Tutor Training Web-sites

Need some new inspiration?  Visit the ESLSAP tutor training companion web-site for great links and ideas.
http://www.mytrainingbc.ca/eslsap/companion/

ALSO, you are encouraged to join http://tutela.ca/  Membership is free and resources extensive.

Why join Tutela?

Join our growing community to:

• Get access to tons of EAL and FSL resources, including learning activities, worksheets, templates, teacher training resources and much more; rate and comment on the resources you have used

• Connect and collaborate with like-minded EAL and FSL professionals and expand your Personal Learning Network (PLN) through public forum and special interest groups

• Suggest and share your own useful resources, whether these are classroom resources, research papers that offer insight into best practices, or policy documents

• Find out and participate in our events or organize and post your own event

• Post jobs. If you are an employer, you can be sure you’ll get immediate responses from a wide selection of qualified candidates in no time.

Your participation and contributions help make Tutela the go-to place for ESL/FSL professionals!

Get out of the Room!

One-to-one tutoring can be quite mobile. Ask your student to take you on a guided tour in English of the neighbourhood you’re meeting in, a store or other public place.  A change of environment is great for refreshing the mind, and there are plenty of topics for language study that you can get just from walking down the street.

 

Conversation Topics

Running out of things to talk about with your learner?  Introducing new topics is great to grow vocabulary, increase fluency and build confidence.  Check out ta great compilation by ESL teachers at
http://iteslj.org/questions/

Ventures Curriculum by Cambridge

The Ventures curriculum is a favourite for Chilliwack's ELSA instructors.  This multi-level, multi-skill ESL program is being used by several of our volunteer tutors as well.  Did you know that your learner can get extra practice on-line?  Check it out at:

http://www.cambridge.org/us/esl/venturesadulted/venturesarcade/index.html

The web-site also has printable samples of each student book and workbook if you would like to consider using this excellent curriculum.  We have a supply of the books at the office and I would be happy to mentor you in a trial lesson!