Summer school ESL: Please help!

MakeEmLaugh

I feel embarrassed to admit this, but I just started work in a summer school to help international students learn English, and I have no idea what I'm doing.

I recently undertook a CELT course, though am awaiting my results, but thought I'd be proactive and sent out a bunch of emails to schools. One got back to me offering me work immediately. Naturally, I took it, but I started the very next day, with zilch time to prepare.

Basically, I'm given free reign for approx. two hours in each lesson (two per day) with students from continental Europe with an intermediate level of English. I've no real experience, so this is extremely stressful. It doesn't help that the students are bored - they are on their summer holidays, after all - and have little interest in what I've been trying to teach them.

This isn't even really the problem. The problem is I have no lesson plans prepared, no material to hand to work with. I've only done a few days but am almost totally burnt out. The other staff, who are all very nice, don't seem to realise just how out of my depth I feel.

Can anyone recommend a recommend a website with some easy-to-follow lesson plans, that include interactive activities with the students? Any other advise I would be extremely appreciative.

I'm glad to have obtained work so quickly, but boy, is it difficult.

losullivan

www.learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/ is a really useful and free website.They have a section especially for teenagers. Lots of short videos and interactive tasks if you have access to an overhead projector in your room. Scroll down to the bottom of each grammar lesson for some very useful worksheets.

clartharlear

Pm me your email address and I'll send you a couple of ebooks on tefl.