Slides from talk presented at ISTEK International conference in Istanbul on March 28 2010. N.B. Slightly adapted & hopefully improved

1. Marisa Constantinides Dip.RSA, M.A. App Ling Teacher Educator & DOS CELT Athens @Marisa Constantinides CELT Athens - info@celt.edu.gr - ISTEK Schools International Conference 2010

2. @Marisa Constantinides CELT Athens - info@celt.edu.gr - ISTEK Schools International Conference 2010 This presentation is slightly adapted for the benefit of those who were not there when I presented it at ISTEK Schools International Conference 2010 in Istanbul. I have added only very little so that they can make sense of the slides. For copyright reasons, I have not included any coursebook pages or exercises, as in the ‘live’ presentation and have replaced them with my own examples imitating the style of the original exercises

4. @Marisa Constantinides CELT Athens - info@celt.edu.gr - ISTEK Schools International Conference 2010 Some teachers see their coursebook as a smiley face or a sun or a butterfly (happy images) others as a passport or tool and some even as a crutch or the holy book! See next slide >>

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6. References Choosing your Coursebook , A.Cunningsworth, 1995, Macmillan ELT Blogpost Working with Coursebooks - Gathering Intelligence, Making a Choice – Marisa Constantinides blog post November 2009 on TEFL Matters @Marisa Constantinides CELT Athens - info@celt.edu.gr - ISTEK Schools International Conference 2010

7. Grid adapted from one used in a talk I co-presented with with George Vassilakis 1998 @Marisa Constantinides CELT Athens - info@celt.edu.gr - ISTEK Schools International Conference 2010 Fun Reality Ideology Education Needs Design

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18. Prrrrrrrrrr. Ring ring… Hello? Bzzzzzz!!!! Ouch!! @Marisa Constantinides CELT Athens - info@celt.edu.gr - ISTEK Schools International Conference 2010 Improvisation, Curiosity, Investment Look at the pictures & clues Guess the story by asking Questions; the Teacher can only answer with a YES or NO! YOU HAVE 4 MINUTES ONLY! Use the answers to WRITE or TELL story Read story on next page & vote for one closest to original!

20. @Marisa Constantinides CELT Athens - info@celt.edu.gr - ISTEK Schools International Conference 2010 e.g. How many roses were there in the bouquet? What was the name of the cat? Which hospital did she go to? How long did she have to stay in hospital? etc. Instead of regular reading comprehension questions: Read this story and write 3 questions that the text DOES NOT answer. Present your questions & see which ones are funniest!

22. @Marisa Constantinides CELT Athens - info@celt.edu.gr - ISTEK Schools International Conference 2010 Go to http://voicethread.com/#e673560 – listen to the message and record your story!

23. @Marisa Constantinides CELT Athens - info@celt.edu.gr - ISTEK Schools International Conference 2010 N.B, Xtranormal cannot be shown in a powerpoint presentation as a video, so please visit the site and watch examples – you can watch this animation on line at http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/6272529/ An example of a story/dialogue animation tool; this one created by a student of Karenne Sylvester’s Teachers can create similar for presentation or consolodation activities

24. @Marisa Constantinides CELT Athens - info@celt.edu.gr - ISTEK Schools International Conference 2010 These phrases have been lifted from an exercise; students invent context, roles, relationships, improvise conversations; rest of class guesses context, roles etc I don’t think you are very interesting I don’t think you’re very interested! The problem with you is that you are bored! The problem with you is that you are boring! Well, it’s not so amusing, you know. You don’t seem amused at all with my story. You don’t look very convinced to me. Well, you do not sound very convincing! You look so depressed! But your story is so depressing! Improvisation, holistic practice, creativity

25. @Marisa Constantinides CELT Athens - info@celt.edu.gr - ISTEK Schools International Conference 2010 Improvisation & Curiosity

26. @ Marisa Constantinides CELT Athens - info@celt.edu.gr - ISTEK Schools International Conference 2010 Crazy Captions Show the students a copy of a photo in their book and ask them to write a crazy caption Funniest one wins To see an example please read relevant blog post here Animating your Coursebook

27. @Marisa Constantinides CELT Athens - info@celt.edu.gr - ISTEK Schools International Conference 2010 In a workshop it is normal that you should now have some hands on practice. I hope you will take these ideas and make your coursebook a much better piece of material than even its author(s) even dreamed it could ever be! Best of luck with your animating efforts and do please share your good ideas as a comment! Final Words

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