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Elena Merino
Ten top tips 4 terrific teachers
Get the start right!
Routines
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Goals
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Share learning objectives (lesson and unit) & refer back to them
Mention what the students are aiming at
(eg. A project)
The Memory Box
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Recall previous knowledge(Spaced Repetition)
The Target
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Recall previous knowledge(Related to a lesson)
Be a vocabulary virtusoso
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• Provide a clear model and lots of opportunities for practice with an increasing cognitive challenge
• Vocabulary needs to be encountered between 7 and 15 times to be learned
• Use spaced repetition (remember the box!)
Presenting and practising the vocabulary
Flashcards
Digital Flashcards
Actions, Simon says
Using Flashcards
Listen and repeat (pupils!)
True or false / A/B/C
Jump the line
Pass the parcel
Guess who
Repetition
Recognition
Making decisions
Producing the word
Using the word in a sentence
Digital Flashcards
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Simon says (with a twist!)
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Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme
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Songs
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What kind of listening activities
would you do here?
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Listening activitiesPre-listeningPredicting, pre-teaching, reviewing (vocabulary, content)
Post-listeningCreate a songWhat’s in your wardrobe?, your favourite clothesExpand vocabularyGames: the price is rightRole-plays: flea marketListening
Pronunciation (listen and repeat, sing along, sounds)Comprehension activities (vocabulary, listen and point, answer questions, check predictions, T/F)Language (jumbled lines, match half-lines)
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Listening activities
ListeningPronunciation (listen and repeat, sing along, sounds)Comprehension activities (vocabulary, listen and point, answer questions, check predictions, T/F)Language (jumbled lines, match half-lines)
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Work with sounds!
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1. Listen to the song
2. Identify the sounds /ait/ and /u:/
3. Underline “baggy”
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/ait/ /u:/ baggy
4. Make it sound!
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Let’s try!
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Do you remember the
words?
Bring reading to life
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Act it out!
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Time to act!
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1 a)What animal is it?b)What are the missing words?
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a)What animal is it?b)What are the missing words?
a)What animal is it?b)What are the missing words?
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Did you guess correctly?
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Now, can you answer the questions?
Speak to stun!
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OTHER QUESTIONS
• What’s your favourite wild animal?
• What’s your favourite pet?• What food do you love?• What food do you hate?
• How are you feeling today?
How can we practice those
questions?
• Hello• What’s your name? • What’s your favourite colour?• What’s your favourite wild
animal?• What’s your favourite pet?• What food do you love?• What food do you hate?• How are you feeling today?• Bye bye!
The vocal mirror
Adapted from Ed Curtis
Teacher
St A
St B
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Speaking
Credit: CEIP San Sebastián El Boalo. Marta Cervera
My Talking Book
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1. Students learned words and short phrases
2. Students were interviewed and recorded
3. Students drew a self-portrait
My Talking Book
Morfo
How did they do it?
Similar apps / programs
Zoobe Chatterpix Kids
Voki
Tellagami
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This is relevant…Continue, please
Give them a goal to work
towards
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Why projects? Training
vs
Playing the game
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Training
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Play the
game
Make Writing Meaningful
Turn it into a project! (Portfolios)
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Motivation Students’ progress
Goals
A real example…..
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Credit: Vivienne Garro & Marta Cervera (CEIP. El Peralejo, Madrid, 2005)
Timing & Instructions
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Procedure
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1. Choose the topics / chapters (about me, family, pets, friends, hobbies, etc.)
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2. Make it real (add pictures)
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• Create a folder
• Save images
• Insert images
• Using titles
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3. Go digital?
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4. Create different levels
• Basic • Advanced• Expert
5. Make it fun• Extra chapters: “My future”
Gamify your lessons
Gamification in companies
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1.Think strategy first: set your objectives and desired outcome.
2. Create the right environment for a game to succeed. Understand the demographics and behavior patterns of the gamers.
3. Make it relevant. A game has to be contextual and relevant for the community. It has to have the right visual and sensory appeal, as well as a relevant storyline.
Adding 3
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One students offers sth (eg I am a slice of cheese). 2nd student jumps in and adds sth to the offer (eg I am a slice of bread). 3rd player jumps in and again adds to the setup (eg I am a pickle). 3rd student stays and the others leave. The remaining student restarts by saying what/who she is.
Credit: Ed Cousins, Interacting
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Why are they effective?
How can we introduce games?
Tip: create a bank of
games, share it!
How can games be evaluated?
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Achievement badges Set clear rules on how to earn the
badges
Assess for success
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What type of assessment tools do we use to evaluate our students’ performance?
Formative (informal) evaluation
Summative (formal)
evaluation
Projects / Drama/ Songs
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Self-evaulation
Badges / Certificates / Stickers
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Routines at the end of a lesson
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• Teacher asks 3 questions
(Did you sing a song today? How do you say…in English? What was your favourite activity?)
Think about your
future!
Attend teacher training sessions
www.pearsonelt.es (Events & Teacher Training)
Knowledge sharing - whole centre, departmental
Observation: is it such a bad thing?
Share knowledge with your colleagues
And finally…
Keep a portfolio of work and achievements
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