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Teacher review and I īm scared
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joy2bill
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Teacher review and I īm scared
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HiI īm hoping someone can help me. Next week I am being observed by two people from head office. Because I am older and quite experienced they will be expecting something out of the ordinary. Obviously I am quaking in my boots and I īm looking for that awesome lesson that will knock their socks off.  Essential: must feature some technology, eg smartboard or e-learning but I don īt want that as the topic. Subject: conversation (with a little listening and pronunciation) Students: Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate (wide range of ability and skills!) Age: 18-35 years old. Nationality: total mixture Some time ago I downloaded an amazing powerpoint from here that featured a series of tasks whereby students made choices regarding a travel dilemma and then moved to another group to further that discussion, creating lists of things such as luggage, survival tools, etc. I īd love to do something like that but I can īt use this one as I have just done it and I need something new.  Has anyone got any ideas? I tried researching here but I just got TOO many choices..it was overwhelming. Please ESL friends, any ideas?  Cheers Joy |
28 Nov 2012
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papadeli
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Here īs an idea but you could choose one of these, too. A couple of pencil-outlined birds escape from a little girlīs drawing, leading us through the life she dreams of. |
28 Nov 2012
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Jayho
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Hi Joy
Whenever Iīm being observed I do an activity involving photos using students own mobile phones/tablets. That way they are in charge of the technology and I wonīt mess up (unless there are not enough phones, which is not usually the case). I might use a PPT to introduce the topic/vocabulary. If you havenīt done this before you might like to trial the concept of using phones before your actual observation.
Examples of Topics:
OSH/Safety signs - discuss types of signs students might have in their own country or have seen here; in small groups go to an assigned section of campus and take photos of OSH/safety signs (for a timed period e.g. 10 mins); return and share findings with another group, explaining purpose of each sign; recap by doing a board tally (std as a scribe) of how many signs found of each category (e.g. number of no smoking signs, number of fire extinguisher signs, exit signs etc) and purpose of each sign.
Descriptions (person/place) - teach vocabulary; students then use photos of people/places currently stored in their phone. In pairs, they must describe the person/place; alternatively, in groups of three, two students each choose a photo to display, which then the third person must describe only one of those photos and the other two must decide which photo the third student is describing.
Grammar points e.g. prepositions - teach theory; in pairs students take photos of prepositions in the classroom, each pair using only two items e.g. pair1-table&pencil case, pair2-chair&ruler, pair3-pen&computer, pair 4-door&bin etc; move around the room and look at eachothers photos and and practice theory by explaining where each item is in relation to the other.
Hope these ideas help you to think of something awesome.
Cheers
Jayho |
28 Nov 2012
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papadeli
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Gestures - discuss types of gestures might have in their own country( Greece, England, France, Germany...) or have seen here; in small groups go to an assigned section of campus and take photos of other people -or one another- ; return and share findings with another group, explaining meaning of each gesture; recap by doing a board tally (std as a scribe) of how many gestures found of each category (e.g. number of positive, number of negative gestures etc) and meaning of each gesture. INCIDENTAL GESTURES - Mechanical actions with secondary messages
EXPRESSIVE
GESTURES - Biological gestures of the kind we share with other animals
MIMIC
GESTURES - Gestures which transmit signals by imitation
SCHEMATIC GESTURES -
Imitations that become abbreviated or abridged
SYMBOLIC GESTURES - Gestures
which represent moods and ideas
TECHNICAL GESTURES - Gestures used by
specialist minorities
CODED GESTURES - Sign-language based on a formal
system Descriptions (person) - teach vocabulary; students then use photos of people currently stored in their phone. In pairs, they must describe the person; alternatively, in groups of three, two students each choose a photo to display, which then the third person must describe only one of those photos and the other two must decide which photo the third student is describing. Grammar points: 𨯗n American teenager was hitchhiking in Nigeria. A carload of locals passed him. The car screeched to a halt. The locals jumped out and promptly roughed up the visitor. Why? Because in Nigeria, the gesture commonly used in America for hitchhiking (thumb extended upward) is considered a very rude signal� An American dining on his own gestures to a German waiter and asks for some water. The waiter looks a little confused and then brings two glasses of water. Why?
The American called the waiter by holding up the thumb and first finger, which in German means 懀wo� |
30 Nov 2012
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