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TEACHING ENGLISH CAN BE FUN

TEACHING ENGLISH CAN BE FUN. TEACHING ENGLISH CAN BE FUN. Something Special to Share with My Fellow Teachers in St. Bonaventure Girls’ Senior High School. St. Bonaventure Girls’ Senior High School. The Benefit of Knowing a Second Language.

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TEACHING ENGLISH CAN BE FUN

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  1. TEACHING ENGLISH CAN BE FUN TEACHING ENGLISH CAN BE FUN Something Special to Share with My Fellow Teachers in St. Bonaventure Girls’ Senior High School St. Bonaventure Girls’ Senior High School

  2. The Benefit of Knowing a Second Language Two mice sat in their hole watching a big cat lurk outside. "I know how to make the cat go away," said the first mouse. "How?" the second mouse asked in surprise. "Watch! Bow, wow!!!" barked the first mouse. Peering through their hole in the wall, they saw the cat running away in fear. "Ah, see the benefit of knowing another language!"

  3. Make Students Interested Make Students Interested • To add some fun to English classes, we can always play some games to arouse students’ interest.

  4. Useful Websites (1).(a): http://www.manythings.org • Interesting Things for ESL students (homepage) http://www.manythings.org/

  5. Useful Websites (1).(b): http://www.manythings.org • Voice of America Special English Study • Quizzes Based On VOA's Special English Programs=> (a) Engagements in the USA (b) Lie Detectors • Matching Quizzes Using VOA Special English Words

  6. Useful Websites (2) :http://www.amusingquotes.com/ 1. People tell me that Senator Edwards got picked for his good looks, his sex appeal, and his great hair. I say to them, 'How do you think I got the job? – Dick Cheney ) 2. I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer. -- Douglas Adams 3. I can resist everything except temptation. -- Oscar Wilde

  7. (1) Physics Teacher: "Isaac Newton was sitting under a tree when an apple fell on his head and he discovered gravity. Isn't that wonderful?"Student: "Yes sir, if he had been sitting in class looking at books like us, he wouldn't have discovered anything."(2) "If there are any idiots in the room, will they please stand up" said the sarcastic teacher. After a long silence, one freshman rose to his feet. "Now then mister, why do you consider yourself an idiot?" enquired the teacher with a sneer. "Well, actually I don't," said the student, "but I hate to see you standing up there all by yourself."

  8. (3)The teacher came up with a good problem. "Suppose," she asked the second-graders, “there were a dozen sheep and six of them jumped over a fence. How many would be left?" "None," answered little Norman. "None? Norman, you don't know your arithmetic." “Mrs. Jones, you don't know your sheep. When one goes, they all go!“http://www.ahajokes.com/clean_jokes.html

  9. Fun Games Add Color to English Classes (1) Fun Games 1)Pigs, Flowers and Stars This game helps you to see whether or not your students have read the assigned articles in the subscribed magazines • Try Your Luck – (extremely exciting) When one student starts to answer, pass a small thing around to decide which student has to answer the next question.

  10. Fun Games Add Color to English Classes (2) Fun Games • Swat the best way to help students memorize new words • I Hate My Neighbors (the best way to help students learn useful sentence patterns, and memorize sayings, phrases, idioms, or sentences worth memorizing) – (explanation on the next slide)

  11. I Hate My Neighbors The ghost: I hate my neighbors. The class: Why? The ghost : (1) Because besides checking her own house, she also tried to check others’. The ghost: (2) Because it is important that she take precautions against typhoons, but she never does. The ghost: (3) Because she always wears an awful hat lest people should recognize her.

  12. Fun Games : Add Color to English Classes (3) Fun Games • Supplying Soldiers on the Frontier (who, when, where, what (verbs), how adj./adv.) Ex.: Suzanne, ten days ago, in the toilet, traumatize, devastating => Ten days ago, Suzanne was traumatized by a devastating accident in the toilet. => It is verifiable that ten days ago, Suzanne was healed of her sickness in the toilet.

  13. GAMES GAMES (1) Crossword puzzles are an important reading, spelling and vocabulary building activity. (2) treasure hunt Let the students read items on a list or read clues in order to win or find their treasure. If a student misreads a part of their clue or list, then they will be unable to finish.

  14. Henry Adams, US author, autobiographer, & historian (1838 - 1918) A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

  15. . By Lu, Fu-Shi 盧富世 Taipei Municipal Wan Fang Senior High School 台北市立萬芳高中 盧富世 台北市立萬芳高中

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