Here are some ideas of homework you can assign to students.
- Tried and true (but can be a little boring): Give them a GBC question. Make sure you give then a directive as well.
- Eg: What do you think of the Japanese healthcare system? Make sure you use "if" as many times as possible, as we practiced today.
- Give timed writing homework. This is really good for people with terrible grammar who get into dictionary worm holes.
- Eg: Set a timer for 10 minutes. Write an answer (without stopping), then step away for at least 5 minutes. Come back and edit it for correctness. Send that homework.
- Assign a discussion topic.
- Eg: Read this discussion topic and answer a few of the questions: https://theenglishfarm.com/discussion/cleaning-good-you
- Assign listening and listening/ writing homework.
- Eg: Listen to a TED talk and write a quick response to it.
- Fluency homework: teach students about shadowing and assign some natural English. This channel is a good one: English speeches with big subtitles.
- Eg: Listen to this speech by Barak Obama and shadow it a few seconds at a time.
- Pronunciation homework: talk to your smartphone and try to make it understand your pronuncaition. You can put this URL in the lesson record: https://youtu.be/1iSmWsO7eyQ?t=1m47s as it has instructions for turning on Siri and then it has comedians failing so spectacularly that it should make any student feel better about themselves.
- Try to say "This that, and the other thing" into your phone. We'll check your pronunciation next lesson.
- For GBC students who speak very slowly, type out their entire answer as they are saying it. Then practice with their language but using natural English rhythm and intonation. As a teacher, you should record a voice memo of the answer.
- Use the speaking homework option to say your GBC answer with more natural rhythem and intonation.