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FROM DARKNESS TO A SPARKLING CONNECTED ELT COMMUNITY

FROM DARKNESS TO A SPARKLING CONNECTED ELT COMMUNITY. Claudio Azevedo claudioazv@gmail.com Owner of Movie Segments to Assess Grammar Goals and Movie Segments for Warm-ups and Follow-ups January , 2011. THE DARKNESS TWO YEARS AGO. THE FUTURE HAS ARRIVED AND YOU ARE NOT THERE.

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FROM DARKNESS TO A SPARKLING CONNECTED ELT COMMUNITY

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  1. FROM DARKNESS TO A SPARKLING CONNECTED ELT COMMUNITY Claudio Azevedo claudioazv@gmail.com Ownerof MovieSegments to Assess Grammar GoalsandMovieSegments for Warm-upsandFollow-ups January, 2011

  2. THE DARKNESS TWO YEARS AGO • THE FUTURE HAS ARRIVED AND YOU ARE NOT THERE • THE BLOODSUCKER EFFECT • THE NEWCOMERS • FROM CASSETTE PLAYERS TO PODCASTS

  3. LOOKING FOR LIGHT • WAITING FOR A MIRACLE • ATTENDING, ATTENDING, ATTENDING ... • DON’T WAIT FOR YOUR INSTITUTION • LIFE SAVERS DON’T SAVE LIVES • GETTING WORSE

  4. GETTING STARTED WHAT TO BLOG ABOUT?

  5. THE CHALLENGE DEADLINES COMMITMENT RESEARCHING PROMOTING

  6. WHY DO IT ? IF I DON’T HAVE THE TIME!

  7. ANYBODY OUT THERE?

  8. RESPONSIBILITY • RECOGNITION

  9. SEGMENT LENGTH: FROM 2 TO 7 MINUTES • SUBTITLES: ON OR OFF? • CONSIDER BOTH THE CONTENT AND THE GRAMMAR POINT • THE WHOLE ACTIVITY: FROM 20 TO 25 MINUTES • INTEGRATE SKILLS WHENEVER POSSIBLE • DON’T LOOK FOR THE GRAMMAR POINT IN THE SEGMENT, BUT FOR THE CONTEXT • MAKE SURE THE SEGMENT IS AGE AND LEVEL APPROPRIATE

  10. MODALS FOR SPECULATIONS MIGHT - COULD – CAN’T • SELECT A SCENE IN WHICH A MYSTERY CAN’T BE EXPLAINED • PREPARE SENTENCES WITH ALTERNATIVES THAT COULD EXPLAIN THE MYSTERY • STS WRITE SENTENCES WITH THEIR GUESSES TO EXPLAIN THE MYSTERY, USING THE GRAMMAR POINT

  11. PASSIVE VOICE • SELECT A SCENE IN WHICH A SERIES OF ACTIONS TAKE PLACE • WRITE SENTENCES IN THE ACTIVE VOICE WITH ACTIONS THAT TOOK (DID NOT TAKE) PLACE DURING THE SEGMENT • STS CHECK THE ONES THEY SAW IN THE SNIPPET • STS REWRITE THE SENTENCES IN THE PASSIVE VOICE • THEY MUST USE AFFIRMATIVE OR NEGATIVE FORMS • YOU MAY SELECT THE VERB TENSE YOU WANT TO WORK WITH

  12. FOR TEACHERS • TIPS TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN ACTIVITIES • CHECK THE STS‘ ACHIEVEMENT OF GRAMMAR POINTS MOVIE SEGMENTS TO ASSESS GRAMMAR GOALS • PRINTABLE AND DOWNLOADABLE WORKSHEETS WITH ANSWER KEYS • COMPLETE LESSON PLANS RELEASED ONCE A WEEK • MANY SEGMENTS FOR THE SAME AND VARIED GRAMMAR POINTS • DOWNLOADABLE SEGMENTS WITH SUBTITLES IN ENGLISH

  13. FOR STUDENTS • EXERCISES ON-LINE MOVIE SEGMENTS TO ASSESS GRAMMAR GOALS • STS CAN DO MORE THAN ONE EXERCISE FOR THE SAME GRAMMAR POINT • MOVIE LOVERS ARE FREQUENT VISITORS • CLASS CAN WORK SIMULTANEOUSLY • STS INTERACT WITH ME AND OTHER PEERS

  14. MOVIE SEGMENTS FOR WARM-UPS AND FOLLOW-UPS

  15. THANK YOU!!!! Claudio Azevedo Claudioazv@gmail.com MovieSegments to Assess Grammar Goals http://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.com MovieSegments for Warm-upsandFollow-ups http:://warmupsfollowups.blogspot.com

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