draw me a picture: tools for visual learners
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Draw Me a PictureTools for Visual Learners
Judy ThompsonTESL Ontario 2015
AgendaWhy learners don’t speak English no matter how long
they study? 2 minutesSpoken English is different from Written English Venn
Language Diagrams 15 minutesThe missing bridge between writing and speaking.
Thompson Vowel Chart 15 minutesThe Six-Point Model for Speaking English 10 minutesGrammar Goodies - Rita Baker 3 minutesConclusion 2
minutes
Why Don’t Learners Speak English Now?We have no idea how to teach Speaking
http://bit.ly/Xtgyw9Manuel Story – Heartbreaker Alert - my CLB 3
super student from Paraguay was a doctor in his country, 50 yrs old, wanted to practice medicine in CanadaHe completed CLB 8 passing all his tests with flying colors but didn’t speak English any differently than the day he arrived in this country Manuel would never be a doctor in Canada because I didn’t teach him to speak English
It changed my life – I vowed never to let students down this way again
William Caxton Split English in Two
Writing vs. SpeakingWe Only Teach Writing Because it is All We Learned to Do
In case I forget to mention:Only say things that are true – all the time – no
exceptionsUse the information students already know –
ABC, colors, numbers – true is true at every level
It’s empowering to start every lesson with, “You know this already” – I’ll show you how to do that
Vowel sounds are the main problem but there is an easy fix. Each vowel sound is found in the name of a different color
Every Word in English is a ColorThis is the Bridge to Pronunciation
Regardless of spelling:Gray words: day, rain, great, eight, ate..Black words: cat, half, laugh, plaid...Pink words: sister, pretty, women, busy...
JUdy is BlueWhat color is your name? Do this with an elastic band to help your
students find the stressed syllable/name colorBlank Color Vowel Chart class exercise
The Vast Majority of Learners are Beginner/Intermediate
The Vowel Chart is their Golden Key to Speaking Success
RecapWriting and Speaking are different and we
know most about writingColors are a perfect bridge from Writing to
Speaking (and back but we aren’t doing that)Every word in English is a color The color holds the pronunciation and the all-
important WORD STRESSThe pattern is the same for Sentence StressThe Linking consonants ‘y’ & ‘w’ are also in
the chart
More Fun VennsVocabulary Doesn’t Belong in the Intersection
Writing and Speaking Vocabulary are too Different
Students are Not MuteAny two languages are more the same than
differentLearners already make most of the sounds they
need to speak English effectivelyStart with what learners already know
What is the difference between accent and intelligibility?
You have to ask me back for that.
English and Spanish
English and French
English and Arabic
Rita Baker – The Global ApproachAll Possible Grammar Structures on One Page
SummaryIt’s possible we make learning English more
difficult than it has to beEnglish is simple – not easy, but simpleIt take 30 hours to teach the PATTERNS of
English that are always trueIf you don’t know them – find them on the
internet
Do you see the arrow in the FedEx logo? You can’t un-know things you see now that you never noticed before.
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