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Creative Teaching Workshop
Today:
Creative Teaching
Our goal as English teachers…
To make language learning more motivating and successful
Teaching
=Learning?
People learn best when ...
1. personally meaningful2. engaged & active3. purpose is clear
Professor Curtis KellyELT Specialist
Teaching Creatively Means Engaging ALL Learners…
What kind of learner are you?
A. Visual learnersThese 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 hand-outs.
B. Auditory learnersThey 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 LearnersThey 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.
Pictures
Brainstorming
Flash cards
Discussions
Problem solving
Reading aloud
Dictation
Posters
Mind maps
Projects
Roleplays
GamesSongs
Surveys
Miming
Competitions
TPR
Variety in Learning Activities
Creative Activities
Pictionary
Pages 11-12
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 DellarEnglish Teaching Expert
Why focus on vocabulary?
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?
Page 11
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?
Read and Look upPage 11
Memory Match
Page 14
Listening Practice
1 2 3 4
6 7 8 9 10
5
Memory Match
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
Page 14
Why Do a Beehive?
-Fast-paced and easy
-Interesting
-Good for multi-level classes
-Gets all students involved
Why use video?
1. Motivation/Interest
2. Language Models
3. Window on Culture
4. Stimulus/Input
5. Moving Picture Book
General Guidelines for Video
1. Test, test, test! (Equipment)
2. Recycle (Watch at least 2 times)
3. Modeling
4. Simultaneous Activities to a Minimum
Activity:Predict What You’ll See
Talk with a partner:What is ‘Archaeology’?What are some things you think you’ll see in the video?
We’re going to watch a video about archaeologists
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
