Rumania
To ask questions or use other techinques to check that studenta have understood a new structure or item of lexis. (two words)
Concept check
To tell students what language means and how it is used.
Explain
To put new language into a situation that shows what it means.
Contextualise
To get students to repeat words or phrases.
Drill
To use body movements to convey meaning without using words.
Mime
To introduce new language, usually by focusing on it formally.
Present
Students stand in a circle. The teacher throws a ball to a student who then introduces himself and says his favourite game or activity. He then tosses the ball to another student who repeats the procedure. Give each student a chance to introduce him/herself.
Ice breaker- students getting to know each other.
Divide the class into two teams, choose a category, and ask each team to think of an object in that category. The teams ask each other yes/no questions. Whichever team guesses the objects with fewer questinos, wins.
Warmer- to increase energy levels, relax the class.
To ask specially designed questions or give clues to get students to give information or an opinion.
Elicit
Students work in groups of three. They brainstorm and make a list of the advantages and the disadvatages of living in a big city.
Lead-in- to allow students to bring their own experience to a text/topic, to create interest in a topic/text.
_____ are used to give the class more energy at the start of a lesson.
Warmers
We use _____ to encourage a good rapport between the students and the students and the teacher.
Ice breakers
_____ are used to prepare students to work on a text or main task.
Lead ins
We use _____ to provide an opportunity for students to bring their knowledge and experience to a text or topic.
Lead ins
_____ are used to encourage students to communicate with each other.
Warmers
A way of teaching language that focuses on lexical items or chunks such as words, multiword units, collocations and fixed expressions rather than grammatical structures.
The first student says something about himself, then changes that to make a question for another sutdent. For example, "My favourite colour is blue. What's your favourite colour?" this can be another circle activity, and it works with large groups of students, too.
Ice breaker-students getting to know each other
A way of teaching in which the teacher asks students to do a task to see how well they know a certain piece of language. The teacher then presents the new language to the students, then in the final stage asks the students to do another task using the new langage correctly. This way of approaching teaching target language can be helpul if the teacher thinks the students may already know some of the target language.
Test-teach-test
The teacher starts off by saying: "Yesterday I went to the park." The first student must include what the teacher said and then add something they did, e.g. "Yesterday I went to the park and ate some pizza." The second student must include what the teacher and the first student said and then add something else, e.g. "Yesterday I went to the park, ate some pizza and went for a swim in the sea."
Warmer- to increase energy levels, to relax the class
The teacher asks students to say what new stories they have read about recently. Several students contribute and the teacher encourages students to ask each other questions about the stories they have read.
Lead-in- to allow students to bring their own experience to a text/topic, to create interest in a topic/text.
A way of teaching new language in which the teacher presents the language, gets students to practise it in exercises or other controlled practice activities and then asks students to use or produce the same language in a communicative and less controlled way.
Presentation, Practice, Production (PPP)
A way of teaching in which the teacher gives students meaningful tasks to do. After this the teacher may ask students to think about the language they have used when doing the tasks, but the main focus for students is on the task itself.
Task-based learning (TBL)
A way of teaching in which the teacher presents language items as instructions and the students have to do exactly what the teacher tells them, e.g. Open the window! Stand up!
This method is good for beginners when they start to learn a new language, as they have a silent period and can make fast progress.
Total physical response (TPR)
A way of teaching in which a teacher provides examples of the target language and then guides the students to work out the language rules for themselves.
Guided discovery
A way of teaching in which students study grammar and translate words into their own language. They do not practise coummunication and there is little focus on speaking. A teacher presents a grammar rule and vocabulary lists and then studentss translate a written text from their own language into the second language.
Grammar-translation method