TESOL English: Comprehensive Assignment Covering Multiple Modules

This document presents a comprehensive TESOL English assignment solution, covering a range of topics from basic concepts to lesson planning and vocabulary development. The assignment begins with definitions of key terms like TESOL, ESL, and ESP, followed by an exploration of different teaching methods and approaches, including the communicative, natural, and total physical response approaches. It delves into the different levels in TESOL, beginner to advanced, and the importance of understanding these levels for effective teaching. The solution includes detailed lesson plans for beginner and intermediate levels, focusing on vocabulary building, grammar practice, and various activities such as flashcards, games, and macrologues. The assignment also features vocabulary exercises, including identifying facial parts, creating words from a given word, and filling in the blanks in a passage. Overall, the assignment provides a practical guide to teaching English to speakers of other languages, offering valuable insights and resources for TESOL teachers.

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Tesol English
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Table of Contents
Assignment 1...................................................................................................................................2
Assignment 2...................................................................................................................................5
Assignment 3...................................................................................................................................8
Assignment 4.................................................................................................................................14
Grammar Review for TESOL Teachers........................................................................................15
Assignment 5.................................................................................................................................20
Assignment 6.................................................................................................................................24
Assignment 7.................................................................................................................................27
Assignment 8.................................................................................................................................33
Assignment 9.................................................................................................................................37
Assignment 10...............................................................................................................................42
QUIZ..............................................................................................................................................48

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Assignment 1
1. TESOL Stands for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.
2. The three educational institutes in which ESL is taught are
a. Michigan Department of Education
b. Algonquin College, Canada
c. Alabama State Department of Education
3. ESL stands for English as Second Language
4. ESP stands for English for Specific Purpose
5. IELTS is one of the most popular international standardized test of English language for the
non-native speakers of English. The two cases in which students must pass IELTS test are-
a. Many universities take the test during admission time to check the proficiency of English
language for the foreign students.
b. The students must also pass the test for getting admission in certain universities in US and
Canada
6. A method in English methodology is an application of the different types of approach in the
context of language teaching.
7. A beginner student can be taught by showing videos. This will help the beginner children in
identifying the sounds as well as recognizing the sound of animals. The other methods which are

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taught to the beginner children are by showing them charts and toys of different animals. Plastic
toys can be shown to the students and it will help them in identifying the animals.
8. Yes different methods can also be used for the same approach. The students can also be taken
to the nearest zoo for educational trip and this will help the students to learn and recognize the
animas easily.
9. Another term for technique is method
10. The communicative approach is a combination of all other approaches.
11. Natural approach focuses on fossilized errors
12. Grammar Transition approach focuses on vocabulary
13. Total physical Response approach was designed specifically for teaching English as a
second language
14. Whole language approach refers to the language learning by having the students focus on a
task or activity that requires students to use the language
15. Learning style is defined as the process in which a person consistently conceptualizes,
perceives, recalls and organizes the information.
16. The four main learning styles are visual, auditory, reading and kinaestheic.
17. The characteristics of left brain dominated student are:
a. They are objective
b. They deal with one thing at a time.

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c. They are intellectual.
18. The three activities that are appropriate for a kinaesthetic learner are
a. They must be engaged in visuals and stories in the various concepts they are taught.
b. They must learn with 3D material.
c. They must be focused on hands on activities for process learning.

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Assignment 2
1. The five levels in TESOL are beginner level, upper beginner level, intermediate level, upper
intermediate level and advanced level.
2. It is important for a TESOL teacher to understand the various levels because the course
structure which will be taught is designed accordingly and the level in which the student will be
categorized will also be understood.
3. At the beginner level, the student may speak only a little and the teacher will try to teach the
student to distinguish one word from another. It is also important to make the students repeat the
phrases and questions so as to improve their speaking skills.
4. The student must be given time to improve their understanding level and then read them
accordingly. It is also necessary to check the tense of the students while they are reading. The
teacher must also check whether the student is trying to skip any parts of the word.
5. It is the duty of the teacher to check whether the student is able to write complex sentences
with fewer errors. The student must also have a broad idea of the vocabulary and must have
increased understanding of the new culture.
6. The five topics that are to be taught at the upper intermediate level are hobbies, sports actions,
transport, personal information and weekend activities and holidays
7. Five examples of realia that can be used in the advanced level are maps, documents, theater
program, coupons and food packaging.
8. A lesson plan is the framework for a lesson.

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9. Pre task is defined as the scene which is framed for the lesson topic.
10. Lesson objectives are the outcomes which are framed to judge the achievement of the
students at the end of the plan.
11. The main purpose of the follow up activity is to assess the achievement of the lesson
objectives which are framed by the teacher.
12. The basic components of ATA lesson plan are topic, level, age, length, number of activities,
methodology, resources, warm up, pre-task, teaching, task, follow up and home-work.
13. Teaching refers to the introduction of new material and task is the doing the class activities
that facilitates the acquisition of the resources that are presented in the class.
14. Language skills include listening, speaking, reading and writing skills which the teacher must
focus while preparing the lesson plan and assigning related task to the students. Speaking skills
must be given due focus for the beginner ESL student. On the other hand, for the intermediate
level the teacher must focus on the reading skills.
15. Subject can be used instead of theme
16. Fig- Lesson Plan for Beginners
Topic: Alphabetic Songs
Level: Beginners
Age:3+
No of students:10
TESOL Methodology: Whole Language approach
Language Skills: Speaking

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Lesson Objectives: To help the beginners to improve their vocabulary skills
To help the students to identify the words and speak clearly.
Resources: Bring any fruits or vegetables beginning with the alphabet assigned to them accordingly.
Play videos or songs
Warm Up: Students who will participate in the activity will make a circle. They will bring the fruits or
vegetables assigned to them accordingly. A basket will be placed in the center of the students. The
students will throw the ring according to the alphabets
Teaching 1: The teacher will play songs and videos
Task 1: The students will repeat the songs after looking at the videos
Teaching 2: The students will be asked to bring a fruit or vegetable of their choice.
Task 2: They will be asked to form a group and sit in circle. The students will throw the ring in the
alphabets of which they brought the fruits or the vegetables.
Follow Up: Students will be asked to identify the rhymes after looking at the video
Homework: Students will be given CDs to practice the task in home.

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Assignment 3
1. Receptive vocabulary refers to certain words which are known to the students but are not used
by them.
2. Flash cards are used to teach conjunctions or certain words which are not correctly
pronounced by the students. They are handy resources and can be used in every stage in the
class.
3. The steps which are to be followed when dealing with flash cards are mentioned below:
a. It is necessary to clearly define the model for the vocabulary which are to be taught to the
students by using the flashcards.
b. The teacher must also conduct a choral drill i.e. the students must be allowed to repeat the
words in the flashcards.
c. The students must also be asked individually to repeat the words on the flashcard.
4. New vocabulary is one of the important building block in student’s learning process. The three
techniques which can be used by the teacher in teaching new vocabulary are:
a. Substitution-The teacher may ask the students to substitute a word with its synomyms or make
another new sentence with that particular word.
b. Realia-The use of real life objects in the ESL classroom will also help the students to learn
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c. Miming and Total Physical Response- This is best for the kinesthetic learner i.e. for the
students for learn while moving their bodies. The adult students may enjoy miming.
5. The three reasons why paling games is important for learning vocabulary are:
a. English learning games and videos can help the students to learn and master English in a much
faster way. It will also help the students in improving the overall comprehension.
b. Video games will also help to improve cognitive development and linguistic skills.
c. Games will also help to make the learning fun and it will remove stress.
6. The students must identify the facial parts from the sentence given below. They will also be
asked to draw those facial parts in the blank provided:
Activity: Choose the facial parts from the sentence below and draw the figures accordingly:
1. My eyes are very beautiful.
2. Did you notice there is a mole in your nose?
3. Mr John has a cut in his tongue.
4. Jennifer’s lips are very dry.
5. Her grandmother is deaf by one year.
7. There are many words which can be made from the word “Superiority”.
a. superior b. sportier c. troupers d. priority e. posture d. troupers e. reposit f.spouter g. isotype
h. rustier

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These learning will be important because it will help the students to improve their alerning and
thinking capacity. It will also help in improving the vocabulary of the students because they will
learn new words and know the meaning of the words.
8. In the following passage, from the given choice of words you are required to choose the word
which fits the meaning.
We are all like listening to 1.____ and the person who is good 2.____ telling stories will always
be a 3.____member of any company. The art 4. ______ good story-telling covers much more
than 5.____up fabulous adventures; it includes telling 6.____the doings of living people or
7.____men and women of the past, 8.____your own travels and adventures and 9.____about the
books you have read 10.____the films you have seen.
1 a.lectures 2 a. on 3 a. popular 4 a.on 5 a.describing
b.theories b. at b.good b.of b.making
c. stories c. by c. necessary c.at c. showing
6. a. about 7 a. insignificant 8.a in 9 a. experience 10 a. either
b.by b.dead b.about b.desire b.all
c.for c. famous c. through c.worries c.and
9. Activity: Students are to create a word and frame a sentence using three tense forms from the
list of letters given below

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he go um in ea g ch me g wi
10. Fig-Lesson Plan for Intermediate students
Topic: Frame sentence
Level: Intermediate
Age:12+
No of students:10
TESOL Methodology: Eclectic approach
Language Skills: Writing and Speaking
Lesson Objectives: To help the students to learn vocabulary and improve their grammar skills
Warm Up: Students must engage themselves in reading newspaper and journal articles
Teaching 1: The teacher will ask the student to fill up the blanks with synonyms and antonyms
Task 1: The students will be given to frame sentences in various tense forms
Teaching 2: The students will also be given to find out jumbled words from a group of words
Task 2: They will be asked to identify the correct work from the group of words.
Follow Up: Students will be asked to identify the words from the jumbled words
Homework: Students will be asked to follow the same task in their home.
11. Macrologues are the most effective methods of teaching vocabulary to the students. They are
known as mind maps or brainstorms.
12. The most important advantage of using macrologue is that it will help the students to learn
vocabulary in a simple way.