8. Teaching with ‘no materials’
Emergent language
Provide language for relevant topics
Use student’s materials (i.e. work emails, everyday needs etc.)
Record student speaking
Record model sentences and email to student
‘Teachable moments’
We teach students. Not plans. Not course books.
9. Working with the news
Malaysia Airlines plane crash: world demands answers from Russia
(The Guardian – July 18, 2014)
The US has pointedly criticised Russian arming of rebels in
Ukraine as the world demanded answers over the shooting down
down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 by a suspected Russian-
Russian-made missile, resulting in the death of all 298 people on
people on board the civilian airliner.
10. Working with the news
The US has pointedly criticised Russian arming of rebels in
Ukraine as the world demanded answers over the shooting
down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 by a suspected
Russian-made missile, resulting in the death of all 298
people on board the civilian airliner.
The US say Russia shot down the plane. ( )
There were no survivors among the 298 passengers on
)
11. Working with the news
THE only previous time that Brazil _____the World Cup, in 1950, it
1950, it famously _____the final 2-1 to Uruguay, after shipping two
shipping two goals in 13 minutes late in the second _____. So
_____were Brazilians that Nelson Rodrigues, a playwright and
journalist, described the occasion as a “national _____…our
Hiroshima”.
half host deflated catastrophe lose
12. Working with the news
Headlines (discuss news of the day)
Creating headlines (work on Simple Present/lexis)
Scanning/skimming questions
Match headlines to paragraphs
Match words to definitions
Write sentences with new words
You’re the newsreader!
Students bring news to class
13. Reading - tips
Leave the room / concentrate on something else
Monitor unobtrusively
Work on strategies in class (pre)
Assign some (longer) reading as homework
Discuss activities in class (post)
Start a book club
14. We sing, we dance…
BINGO
I woke up before my alarm / everything’s gonna change / this
is what I’ve been waiting for / fall out of bed / I feel quite
foolish / because my engine’s still cold / it’s the best I can do /
ever-changing sky / almost as if it was magic / catch a fading
star / it’s gonna be a good day / I stretch my body / pour a cup
of liquid gold / something I did yesterday / high on living / I
smile when it happens / you beautiful thing! / why do bad
dreams linger long after I’m awake? / my thoughts are all I’ve got
15. We sing, we dance…
Put lyrics in order
Correct mistakes in the lyrics
Pick right words/chunks (table/wall)
Write alternative chorus
Conversation about message
Focus on pronunciation
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25. Other ideas on using video
Just like any listening activity (T/F; skimming; scanning etc.)
Silent viewing
‘Blind viewing’
Pausing and predicting
Cultural awareness
Pronunciation
26. "The art of teaching is the art of
assisting discovery.“ – Mark Van Doren
(American poet and professor)