Cora's Palette

ESL page

Cora Chen
ESL Instructor, City College of San Francisco

I'm an ESL instructor at City College of San Francisco. My students are immigrants from all over the world with diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds. My daily interactions with them in the classroom have become a learning experience for me because teaching often generates immediate feedback on my pedagogical techniques. Every day I learn something new on the job, which I enjoy very much.

My ESL exercises:
Culture Notes:
Giving & Receiving Gifts reading & vocabulary with interactive exercises & survey (intermediate & advanced)

Different Customs in Different Cultures (intermediate & advanced)
Meeting People for the First Time (intermediate & advanced)

Cloze exercise: idioms (intermediate)

Cloze exercise: noun clauses (intermediate)

Cloze exercise: present, past, future tenses (beginning)
Places in the Community: exercises & games with audios (beginning)
Adjectives & Adverbs : exercises & games with audios (high beginning, intermediate & advanced)

Multiple-choice exercise: (beginning)
Immigration Vocabulary (intermediate)

My Videos for ESL:
The Living Roof learning about exciting green-eco technology [video with interactive exercise] (intermediate & advanced)

Dances from the Depths the Wonders of the Ocean [ 3 videos with 3 interactive exercises:] (beginning)
The Flamboyant Greek Soloist from the Deep Sea (vocabulary)
The Dancer in Fancy Costume (on colors & prepositions)
The Dancer in Stripes (on colors & prepositions)

Paradise enjoying the beauty of nature [video with interactive exercise] (beginning)

My Exercises on Music & Art:
String Instruments : the comparatives of adjectives & adverbs (intermediate)

Musical Humorist Victor Borge : vocabulary (intermediate)

Degas & The Ballerinas : vocabulary (advanced)

My Animations for ESL:
http://cora-films.blogspot.com (intermediate & advanced)

My Lesson Plans Published by KQED Education:

1. Using Podcasts to Enrich Students’ Listening Repertoire (beginning, intermediate & advanced)

2. Designing A Room: Using an Online Game to Develop Language Skills in ESOL Students (beginning)

3. ESL Contact Assignment: (high-intermediate & advanced)