Transcript Creative Teaching Workshop My Email Address [email protected] Today: Creative Teaching Our goal as English teachers… Learning Successful Motivating To make language learning more motivating and successful Teaching = Learning? People learn best when ... 1.

Creative Teaching Workshop
My Email Address
[email protected]
Today:
Creative Teaching
Our goal as English teachers…
Learning
Successful
Motivating
To make language learning more motivating and
successful
Teaching
=
Learning?
People learn best when ...
1. personally meaningful
2. engaged & active
3. purpose is clear
Professor Curtis Kelly
ELT Specialist
Teaching Creatively Means
Engaging ALL Learners…
What kind of learner are you?
A. Visual learners
These students learn best by seeing. They may think in pictures
and learn best from visual displays including: diagrams, illustrated
text books, overhead transparencies, videos, flipcharts and handouts.
B. Auditory learners
They learn best through verbal lectures, discussions, talking things
through and listening to what others have to say. Written
information may have little meaning until it is heard. These learners
often benefit from reading text aloud and using a tape recorder.
C. Kinesthetic Learners
They learn through moving, doing and touching. They may find it
hard to sit still for long periods and may become distracted by
their need for activity and exploration.
Variety in Learning Activities
Discussions
Pictures
Brainstorming
Flash cards
Dictation
Projects
Posters
Mind maps
Roleplays
Games
Miming
Competitions
TPR
Problem solving
Reading aloud
Songs
Surveys
Creative Activities
Pictionary
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Why focus on vocabulary?
If you spend most of your time studying
grammar, your English will not improve very
much. You will see most improvement if
you learn more words and expressions.
Without grammar, you can say or write very
little. Without vocabulary, we can say or
write nothing.
Professor Hugh Dellar
English Teaching Expert
Drawing Dictation
Why do a drawing dictation?
-Listening practice
-Focus on meaning
-Interesting
Listening
What Makes Listening to a Recording Difficult?
No context/background
Can’t see the speakers
Cannot control the speed
Can’t ask questions
Unknown vocabulary
Know written form, but not spoken
What’s the weather like?
What are they talking about?
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Benefits of Dialogs
-A model
-More use of target language
-Guided practice
-More student talk time!
Potential Problem with Dialogs:
-Just reading practice?
-Students really listening to each other?
-Real communication?
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Read and Look up
Memory Match
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Memory Match
Listening Practice
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Why do a Memory Match?
• Interesting
• Easy to play
• Gives students opportunity for repeated
listening
• Demonstrates comprehension
• Turns written activity into oral skill practice
Beehive
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Why Do a Beehive?
-Fast-paced and easy
-Interesting
-Good for multi-level classes
-Gets all students involved
Why use video?
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Motivation/Interest
Language Models
Window on Culture
Stimulus/Input
Moving Picture Book
General Guidelines for Video
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Test, test, test! (Equipment)
Recycle (Watch at least 2 times)
Modeling
Simultaneous Activities to a Minimum
Activity:
Predict What You’ll See
We’re going to watch a video about archaeologists
Talk with a partner:
What is ‘Archaeology’?
What are some things you think you’ll see in the video?
Activity:
Split Viewing – SOUND OFF
One student watches and describes to other
student, who isn’t watching.
Let’s try it!
Post-Viewing Activities
The ever-increasing dialog
Round 1: Students talk in pairs for 1 minute about
the video. NO STOPPING
Round 2: New partner – 2 minutes
Round 3: New partner – 3 minutes
What “real, authentic” English
do you hear in the video?
Uh-huh
Yeah
Ah,
Yep,
Mm,
Hey,
Increasing Awareness of
Language Use
Have students notice and then
discuss/explain
discourse (e.g., how ideas are connected)
speech acts (e.g., how to give a
compliment)
linguistic expressions (e.g., how do they
say the time?)
Video as a Pre-writing Activity
Writing exercises
• A critic
• Essay about a similar topic
• Compare and contrast paragraphs
• Re-write the ending
• A letter giving advice to a foreigner who is
going to visit the place in the video
Thanks for listening!
Justin Kaley
[email protected]