Listening and speaking
21) role plays. Almost every coursebook I've ever taught from gets sts to role play something. By preparing the role play on paper, then texting it to each other, they practice the role play in several ways. If using a script when performing, they have both parts handy and have a clear visualisation of the interchange of parts.
88) Crazy Information gap- create 2 chat groups. Put half the students into one chat, eg Group A, and the other half is chat group B. Send half a conversation to each group. Group A need to decide what they think group B's part of the conversation is (and vice versa). Students A then practice their conversation a few times. This will highight any glaring mistakes (hopefully!!)
Then AB pairs come together and they have the 'new' conversation, that is, both parties read what they think the other person is going to say. This may be nonsensical at first, but it will make them aware of the importance referencing (pronouns, sequencing words, conjunctions). Then in the same pairs, Students pick up their phones and read their 'real' part. Give sts time to compare their script to the 'real' script and see if their was possible.
Some fun at the end could be to read the most nonsensical conversation.
Focus: predicting elements in a conversation, identifying backreferencing techniques, short answers (e.g. with auxiliaries, pronouns)
34) Record yourself saying task instructions for the class to listen to and follow.
35) Record yourself reading a text for sts to do as a listening task
36) Sts record themselves and each other in class
37) Sts record native speakers answering their survey questions
38) Sts record each other and type transcript, listening for errors, good language or grammar points from last week.
39) Teacher films themself eg news report to model a task -sts analyse, listen for gist/key language/grammar
40) Sts film each other/themselves interviewing other students, teachers in the school, friends etc. Other students make positive critiques of language or content.
41) Teacher records a video with no sound (mine?) and sends to the group. Sudents create a dialogue, record it and send it back. Video can be replayed on one phone, and sound on another.
42) Sts film a silent video and send it to group to guess the story
43) Teacher sends clips of text (jumbled) for Sts to reassemble -using note taking skills, analyzing discourse markers and intonation cues .
44) Record voice for Sts to transcribe, copy for pron practice
47) Exam courses-photograph part 1 of reading/use paper and Sts go off to different corners of the school or excursion space. Rule: they must be less than 5 minutes walk away from your meeting spot. They text you (not the group) the answers. Then you tell them which ones to fix!! Then they send through the correct answers, and you either send through next set of questions or ask them to report back to you!! Do this in shifts so you can spend quality time with each group.
48) Whispering game. Send a target sentence to one student (or to the group, but only one student can have their phone) and they must pass it along until it reaches the last student, who checks the sentence and reveals what it says.
49) Shouting dictation called "my phone is broken". Divide the class into AB pairs. Students A all sit/stand on opp side of room to their partner (Bs). I text a target sentence to Sts A who yell it to Sts b, who write it on paper. Then students compare paper and phone to check for accuracy.
21) role plays. Almost every coursebook I've ever taught from gets sts to role play something. By preparing the role play on paper, then texting it to each other, they practice the role play in several ways. If using a script when performing, they have both parts handy and have a clear visualisation of the interchange of parts.
88) Crazy Information gap- create 2 chat groups. Put half the students into one chat, eg Group A, and the other half is chat group B. Send half a conversation to each group. Group A need to decide what they think group B's part of the conversation is (and vice versa). Students A then practice their conversation a few times. This will highight any glaring mistakes (hopefully!!)
Then AB pairs come together and they have the 'new' conversation, that is, both parties read what they think the other person is going to say. This may be nonsensical at first, but it will make them aware of the importance referencing (pronouns, sequencing words, conjunctions). Then in the same pairs, Students pick up their phones and read their 'real' part. Give sts time to compare their script to the 'real' script and see if their was possible.
Some fun at the end could be to read the most nonsensical conversation.
Focus: predicting elements in a conversation, identifying backreferencing techniques, short answers (e.g. with auxiliaries, pronouns)
34) Record yourself saying task instructions for the class to listen to and follow.
35) Record yourself reading a text for sts to do as a listening task
36) Sts record themselves and each other in class
37) Sts record native speakers answering their survey questions
38) Sts record each other and type transcript, listening for errors, good language or grammar points from last week.
39) Teacher films themself eg news report to model a task -sts analyse, listen for gist/key language/grammar
40) Sts film each other/themselves interviewing other students, teachers in the school, friends etc. Other students make positive critiques of language or content.
41) Teacher records a video with no sound (mine?) and sends to the group. Sudents create a dialogue, record it and send it back. Video can be replayed on one phone, and sound on another.
42) Sts film a silent video and send it to group to guess the story
43) Teacher sends clips of text (jumbled) for Sts to reassemble -using note taking skills, analyzing discourse markers and intonation cues .
44) Record voice for Sts to transcribe, copy for pron practice
47) Exam courses-photograph part 1 of reading/use paper and Sts go off to different corners of the school or excursion space. Rule: they must be less than 5 minutes walk away from your meeting spot. They text you (not the group) the answers. Then you tell them which ones to fix!! Then they send through the correct answers, and you either send through next set of questions or ask them to report back to you!! Do this in shifts so you can spend quality time with each group.
48) Whispering game. Send a target sentence to one student (or to the group, but only one student can have their phone) and they must pass it along until it reaches the last student, who checks the sentence and reveals what it says.
49) Shouting dictation called "my phone is broken". Divide the class into AB pairs. Students A all sit/stand on opp side of room to their partner (Bs). I text a target sentence to Sts A who yell it to Sts b, who write it on paper. Then students compare paper and phone to check for accuracy.