giving directions

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giving directions

najati

giving directions

How can I teach directions for 5th grade students in effective way? And also Where can I find useful materials? Please help me !!Thanks so much.

25 Nov 2011

Minka

After the introductory presentation you can use all sorts of boxes (you can ask them to bring one each or prepare them yourself) and name them "supermarket", "hotel", etc. and then make a few streets on two or four desks. Then you can ask them questions

like:

Is there a disco in the town? (Yes, there is. etc.)

Where is the hotel? (It �s in Hill Street, next to the school.)

And you can place a small toy car in front of a building and ask the students the way to another building. And you move the car according to the directions they give you.

Next step (of course): you give them the cues for asking and giving directions (from - to) and another student drives the car, not you.

You could also move the desks and label them "hospital", "hotel", "school" etc. The space between the desks is then changed into streets and given names, too. You can simply use paper for that.

25 Nov 2011

lipofootoo

Get a map or make one on paper or on the board. You can draw pictures of arrows and teach them phrases like "Go straight, turn right, etc."

After you have taught them the phrases-and hopefully they already know the places like: bank, police station, etc.-you can practice with some games or activities. There is a bunch of ESL games and activities on video here.

Depending on how your classroom is laid out you can also use it for a kinesthetic activity to practice the directions.

25 Nov 2011

ueslteacher