ELA / ESL / EFL / Tesol English Language Arts & Conversational English
In this course, your learners will enjoy live English Language Arts instruction & guided practice, with a heavy focus on conversational English, reading skills and comprehension.
Pamela (she/her)
Average rating:
4.8
Number of reviews:(90)
What's included
50 live meetings
50 in-class hoursAssessment
Learners and Parents/Guardians/Carers are welcome to request assessment catered to suit their requirements, whether it be to practice for an upcoming test elsewhere, or to complete a portfolio for homeschool or another learning platform online or in "real life."Class Experience
Beginner - Advanced Level
The areas of skill and knowledge being taught and practiced in this class include but are not limited to the following, and they are subject to change dependent upon the abilities and requirements of the learners enrolled:
Week 1:
Day 1:
- Reading
- Phonics
- Comprehension
- Read aloud
- Prediction
Day 2:
- Vocabulary
- Context
- Meaning
- Who, what, where, when, why, which, whose, whom
Day 3:
- Spelling
- Varieties of English
- Consonants and vowels
- Consonant clusters
- Homophones
Week 2:
Day 1:
- Grammar
- Punctuation
- Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs
- Tenses
- Signs
- Active/passive
- Questions
Day 2:
- Writing
- Brainstorm
- Mind map
- Word storm
- Summarise
- Paraphrase
- Letters and emails
- Cloze passages
Day 3:
- Listening
- Dictation
- Rephrase
- Songs
- Cloze listening
- Tone/Attitude/Emotion
- Inferring
- Taking notes
Week 3:
Day 1:
- Speaking
- Telephone conversations
- Singing
- Tongue twisters
- Mouth exercises specifically for the English language
- Links and pauses
- Emphasis
Day 2:
- Pronunciation
- Intonation
- Syllables
- Rhythm
- Stress
- Reductions
- Repetition
- Rhyme
- Alliteration
- Voiced or unvoiced
- TH
Day 3:
- Sentence writing
- Paragraph writing
- Essay writing
Week 4:
Day 1:
- Reading
- Phonics
- Comprehension
- Read aloud
- Prediction
Day 2:
- Vocabulary
- Context
- Meaning
- Who, what, where, when, why, which, whose, whom
Day 3:
- Spelling
- Varieties of English
- Consonants and vowels
- Consonant clusters
- Homophones
Week 5:
Day 1:
- Grammar
- Punctuation
- Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs
- Tenses
- Signs
- Active/passive
- Questions
Day 2:
- Writing
- Brainstorm
- Mind map
- Word storm
- Summarise
- Paraphrase
- Letters and emails
- Cloze passages
Day 3:
- Listening
- Dictation
- Rephrase
- Songs
- Cloze listening
- Tone/Attitude/Emotion
- Inferring
- Taking notes
Week 6:
Day 1:
- Speaking
- Telephone conversations
- Singing
- Tongue twisters
- Mouth exercises specifically for the English language
- Links and pauses
- Emphasis
Day 2:
- Pronunciation
- Intonation
- Syllables
- Rhythm
- Stress
- Reductions
- Repetition
- Rhyme
- Alliteration
- Voiced or unvoiced
- TH
Day 3:
- Sentence writing
- Paragraph writing
- Essay writing
Week 7:
Day 1:
- Reading
- Phonics
- Comprehension
- Read aloud
- Prediction
Day 2:
- Vocabulary
- Context
- Meaning
- Who, what, where, when, why, which, whose, whom
Day 3:
- Spelling
- Varieties of English
- Consonants and vowels
- Consonant clusters
- Homophones
Week 8:
Day 1:
- Grammar
- Punctuation
- Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs
- Tenses
- Signs
- Active/passive
- Questions
Day 2:
- Writing
- Brainstorm
- Mind map
- Word storm
- Summarise
- Paraphrase
- Letters and emails
- Cloze passages
Day 3:
- Listening
- Dictation
- Rephrase
- Songs
- Cloze listening
- Tone/Attitude/Emotion
- Inferring
- Taking notes
Week 9:
Day 1:
- Speaking
- Telephone conversations
- Singing
- Tongue twisters
- Mouth exercises specifically for the English language
- Links and pauses
- Emphasis
Day 2:
- Pronunciation
- Intonation
- Syllables
- Rhythm
- Stress
- Reductions
- Repetition
- Rhyme
- Alliteration
- Voiced or unvoiced
- TH
Day 3:
- Sentence writing
- Paragraph writing
- Essay writing
Week 10:
Day 1:
- Reading
- Phonics
- Comprehension
- Read aloud
- Prediction
Day 2:
- Vocabulary
- Context
- Meaning
- Who, what, where, when, why, which, whose, whom
Day 3:
- Spelling
- Varieties of English
- Consonants and vowels
- Consonant clusters
- Homophones
This course requires a minimum of 3 enrolments in order to proceed, and the start date of this course will be pushed forward on a weekly basis if fewer than 3 are enrolled, until we meet this minimum enrolment requirement.Learning Goals
Learners will practice reading, writing, vocabulary, spelling, grammar, listening, speaking, and pronunciation.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
- Websites listed under "Sources" are for the teacher to access for curriculum and material.
- The learners do NOT need to access anything on the internet outside of Outschool for this class.
- I use Google Slides in this class.
- When beneficial, I will post YouTube videos in the classroom for extra learning in between classes during the week.
Supply List
Learners will need paper and pens or pencils to write with to complete tasks as applicable. Relevant handouts will be uploaded at the start of the week to the classroom to be printed out ahead of classes, including but not limited to cloze passages, word searches, and alike as applicable.
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Joined June, 2022
4.8
90reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
I am a native English speaker with a 150-hour TESOL qualification from Arizona State University and post-graduate qualifications in Applied Linguistics from Monash University.
I am also a lawyer in Australia and I homeschool my own children, therefore speaking and teaching clearly have been a part of my life for many years, and now I am also applying these skills to teaching others.
Other applicable courses that I have completed that pertain to this class include:
- Reason and Persuasion: Thinking Through Three Dialogues By Plato;
- Technology and Ethics;
- ADHD: Everyday Strategies for Elementary Students;
- The Clinical Psychology of Children and Young People;
- Everyday Parenting: The ABCs of Child Rearing;
- A Brief History of Humankind.Reviews
Live Group Class
$20
weekly or $999 for 50 classes1x per week, 50 weeks
60 min
Completed by 1 learner
Live video meetings
Ages: 10-15
3-18 learners per class
