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Discover how using the internet can revolutionize your teaching methods through creativity, interactive activities, and engaging lessons. Explore the benefits shared by educators worldwide and implement innovative ideas to make learning enjoyable for students. Find inspiration from various online resources and enhance your teaching skills with technology.
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Comments about using Internet in a teaching situation. • The Internet helps me find creative and artistic ways to carry out my lessons . It serves as my “open library” in finding the easiest, funniest, and most enjoyable ways of teaching the head-cracking and boring lessons on grammar. Maria, working in Portugal • If I want to learn more about the topics we’re about to discuss, I just surf the Internet. Only yesterday, we tackled the life of Helen Keller and my research work helped me a lot.Francesca, working in South Africa • I really take time to explore and learn to download videos from YouTube which I use to present my lessons. This results in lively discussions, 100% attention, and decreased absences in my class.Brian, working in Turkey • It tests my decision-making skills. I can choose what strategies or teaching styles I should and shouldn’t apply.Simon, working in Hong Kong
How can I get their attention and keep them focused? Can I use the board better? How can I make it possible for everyone to get something from the learning? Is there any humour, does it make them laugh or smile? How can I provide security to encourage improvisation? How much colour and picture focus can I include? When can I include kinaesthetic, visual and auditory focus?
Allthefollowingtasks are ideas takenfromthesewebsites. www.tes.co.uk www.communication4all.co.uk www.sparklebox.co.uk www.englishraven.com
Giraffe • Neck • Tall • Africa • Animal
COCA-COLA • DRINK • PEPSI • FIZZY • COKE
LICK • TASTE • TONGUE • STAMP • LOLLIPOP
Howto do theactivty • Take a pictureyouwanttoworkwith • Addthefivesenses logos • Dicatethequestions • Ask childrentoanswer, either as a speakingtaskor a writingtask • Putthem in groups of fourtofindanysimilarities • Do open classfeedback and write a shorterversion of theircontributionsontheboard.
Howtoplay • Whatto do • You will need this game card, and counters in two different colours. • Each player has a supply of counters in their colour. • Put the game card in front of the players and ask them to select two pictures at a time and explain how they are linked • e.g. “the chair and the table go together because they both have legs” • “the gloves and the trousers go together because you can wear them” • As they do this they can put a counter on each picture • The next player then has a turn • When the children run out of ideas, count up the counters on the board. The person with the most is the winner!
LanguageFocusedActivity • Thisactivityfocusesonthepresent simple. • Beginbytalkingtothechildrenabouttheirshoes and thecolourstheyhave and howmanypairs. • Tel thestory and, dependingontheirage, askthemtocreate a personorgetthemto decide whichshoescorrespondtothepersonfromthepictures. • Giveoutshoes and getthemtocreate a personprofileusingthepresent simple • Or do theversion I showedyou in thesession.
TRIG • He lives in the kitchen • He sleeps in a big blue hat • Heeats his English book for breakfast • Helikesgreen bananas and black spaghetti
HOMEWORK ACTIVITIES • Homeworkneedstobeinterestingratherthanfocusingonexercisetypes. • Itneedstoprovidesomethingthatis memorable and can begoodfun. • The more you can thinkactivtiesthatgettthechildrento do somethingphysicalorthoughprovokingthebetter.
Maths Challenge • How many footsteps from: your front door to your bedroom? • Your kitchen to your bathroom? • What happens to the number when you take bigger steps? • Practise writing these numbers at home.
Homework Challenge Cards • Hide your teddy. Use words to describe where teddy is hidden, e.g. behind, on top, underneath, in between.
Picasso once said “ Allchildren are bornartists, theproblemistostaythatway”· INCORPORATING CREATIVITY • "We are educatingpeopleout of theircreativity," • “Whydon'twegetthebestout of people?” • Sir Ken Robinson, June 2006, author of Out of ourMinds; LearningtobeCreative