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maria_joao
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More practical lessons
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Any suggestions, please?
I�m teaching a group of 16 students aged 15, 16. Globally they have a very poor English knowledge.
Right in the beginning when it came to do some reading comprehension (daily routine) they couldn�t answer simple questions.
They�ve just started to attend this one year professional course and will start working in June; they�ve only got one 90 minutes lesson/week. The content of course in English is �professional life�. I�ve started giving them vocab. concerning jobs and places and at the end of the course I will teach them to write CV, but for this type of students I�d like to do it more practical.
Have you got any suggestions? I�d appreciate them.
TIA |
7 Nov 2009
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alien boy
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Set up some role plays using the vocabulary you �re teaching. Use scripts the first few times & then gradually increase the amount of student input. You can have the students use the scripted role plays in pairs or small groups.
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7 Nov 2009
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eng789
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I agree wit AB, role plays of different everyday situations. |
7 Nov 2009
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GAZA_CHILD
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role plays and peer to peer interviews are the best means to help you in your task
Good luck |
7 Nov 2009
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anitarobi
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I agree, set up job interview situations and have them role play them, so they can use the knowledge you provided them with in writing and reading. They will need lots of reading and writing activities, but then if you overlook practical speaking, it �s not worth it. You may also prepare role playing cards for them and have them pretend they �re someone else at the mentioned job interview, to make it more fun and creative, or make them be different sorts fo employers as well. |
7 Nov 2009
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najool
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write some guided questions and let them put the answers under each question and then cut the answers and stick them together they will have a paragraph
Example
1 what time do you wake up everday?
everday i wake up at 6 in the moring
what do you do when you wake up?
i wash my face and brush my teeth and pray
what do you do at 7Am?
at 7 i eat some breakfast
what time to you go to school and how?
i go to school at 7:30 by bus
and so on
i hope you understand becasue i have problem with my spelling
yours Najool |
7 Nov 2009
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maria_joao
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Thank you all for the suggestions given.
Hugs |
8 Nov 2009
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