Lesson 4

Attendance Progress/questions/homework Warm-up No problems Teaching the alphabet Information-gap activities Language games

Progress, questions, homework

1. Homework each lesson book Sibilla Oskam.

2. No-problem (group work or individual work, phase, material, aims)

in English

3. Research English in your class

4. Notes

5. Reflection

Warm-up

Buzz game (counting)

Kim’s game (classroom objects)

No problems

Anyone?

PhasesPhases

IntroductioIntroductionn

Activate prior knowledge: words, phrases, experiences.Motivate: why? what?Prepare input, preteach

InputInput Present new language: dialogue, basic dialogue, wordsListening/readingChecking understanding

OutputOutput Practise new languageOral and written exercisesReceptive → reproductive → productiveFrom checked output to more open outputStandard dialogues, games etc.

TransferTransfer Open situationsUse prior knowledge and new languageDifferentiateRole plays, interviews, drama, games, etc.

Teaching the alphabet

The alphabet: come up with examples of activities for the different phases.

1. Introduction

2. Input

3. Output

4. Transfer

The alphabet: introduction

Discuss: when do you need to spell words? Ask groups to read examples they already

know.

A: The A-teamB: BBCC: BBC, CUD: D-day, DJE: E-mail

The alphabet: input

Teacher reads the letters*. Teacher sings a song Pupils listen to a CD. Bingo* Teacher spells words (name of

husband etc).

The alphabet: output

Choral work Pupils sings along (only girls/only boys, loud/quietly).

Pupils spell words given by teacher (in class, in small groups, in pairs)

Hangmanhttp://www.hangman.no/

The alphabet: transfer

Spelling bee Historically the word bee has been used to describe a get-together where a specific action is being carried out, like a husking bee, a quilting bee, or an apple bee.

Role play

Games

What are the people in the picture doing?

Games

What are the people in the picture doing?

Game:

1. Specific number

2. Time limit

3. Playing against other groups

Games

Information gap activities

Spot the difference Who is it? I am thinking of… Would you like to come to my party?* Giving directions Guess the word

Info. A

person’s name

from occupation weekends films

1. Jill doctor romance

2. professor go fishing

Info. B

Person’s name

from occupation weekends films

1. Toledo relax at home

2. Jason Columbus horrors

Information gap activities

Would you like to come to my party?*

Would you like to come to my party? When is it? It’s on Wednesday afternoon OK, I’ll be there. //I’m sorry, I can’t come.

Would you like to come to my party?*

afternoon evening

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Games

Mind, don’t get caught! – Students are not allowed to say yes or no or to

nod. – Ask questions: Are you from Holland etc.? – Play in groups or in pairs.

This is done by using expressions like:

"I do", "I am", "that's true", "that isn't true",

"that's not correct", "exactly", "precisely", "that's right", "that's correct", "I think so",

"probably", "possibly", "usually".

Games

When / Where / Why / How do you blip? Can you blip someone / something / somewhere? Do you often blip? Did you blip yesterday? Are you blipping now? Are you going to blip this weekend? Have you blipped since you arrived in England? Do you like blipping? Do you blip with your hands? If I saw you blipping, would you be embarrassed