defragmenting foreign language learning

• 1. Marisa Constantinides CELT Athens

2. Holistic?or not? 3. No focus on specificlanguage items Mobilize wider areas oflanguage Task focused Tangible end outcome 4. Are they holistic? Find someone who Picture Dominoes Match words and meanings Create a class survey Make a video for a dialoguein the coursebook 5. Appear fast but .. not rushed or hurried 6. Look confident 7. Make their performance lookeasy and smooth 8. Can deal with theunpredictable 9. Are aware of the effects oftheir performance onothers 10. Can deal with problems intheir own performance 11. fast Confident smooth unrushed Can deal with the unpredictable aware of effect aware of faults able to fix 12. Blooms Revised Taxonomy of Educational Objectives 13. Go to www.storybird.com for some great examples 14. Picture Karaoke 15. Write aastrange/crazy caption/storyWrite strange/crazy caption/story@Marisa Constantinides CELT Athens - info@celt.edu.gr / City & Guilds 2011 16. Story Ingredients Choose any two digit number for your story episodePlaces 17. People 18. Objects 19. Situations 20. info@celt.edu.gr Marisa ConstantinidesMusic Videos -Work With the LyricsMusic Videos -Work With the Lyrics 21. Students create a monologue and talk as a mystery characterCelebrity, book character sorry this video wont play Marisa Constantinidesinfo@celt.edu.gr 22. Music VideosWrite lyrics from these words 23. Music Videos You were my sunYou were my earthBut you didnt know all the ways I loved you, noSo you took a chanceAnd made other plansBut I bet you didnt think that they would come crashing down, noYou dont have to say, what you did,I already know, I found out from himNow theres just no chance, for you and me, therell never beAnd dont it make you sad about itYou told me you loved meWhy did you leave me, all aloneNow you tell me you need meWhen you call me, on the phoneGirl I refuse, you must have me confusedWith some other guyYour bridges were burned, and now its your turnTo cry, cry me a riverCry me a river-erCry me a riverCry me a river-er, yea yeaCry me a River on You Tubehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DksSPZTZES0 24. Make avideo fromsonghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur0OMTHKRKk 25. http://www.voxopop.com/group/eb78fcbf-5a8d-4937-ac20-7d58c31fe561 26. ReadingMarisa Constantinides info@celt.edu.gr 27. Marisa Constantinides info@celt.edu.gr 28. Improvisation Conversational LanguageYou don tWell, it s not soseem amused amusing, youat all with myknow.story! You look so But your story is depressed!so depressing! Marisa Constantinides info@celt.edu.gr 29. Vokis VokisMarisa Constantinides info@celt.edu.gr 30. Class Blogs 31. to h i m, n t said ell, are a So IbeWuchgo ttay ou sy o , IduImprovisation Party Lines er in g me clev n! You kidd hire ersoverKatpe ne elike ays e! eon ob!som his jalw e maz to do tam all , its y true, I Yes utelabsol om the it fr outh! had s mh orse Marisa Constantinides info@celt.edu.gr 32. Online CommunitiesStudents Networking across the world with jectsrativ e pro rsCo llabo r teache othe http:/ Nings in E /educ duca ationtion .ning.com/ Marisa Constantinides info@celt.edu.gr 33. Nin gs 34. http://aplanet-project.eu/ http://aplanet-project.org/ 35. My email marisa.constantinides@gmail.comTwitter @Marisa_CMy Centre www.celt.edu.grMy Bloshttp://marisaconstantinides.edublogs.org/