skip to main content

Leading adult education through support for and the effective application of technology.

ESL: English as a Second Language

198 Results

81. Generate A TED Talk with AI Assistance

Activity Description

TED Talks: Discover ideas worth spreading
Source: TED Talks by TED Talks (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])
 
In this lesson, students learn about the typical structure and organization of TED Talks. They then use AI text generator tools to either assist them in writing TED Talks about issues that concern them, or if the outcome is pronunciation practice and oral presentation skills, to provide them with an original TED Talk script that they can alter. Students practice their talks and deliver them with images on a slideshow.

Has EEE Lesson Plan

Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education, ESL: English as a Second Language

Levels

High, Advanced
82. Generate and Describe a Dream Room with AI

Activity Description

PaintIt Room
Source: PaintIt (License: CC0/Public Domain)
 
Students apply their learning of housing vocabulary by designing, describing, and presenting a dream room.
 
 
 
 

Has EEE Lesson Plan

Program Areas

ESL: English as a Second Language

Levels

Beginning High, Intermediate Low, Intermediate High
83. Good vs. Bad: Generate AI-Created Infographics to Contrast Examples and Non-Examples

Activity Description

Resume example - non-example good result
 
 Create engaging and visually vibrant info-graphics that demonstrate a good example of a lesson/task/skill vs. a bad version of the same lesson/task/skill.

Has EEE Lesson Plan

Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education, ESL: English as a Second Language, ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation, ASE: High School Diploma, CTE: Career Technical Education, AwD: Adults with Disabilities

Levels

Low, Intermediate, High, Beginning Literacy, Beginning Low, Beginning High, Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, Advanced, All Levels
84. Google Arts and Culture: An Artist or Work of Art Presentation

Activity Description

Gallery Women
Source: Pixabay by Alexa (License: CC0/Public Domain)
 
In this lesson, students have conversation and practice listening, reading, and grammar in preparation for a project in which they gather information about an artist or work of art and use it to plan and deliver an oral presentation with a visual aide.

Has EEE Lesson Plan

Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education, ESL: English as a Second Language

Levels

Intermediate, High, Intermediate High, Advanced
85. Google Arts and Culture: Wonders of the World Project

Activity Description

Machu Picchu
Source: Unsplash by Natalie Pedigo (License: CC0/Public Domain)
 

Intermediate and advanced students learn about ancient and modern wonders of the world using the online information on the Google Arts and Culture site and other Web sites and then and share what they learn in a jigsaw reading/cooperative learning activity. As an optional follow-up, write a paragraph and/or make an oral presentation about a wonder of the world of their choosing (a museum, building, sculpture, statue, bridge, canal, dam, temple, church, cathedral, castle, or natural wonder or a UNESCO World Heritage Site) located in their native countries or elsewhere.

Has EEE Lesson Plan

Program Areas

ESL: English as a Second Language

Levels

Intermediate High, Advanced
Scroll To Top

OTAN activities are funded by contract CN240137 from the Adult Education Office, in the Career & College Transition Division, California Department of Education, with funds provided through Federal P.L., 105-220, Section 223. However, OTAN content does not necessarily reflect the position of that department or the U.S. Department of Education.