons you did. I am really interested in new teachniques in teaching English as a second language. It is good that you posted some examples on the net. This should help other teachers and also give them alternative ideas and techniques when teaching.

[aridion1]

@brooklynmonk1. Thank you for the quick responses. I will defo check out your channel and the other lessons you did. I am really interested in new teachniques in teaching English as a Second Language. It is good that you posted some examples on the net. This should help other teachers and also give them alternative ideas and techniques when teaching. All The best. p.s I liked your martial arts videos as well. I have always wanted to study Aikido and Muay Thai.

[aridion1]

What? The Teacher just basically dragged the student to a conclusion without the student learning Absolutely anything. What was the point in this exercise? This Teacher definately confinces me in either of 2 things, namely, that ALG doesn't work or, that he as teacher was very poor and failed to demonstrate any patience as a good teacher. I have an MA Applied Linguistics and TESOL. This was not a good lesson, too rushed and the student was not let demonstrate what he took out of this.

[brooklynmonk1]

@aridion1 I agree, the lesson was rushed. This was a demonstration and the time allotted was cut from thirty minutes to ten. But the idea was to demonstrate this single technique of picture stories. As much as we hope to allow the students freedom to find their own expression, the teacher sometimes needs to help, or lead the student through the story. In subsequent lessons, hopefully, the student would learn to do it for himself. You have a number of spelling and grammar errors in your comment.

[AysarAburrub]

@aridion1 I learned most if not all my English through listening and understandable experiences, these things that make up the core of the ALG theory. Back then I didn't even know I was going to acquire English to such a level that I'm on at the moment. I didn't know about ALG either. But looking back at it now, it all makes sense and it DOES indeed work. So don't brag about your credentials and jump into conclusions, when your English itself still needs more improvement.

Good job Antonio!!!

[blakewilli1]

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[TimeToDwell]

i think this is a good idea in theory, but during the retelling phase the teacher basically took over again with too many lenghty prompts and the student was restricted to giving one-word answers in response. There was not enough true speaking time here. It needs tweaked a little.

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@TimeToDwell

I believe that the Asian guy was not confident enough (in his language skills) to retell the story using his own words. That is why the teacher helped him. Overall, I think, it can be used (sometimes).

[WeldEl3ain]

Very Good man, Keep it up.

[ninjaboj]

Great Stuff, Tony.

[BlitzingPastizzi]

Great stuff, Antonio. A virtuoso performance.

[scr137]

good work Antonio! you have a good very nice way to teach children! (I am also sure they are much better then the chinese teacher ;-)

[haniffali]

man so is so cool. i taught about teaching a while ago. thanks for the preview.