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Teachingof

Grammar

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Games & Drama

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UsingGamestoteachGrammar

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Usefulwebsite

http://www.superteacherworksheets.c

om/nouns.html

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Tips for Using Grammar Games inClass Successfully

) Organization2) Expectations3) Variation4) Respect5) Routine6) Nurture

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1) Organization- organize your class

- change activities every five to ten minutes tosustain interest

- teacher may lose control of the class if theyare not occupied

- alternate between active activities and quietactivities

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2) Expectations- pay attention for activities that

require fine motor skills

- begin with games and activities

that require them to write smallamounts

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3) Variation- appealingactivitiesfordifferentlearningstyles

-gamesthatusetalking,

listening,lookingandmoving

-moreadvancedlearnerscanbe

introducedwithwritingandreading

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4) Respect-operateyourclasswiththeutmostrespectbothtoandfromstudents

-teachstudentsfromtheverystartthatyou

expectrespectatalltimes

- givestudentsencouragementandteach

themtofollowtherules-createanenvironmentofrespect

-studentswillfeelsafetoparticipateso

theycangetthemosteducationalvalue

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5) Routine- establishingaroutinewillhelptheclassgosmoothly

- iftheyknowwhattoexpectnext,theywillbemoreableto

participate

- Setupascheduleforthetypeofactivities

- allowthestudentstocleanup-recaptheclass,praisethe

studentsandsaygood-bye

- useclappingorsigningaspecificsongsothattheyknowit's

timetoreturntothecircle,tableordesks.

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6) Nurture- nurturestudentseveryday

-beencouraging,patientandkind

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Activity:PictionaryStudentsaredividedintogroups.

Eachgroupwillelectarepresentativeforeachround

Thoseelectedwillcometothefrontand

eachofthemwilldrawoutwords

respectively.

Theywillneedtodrawdiagramsthatbest

describethewords

Theothergroupmembersmustguesstheword

Handsmustberaisedtoanswerquestions

Timeallocatedis2minutes

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3. TYPES OF DRAMA ACTIVITIESa)MIME

b)ROLEPLAY

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Rationale for using drama activities provideaframeworkforcommunicating

allowforunpredictabilityin

languageuse

provideabridgebetweenclassroomandtherealworld

allowforcreativityandinvolvethewholeperson

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providephysicalinvolvementand

release developconfidenceandcanbe

motivating

helpcaterformixed-abilityclassesandlargenumbers

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a)Mime

Non-verbalrepresentationofanidea

orstorythroughgesture,bodymovementandfacialexpression

(Savignon,1983)

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RationaleforUsingMime

Givesstudentsopportunitytodoall

thetalking Takesthefocusoffthebook

Accuracyandfluencyareboth

practiced Studentshelponeanother

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Prepareslipsofpaperwith

instructionslikethese:

Youreknittingonafasttrain.

Youreadrunktightropewalker.

Thesecanberelativelyeasyorvery

complicatedlinguisticallydepending

onyourstudents.

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Giveaslipofpapertoonestudentwiththe

instructionsthatsheisgoingtomimetheactivity

andtheothersmustguesswhatsheisdoing.No

words,inanylanguage,canbespoken.

ThefirstpersontoguessinEnglishwhatshes

doingisthewinnerandgetsthenextslipofpaper.

(Ifthesamestudentsalwaysguess,letothers

haveachancetomime).

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b)Roleplay-Involvesanelementofletspretend

wheretheparticipantsinteracteitheras

i) themselvesinimaginarysituations

ii) otherpeopleinimaginarysituations(Byrne,1986)

-Involvestheparticipantsrepresentingand

experiencingsomecharactertypeknownineverydaylife(Ladousse,1987)

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Rationale for using role play Improvesstudentsspeakingskills

andhelpsthemtointeract

Helpsshystudentsbyprovidingthemwithamask

Developsfluencyinthelanguage

Promotesinteractionandincreasesmotivation

Funandenjoyable

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Activities:role-playing

Emphasisonsimplepresenttenseandsimplepasttense

Pupilsaredividedintofourgroups

Eachgroupwillbegivenasituation Thegroupwillactoutthesituation

usingthecorrecttense

Thegroupwillhighlightthetenseandthebasewordsrespectively

Pupilswillhave5minutetoplanand

2 minutes to act