Lecturer: David Bish Project Editor EF Manchester, UK

1. Activities Anyone Can Use Lecturer: David Bish Project Editor EF Manchester, UK

2. Activities Anyone Can Use • Activities with an object • Activities with just a board or paper • Activities with nothing • From Activity to Lesson

3. What is the object? Realia “A Prop” Material “An Authentic text” • A piece of writing • A video • A CD or Tape recording • A piece of material (In the student’s language ?) • Any object …are we talking about the object of an activity or the object in an activity?

4. Sharing anecdotes Most useful language Stories Write beyond Write a complaint What could it be? Debate it Media transfer Reading and Writing Speaking and Listening Rewrites Sell it! Deconstruct/Reconstruct Art object Create a dictionary for it Roleplay Write a quiz “Translate” the item Jigsaw/jumble readings Explain the object What can you do with it? Descriptions Hide the object Guessing games Dictation Word games Wheel of material ideas ?

5. Sharing anecdotes Most useful language Stories Write beyond Write a complaint What could it be? Debate it Media transfer Reading and Writing Speaking and Listening Rewrites Sell it! Deconstruct/Reconstruct Art object Create a dictionary for it Roleplay Write a quiz “Translate” the item Jigsaw/jumble readings Explain the object What can you do with it? Descriptions Hide the object Guessing games Dictation Word games Wheel of ideas – Speaking and Listening • Guessing games – Feely bag, 20 questions, Back to the board • Hide the object – directions, item is hot • What can you do with it? – brainstorm, …done to it? • Explain the object – to a child/alien, ask questions • “Translate” the item – to sign language, to a picture, to bla bla • Roleplay – extemporise, life story, guess the object • Art object – in a gallery, explain it to a critic • Sell it – who is it for?, what does it do?, slogan, see “Sell sell sell” • Debate it – 10 reasons to ban it, 10 reasons society needs it • What could it be? – provide evidence

6. Sharing anecdotes Most useful language Stories Write beyond Write a complaint What could it be? Debate it Media transfer Reading and Writing Speaking and Listening Rewrites Sell it! Deconstruct/Reconstruct Art object Create a dictionary for it Roleplay Write a quiz “Translate” the item Jigsaw/jumble readings Explain the object What can you do with it? Descriptions Hide the object Guessing games Dictation Word games Wheel of ideas – Reading and Writing • Word Games – A-Z race, Boggle, anagrams, brainstorms • Dictation – Shouting, Running, Dictogloss • Descriptions – Three word,Lost and Found, smallest part • Create a dictionary – What does a user need to know? • Deconstruct / Reconstruct – Linguistic archaeology • Rewrites – Change the audience (eg. children) or topic • Media transfer – Make it a poem, a speech, a notice • Write a complaint – What is wrong?, What happened? • Write beyond – Instructions for use, commentary,testimonial • Stories – Mystery history,Mini-sagas, Iiem’s “Life story”

7. Letter writing Story generation • He said, she said • Mini sagas • Story to script • Mismatched novels • Student to student • Complaints and replies • Letters to/ from the future/past • To someone famous Paper/Board based writing ideas Poster presentations Student quizzes • Advertisements • Personal Choice • Language • True/False • Multiple choice • Split Exchanges

8. J N D K E S T W H R Q S G J U A L F V P B C Grid games Noughts & Crosses (Tic Tac Toe) Board Grid Honeycomb Race Grid

9. Activities with nothing!

10. 1,2,3 ? 4 ! 5…6. 7,8,9,10? 11. Conversations/Roleplay Student as Director Positions Drama Counting Conversations

11. Concluding Activity Activity Activity Activity Language Language Language From activity to lesson Activity Short + Goal (has language outcomes) Lesson Goal/Aim + Progression A student centred lesson

12. Sound gestures • Physical timelines • Secret word conversations • Split exchange milling • Student generated quiz (can be a grid game) • Back to the board • What language point from last activity was most useful. • Round the class drill (or try a substitution drill) • “Chinese Whisper” around the class • Dictation Activities • Team key language races (Hint: Exchange afterwards) Feedback activities – Highlighting outcomes

13. Bibliography/Further Reading Puchta, H. and Rinvolucri, M. 2005 Multiple Intelligences in EFL (Helbling) Maley, A. and Duff, A. 1984 Drama techniques in Language Learning (Cambridge) Klippel, F. 1984 Keep Talking (Cambridge) Paran, A. and Watts, E. (eds.) 2003 Storytelling in ELT (IATEFL) Davis, P. and Rinvolucri, M. 1988 Dictation (Cambridge) Burbridge, N. Grey, P. Levy, S. and Rinvolucri, M. 1996 Letters (Oxford) Fernández-Toro, M. and Jones, F. 2001DIY Techniques for Language Learners(CILT) Online Resources Download free lesson and activity materials: www.ef.com/teacher Download sample ideas and articles from IATEFL Issues: www.iatefl.org/content/newsletter/samples.php Extracts from several of the books above and related titles can be found on: books.google.co.uk