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Techniques and methods in Language Teaching > Timing is always off at the end
Timing is always off at the end
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annabelle1654
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Timing is always off at the end
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I teach low level technical english to adults. I hate the last fifteen minutes of class, because I don �t want to start something new, but the time seems to drag if we don �t. I �ve tried games, 10min is too short, 15min can be too long, and longer than that is class time. I can �t seem to find a way to give the class closure. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance for your generousity and warmth,
Belles |
10 May 2011
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cheezels
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Maybe you need something else at the start or middle rather than the end?
:-)
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10 May 2011
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annabelle1654
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Hi Cheezels,
Maybe you �re right, perhaps start with a warm up? or review?
Thank you for your suggestion,
Belles |
10 May 2011
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douglas
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I always spend the first 10-20 minutes of class just chatting (what they did on the weekend, currrent events, etc.)--also with techincal English groups. It really helps their oral skills.
Maybe that is an option, if you still have time at the end I have topic cards (some of them I downloaded here) that they draw and have to talk about or we talk about their opinions on current events or some other subject.
Douglas |
10 May 2011
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msneez
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may i know wat �s the meaning of technical english? is it a subject? a course? |
10 May 2011
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cheezels
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I agree with Douglas. Some time spent "warming up". Chatting on a topic, maybe unrelated to the technical stuff you �re doing but conversational things.
I often get my students who are at a lower level to read or listen to the news in THEIR language as homework but then come to the next lesson and present it in a small group in English. A summary of what it was about etc.
Maybe talking about their favourite movie, favourite restaurant... the topics are endless and there is a ton of conversational stuff on the internet as well as here. I can highly recommend this user
http://www.eslprintables.com/buscador/author.asp?user=57991#thetop Her picture conversation printables are super! And as they have pictures they are terrific no matter what your level.
Good luck!
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10 May 2011
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