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TIPS FOR ESL TEACHERS
Similar to other ESL learners, native French
language speakers may have many difficulties learning English. Fortunately,
because English and French use the same Latin alphabet system and have
lexical similarities of 27% (see Classification), students are able to
integrate their knowledge of French and English more easily than other
ESL learners.
The following is a list of problems that have
been identified by French language teachers, ESL teachers and French students
learning English. It is followed by a list of activities and lesson plans
that can be used to help native French speakers acquire the English language.
Feel free to use or modify the activities.
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LESSON PLAN |
Stressed syllables/Phrasal blocks.
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In English, each word has a stressed syllable
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You need to show the ultimate stress of each word.
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Syllable
Songs
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Aspirated consonants.
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Aspirated consonants Aspirated consonants sounds
such as [p], [k], [h] and [t] are omitted at the beginning of a word in
the French language.
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Toilet
Paper Dangle
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Spelling
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Spelling · Due to the lexical similarities
between French and English, some students have difficulties recognizing
words or spelling
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Food packaging
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Cultural Recognition
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It is important to recognize and respect all cultures
in your classroom. This activity allows students to share cultural heritage
while going through the writing process and oral presentation process.
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Cultural
Recognition Activity
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There are many useful ESL websites on the internet.
Here are some that are used by the members of our group.
Mme. Carr's Modern
languages website
This site contains great French/English SL lesson
plans and activities.
ESL Lounge
This site has many resources for all ESL students
(beginning to advanced learners). Lesson plans, songs, games, worksheets,
and other resources are included.
Stufun.com
Great interactive grammar activities, but some
sections are restricted to registered members.
Proteacher
Writing process lesson plans for elementary students.
This site goes through the writing process from pre-writing to publishing.
It also includes lesson plans on grammar and graphic organizers.
Literacy
and ESL Exercises
This site is filled with activities for choosing
the correct word, capitalization and punctuation, prepositions and verbs.
Answer sheets are also provided.
Activities for ESL/EFL
Students
This website has vocabulary and grammar quizzes.
Photo
dictionary
Photo dictionary in English, French, German,
Italian and Spanish. Great for teaching students the relationships between
words in different languages. |
