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hananeh
Iran

I need your help
 
Hi everyone,
I �m asking for your wonderful suggestions again.
one class of our institute recently lost its teacher for a short time and i am the sub teacher.the students are adult advanced and i don �t want to teach them a lot.so do you have any suggestions to make some fun for them i have tried some of your suggestions dear colleagues but i need different things every day! it �s a serious and hard situation for me Cry
i thank you all in advance specially the people who have helped me!

9 Feb 2011      





ldthemagicman
United Kingdom

Dear Hananeh,

A.               Ask 2 (or more) of your students to give a spoken �role-play�.  They must act and speak as if it was normal life!

1.    Student �A� has lost his/her wallet/purse, containing 100 dollars (?), a passport, photo of Mother.
Student �B� is Police Officer.
�A� asks �B� for help and both exchange all necessary information --- name, address, telephone, where lost, what happens next, etc.

2.    �A� goes into radio shop to return a radio bought yesterday --- radio is not working properly.  �B� is shop assistant.  Solve this situation!

3.    �A� is a Customer and goes into a restaurant.  Greetings.  �A� asks for menu, then 4 things to eat and 2 things to drink.  �B� is the Waiter/Waitress and tries to get the Customer to buy more food.  Customer eats, asks for bill, pays, gives tip, farewells.

4.    �A� wants to buy a red sweater for a party on Saturday and goes to �The Sweater Shop�.  Assistant �B� has many sweaters, but NOT red.  �A� must have a new sweater for Saturday.  �A� and �B� must find a satisfactory solution.

5.    �A� telephones �Student Taxis� to order a taxi for 6 people, (1 is in a wheelchair) for 7 o�clock tonight.  �A� must give all necessary information.  �B� is the Receptionist for �Student Taxis� and must ask all necessary questions --- name. address, time, destination, when returning home, etc.  �A� needs to know the cost and also, can the taxi-driver assist with the wheelchair, because the house has 3 steps to the front door.

6.    �A� goes to the Railway Station to buy  tickets, for self, friend, and baby aged 1 year to travel to Teheran (?).  Ticket Assistant, �B�, asks questions --- day, time, Return or Single, Adult or Child, etc.  �A� wants a train with Toilet and Restaurant, and needs to know the cost of tickets.  �A� buys the tickets.

 

B.               Have a Competition called �Categories�, Men versus Women/Young versus Old/Left of class versus Right or similar.

The Teacher decides the Category: Colours; Jobs or Professions; Drinks; Food; Clothes; Verbs; Buildings; Things in the House; Wild Animals; Farm Animals; etc.

COLOURS: Person 1 in Team �A� begins, and says: �Green�; Person 1 in Team �B: �Red�; Person 2 in Team �A�: �Orange�; Person 2 in Team �B�: �Black�, etc.

If you wish, after the colour, each Person must then give a sentence: �I am wearing a green sweater�, etc.  Or spell �Green --- G.R.E.E.N�

Keep a score --- the best Team receives APPLAUSE.

 

C.               Ask each Student in turn to stand at the front and give a Spoken Presentation, (approximately 5 minutes), of himself/herself --- �My name is; my address is, etc.  My family; my job; my hobbies; my favourite food, sport, entertainment, etc�

              At the end:  �Do you have any Questions?�  Students in the Class ask Questions, (�What is your brother�s name?� How old are you? Where were you born?� etc.), and the Student at the front answers.

 
D.           Have a little party where everyone brings, and describes the food.
 

I hope that I have given you some ideas.

 

Les

9 Feb 2011     



Lancillotta:
Italy

 Hi,
Dear Hananeh
try here:
 
 
each article has different levels activities.
 
 

ldthemagicman : your suggestions are really great!Clap

9 Feb 2011     



ldthemagicman
United Kingdom

Grazie mille, Sabrina.

9 Feb 2011