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WHATSAPP : THE LOWDOWN

How to start a whatsapp group-

​1. Download whatsapp onto your phone.

2. Open the app. Get excited. Your life is about to change.
2. Add a cool photo of yourself.
3. Click the top right "New Message" button. Then click "New Contact".
4. Add a phone number and save.
5. Now go back to the chats page. Click "New group." Select your first participant. Click "Next", name the group then "Create"

6. Click up the top on the name of your group and it'll take you to the "Group info" screen. Scroll down and click on your first participant's name. Then click "Make group admin", which means that person can do the rest!!!

How to use whatsapp from your computer-

1. Go to "whatsapp web" on your internet browser (https://web.whatsapp.com/)

2. Open whatsapp on your phone. For iphone, go to settings and select "Whatsappweb/Desktop". For Android, click on the three dots in the top right corner of your inferior screen. (Say what, now?)
3. Scan the QR code on your computer screen and you're in!

Note: The computer screen (and possibly your projector) displays your list of previous chat list, including names and/or numbers and the first couple of lines of your conversations. To avoid this, I'd suggest covering this with another window. It's fiddly, but we haven't come up with anything else yet.

99 ways with WHATSAPP: the list

Most of these activities are easily adaptable for different levels and situations. I have mentioned some adaptations, but feel free to make these suitable for your classes.
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warmers and fillers

For fun, changing things up and getting things going.
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vocabulary

To present, practice and revise in a variety of engaging ways
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Relationship building or communication

To get quieter students participating and rapport happening 
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pronunciation

So you can understand what on earth they're saying.
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reading

Non-traditional techniques for looking at words assembled in lines.
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listening and speaking

Say what now?
How to improve fluency, accuracy, thinking fast and adding to conversations.

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writing

Changing attitudes to writing
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Excursions

Getting out and about with your devices.
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Feedback

Alternatives to "Can anyone give me the answer to No. 6? Anyone?"
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grammar

It doesn't have to happen on paper.
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storytelling and narratives

Creating lively stimulus for telling tales and sharing truths.
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classroom management

A roomful of zombies does not a lesson make.

MORE GREAT IDEAS

https://oupeltglobalblog.com/2016/05/17/25-ideas-for-using-whatsapp-with-english-language-students/
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