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CHARACTER ROLE PLAY: Each student takes one of the central characters in the article. The teacher can add more. Students with the same roles discuss their characters and plan what they will say in the role play. The teacher sets the scene for the role play.
STUDENT DECIDED ROLES: The teacher outlines the nature / situation [...]

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Written By: admin on January 21, 2009 No Comment

Ideas to provide students with the language to move from the news article into conversation.
EXPONENTS TO MOVE FROM ARTICLE TO CONVERSATION: Providing suitable exponents can enable learners to more confidently talk about a text they have in front of them. It is quite natural for anyone armed with a newspaper, magazine or book to want [...]

Written By: admin on January 3, 2009 One Comment

Activities to aid students’ reading or listening comprehension and to reduce the cognitive burden and pressure of “cold” reading / listening.
GAP FILL: A traditional exercise in which students reinsert words that have been taken out of a text:
Put the words on the bottom into the correct gaps.
Landmine elephant gets new foot

EXAMPLE: New developments in ________ [...]

Written By: admin on December 30, 2008 One Comment

Pre-reading and pre-listening ideas to ease students into interaction with the article, expose them to vocabulary and ideas and thus make the article easier to negotiate.
TRUE/FALSE CHOICE: Create a series of true/false sentences. For each proposition, include one sentence that is true and its false partner.

Circle the sentence that you think is correct
Google wants to [...]

Written By: admin on December 24, 2008 No Comment

Many of these activities are intended for five- to ten-minute bursts of activity, although many could be used for extended fluency practice.
WORDS BRAINSTORM: Teacher writes a keyword related to the news article on the board. Students spend one minute brainstorming all of the words they associate with that keyword. Students talk about the words in [...]

Written By: admin on December 24, 2008 No Comment

Game Categories:
Opener
Energizer
Communication
Team-building
Review
Topical
Purpose: To help participants recognize the innate ability they have to learn new material.
Time Required: 10 to 15 minutes.
Size of Group: Unlimited, but participants should work in “rotating” pairs.
Materials Required: None.

Written By: admin on December 18, 2008 No Comment

Game Categories:
Opener
Energizer
Communication
Team-building
Review
Topical
Purpose: To get small groups thinking together and creatively solving tough problems.
Time Required: 20 minutes.
Size of Group: Unlimited, but participants should work in small groups of five to seven.
Materials Required: A flipchart with the alphabet displayed vertically, prepared in advance by the trainer.

Written By: admin on December 16, 2008 No Comment

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