Sunday, October 15, 2017

Productive Skills Workshop

(TESOL Worksheets--Workshops, Speaking, Writing)
Google Drive Folder HERE
Slideshow: slides, pub
Handout: docs, pub
(This is a workshop that was pre-made on the wiki at my work.  I was assigned to deliver it to a group of teachers, and I adapted it. The version posted here contains half stuff that was premade, and half stuff that I added.  So I'm counting this as half my own creation. The handout comes from Learning Teaching by Jim Scrivener--my review here)



Learning Teaching by Jim Scrivener, p.211, Task 9.1

You are a student in a foreign language class.  A new teacher comes in, stares at the class and says, Today we’re going to talk about oil pollution.  What do you think?
Following the teacher’s question, some of your fellow classmates look down at their tables, make faces at each other and keep silent.  The teacher tries to encourage them to speak, and, in doing so, talks more and more himself.  At the end, none of you have said a single word, and the teacher sits down exhausted and mumbles to himself, Well, that seemed to go OK.

  1. How did you feel as a student?
  2. Why might you not have felt like taking part in the discussion?
  3. What advice would you give to your teacher when planning future lessons of this type?


Learning Teaching by Jim Scrivener, p.211, Task 9.1

You are a student in a foreign language class.  A new teacher comes in, stares at the class and says, Today we’re going to talk about oil pollution.  What do you think?
Following the teacher’s question, some of your fellow classmates look down at their tables, make faces at each other and keep silent.  The teacher tries to encourage them to speak, and, in doing so, talks more and more himself.  At the end, none of you have said a single word, and the teacher sits down exhausted and mumbles to himself, Well, that seemed to go OK.

  1. How did you feel as a student?
  2. Why might you not have felt like taking part in the discussion?
  3. What advice would you give to your teacher when planning future lessons of this type?

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