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a childrens pictor book to a article in the newspaperRead the class a story appropriate to their level of english, (To reduceteacher talking time have a student read the story) after the story give them acopy of the story (easy enough to photocopy a short story), have the story readagain but this time have the students highlight words they don't know andunderline sentences they don't understand. This is a great opportunity to pairup the students for a minute or 2 and see how many words they can teach eachother and then possibly pair them up again with a new partner. Then have themlook up the remainder of the words for homework, and submit to the teacheranonymously the sentences they don't understand to be gone over the next class(students are much more likely to admit they don't understand something if itcan be left anonymous.) For high level english students (such as university ora honors program) I would chose a story with something controversial orsomething being debated and then divide the class in 2 or if its a small classmake it a class wide discussion of the topic. Picturebingo--practice with this/thatMaybe you've played picture bingo yourself in a foreignlanguage class. This is a good game for listening, speaking, and practicing newor old vocabulary. I've started making my own picture bingo cards. Here's how:I think this works best if you choose a theme for the bingo pictures, suchas clothes, things in a school, etc. Look on the internet for clip-art for yourtheme. You can probably print off big pictures for flash cards and cut andpaste the small icons to a Word document. You will use these for the bingosquares.Make a 5*5 grid on your computer and write BINGO on the top. Fill thesquares in with pictures (either the small clipped art or pictures you drewyourself). Use tape to put these pictures in the square so you can remove them.Make about 2 copies of every bingo card, and then change the cardaround...moving around the taped clipped art. (If the cards are all thesame...your kids will all yell bingo at the same time!)Before playing bingo, ask your kids "What is this?" and have themrespond with "That is a pencil (a pen, a computer, an eraser, an exactoknife, etc.) Then demonstrate a sequence of "what is that?" givingthe object to a student, so they will respond, "This is a pencil, glue,white-out, an eraser, etc. Then have your students cut out little paper chitsto cover up the bingo cards. Tell them not to write on your copies (even betterif you can laminate them). Play Bingo, first asking students to respond to your flashcards (WHAT ISTHIS, THAT IS pattern). Then, stop using pictures and have them play bingo justlistening to you say "This is a paper clip", etc. (WITHOUTPICTURES!). The first students to yell bingo and tell you correctly (incomplete sentences) what is on their paper will win. Give them a small prizewhen they win.Note: You can mix things up as follows: one time have only DOWN win. Next,only ACROSS. For the last few "speed games" everything wins (FOURCORNERS, DIAGONAL,
DOWN, ACROSS). Remember there is a freee space in themiddle. ListeningCrossword PuzzlesI found that many of my high school students really likecrossword puzzles, so I decided turn them into listening practice instead ofjust reading. So, I give them the blank crossword and verbally give the cluesto the puzzle. I use recent vocabulary words and turn it into a review. It alsogives students a way of defining words by using English instead of translatinginto their native language. The really great thing about this is that it can becustomized to fit any level of English.I hope it works for you.Kimberly DeFuscoIwaki, JapanListeningCyclesThis practice consists of 3 steps1:Make up short yes-no questions such asAre there 7 days in a week?Are there 4 seasons in a year?Are there 10 months in a year? etc.... And ask these questions to your students quickly and have them answer back toyou immediately.Step 2:Change the sentence and ask How many day are there in a week?How many weeks in a year? etc....Step 3:Are there 7 days or 5 days a week?Are there 10 monts or 12 months a year?Questions should be asked very quickly and students should answerimmediately? You can put price in order to make it more interesting.Have a great Day.Deniz ToreJamie'sLaughable Love QuisOne chapter in the high school textbook deals with dating. Iwas always wondering how I should best teach it, and then it hit me, acompatibility quiz. What you do is make 4 questions related to dating. I had;what should your date look like, what is your idea of a perfect date, whatshould your date act like, and what gift should your date bring you. I givethem four options per question, usually atleast two of the options are verysilly answers (ie: what should your date look like, one answer is Godzilla). Imake the identical questions on the other half of the sheet so that each sheetcan be folded and have 2 sets of the 4 questions on it.Step 1: Have the students fold the sheet in half, write their name at thetop and answer the first set of questions.Step 2: Have the students pass the sheet forward, mix all the sheets up andthen pass them out again making sure the students do not know who's sheet they arereceiving.Step 3: The students then fill out the question sheet again.Step 4: They can then open up the sheet and see how many answers match. Ialways have a legend at the bottom 0 answers = you hate each other 1-2answers=friends and 3-4 answers= true love. They always laugh when they findout that they have found true love. Step 5: Lastly have the students hand back the sheet to the original owner.I also throw my sheet in and the students always blush when they have to giveme my sheet back.This teaches the students that listening can be fun, and sometimes embarrassingand it usually gives them a lot of new vocabulary!Jamie Vermette, JapanHorserace dictationThis is an activity in which students try to predict theorder of words in a jumbled sentence before listening for the answer, in theform of a horse race. Choose
a sentence and write words on the left of theboard, in random order, as in the example below. You also need to prepare acommentary, which should be challenging enough to make it interesting but nottoo difficult. In the example below there is only one major change in order,when, and other minor changes during the race. FinallyWas Oclock Eleven Home WhenI ItGot CommentaryTheyre off! I has made a strong start, with finally close behind, andhome and got following. When is at the back, eleven and oclock arejust ahead. Was and it are in the middle of the field and it has justpassed was. Both are ahead of eleven and oclock. and when is comingfrom behind fast, passing eleven and oclock, and look at him go! He haspassed finally and is now passing I, and into the lead. Theyre coming tothe finish line, what an incredible finish! Its When first, I second, finally third, got beats home to finish fourth, with oclock cominglast.The answer: When I finally got home it was eleven oclockProcedureMake sure students are familiar with words showing order, eg first, second,last, at the back, following, ahead, in(to) the lead, behind. Tell the studentsto imagine that the words are horses who are going to race to the other side ofthe board. The winner will be the first word in the sentence, the second tofinish will be the second word and so on. Ask them to choose the word that theythink will be the winner and write it down, then tell them to compare theirpredictions in groups. Say they are going to hear a horse race commentary andthat they have to listen carefully to find the winner and the order of words.They can make notes during the commentary and should write the sentence at theend. Read the commentary, stressing the words in quotation marks todifferentiate them from the other words. Note that commentaries are spoken fastin real life, so read it fairly quickly the first time. Check the answers. Youmay need to read it more than once for the class to agree. Ask who predictedthe winner correctly. Simon MumfordLongDistance DictationAll you need for this activity is one piece of paper with ashort interesting story of approx. 6 to 10 sentences graded for your level. Usea short joke.Partner the students up. Ask one student from each partner ship to join youin the hall way. When half the class is out in the hall with you, you post thestory there. Let the students know they have to "transport" the storyto their partner who must write. Ask them, "How many words can your brainhold?" Some students will get so into it they'll start racing; ask them to walk soas not to crash into anyone.George StewartToronto, OntClue(practice left and right)This game works great for large classes.Make either a blank seating chart of your class OR make one that is alreadyfilled in with all the students names. (If you are going to give the students abank one, you will need to make either an overhead or a copy of it on theboard. Then, go through during class and
both you and the students fill it inwith all the students names)Tell the students that you have randomly selected 1 "special"student. But you are not going to tell them who it is. You are going to tellthem who is is NOT! They must put an X over that person until all but one nameis Xed out. In my class, these are some examples of clues that i give:1. The special person is not sitting between Ted and Sarah.2. The special person is not to the left of Katy.3. The special person is not in the row to the right of Johnny's row.4. It is not someone sitting in the 1st desk of any row.You can also do characteristics:hair color (I can't since I teach in Taiwan), glasses, clothing, long hair,boy, girl, etc.I always ask the students "who is out?" after I say the clue. Then IX out the student's names on my seating chart that I made on the board. I always tell my students that the special student gets candy. Also, they cannotbe the special student if they are not participating. At first, I was nervousthat they would stop playing once they got out, but they really liked watchingtheir friends get out. Bingofor L/RThis is to help reinforce listening of similar soundingwords. In Korea , for example, they do not distinguish the r/l sounds. Afterpresenting various r/l words (right/light) I play Bingo. Put all the vocab onthe grid. The students need only to draw empty Bingo grids. When you say thewords, they "x" it off until someone gets bingo. This way studentsreally try hard to listen to the differences in sounds.Name: DavidEmail: queerean@hotmail.comLocation: Korea
CONTEUDO First Day:1 Greetings spelling be.2 The alphabet3 WH questions4 Numbers5 Where are you from?6 Adjectives7 Jobs8 Sing this song.Second day:1 Days of the week.2 Season.3 Months of the year.4 Verb to be personal pronouns.5 vacation.6 Clothes.7 Food vegetables and fruit.8 Sing this song.Third day:1 Parts of the house.2 Direction.3 Supermarket.4 Places.5 Animals.6 Parts of the body.7 Sing this song.1 Greetings:Introducing a friendBill Good afternoon, Bob.Bob Good afternoon.Bill Bob, this is my girlfriend Carol.Bob Hello, Carol.Carol Hello, Bob.Bob Bill, congratulations. Carol is a nice girl.Carol Thanks, Bob.Bob Where are you going?Bill We are going to the movies.Bob Well, see you tomorrow.Bill Bye.2 The alfhabet:A Ei N EmB Bi O OuC Ci P PiD Di Q KiuE I R ArF Ef S EsG Dji T TiH Eit U IuI Ai V ViJ Djei W DabliuK Kei X EksL El Y UaiM Em Z ziSpelling be.How do you spell your name?3 - INTERROGATIVE WORDS1 WHO: QuemWho is that man? (Quem e aquele homem?)Who are those people? (Quem sao aquelas pessoas?)Who wants to drink coffee? (Quem deseja tomar cafe?)2 WHAT: O que, qualWhat is she? (O que e ela?)She is a secretary. (Ela e uma secretaria.)What is your name? (Qual e seu nome?)My name is Bob. (Meu nome e Bob.) What is that? (O que e aquilo?)3 WHERE: OndeWhere is the book? (Onde esta o livro?)It s on the table. (Esta sobre a mesa.)Where are you? (Onde esta voce?)I am here. (Eu estou aqui.)4 HOW: comoHow are you? (Como vai voce?)I am fine, thanks. (Eu estou bem, obrigado.)How is your father? (Como vai seu pai?)He is very well. (Ele esta muito bem.)5 HOW OLD: Quantos anos... Que idade...How old are you? (Quantos anos voce tem?)6 HOW MANY: Quantos, quantas...How many birds can you see? (Quantos passaros voce pode ver?)7 HOW MUCH: Quanto How much is it? (Quanto custa?)8 WHY: Por que...?BECAUSE: Porque...Why are you sad? (Por que voce esta triste?)Because I can t go with you. (Porque eu nao posso ir com voce.)4 Numbers:Na interview- How old are you, grandmother?- I m 80 years old.- Oh, you are very old.- Old? No. My mother is 99 years old.And you? How old are you?- I m 35.- Only that? You are still a child.- Oh, thank you, grandmother.HOW OLD...How old are you?How old is she?How old is he?How old are they?HOW MUCH... HOW MANY...How much... = emprega-se para perguntar a quantidade em geral de coisas que nao costumamos contar, como agua, tempo, etc.How much time? (Quanto tempo?)How much water? (Que quantidade de agua?)How much sugar? (Quanto acucar?)How many... = emprega-se com elementos contaveis.How many books? (Quantos livros?)How many people? (Quantas pessoas?)Na interviewBoy Who are you?Dentist I am John Baker.Boy What are you?Dentist I am a dentist.Boy How old are you?Dentist I am forty years old.Boy And where is your office?Dentist It s near my house.Boy How many clients have you?Dentist I have many clients. About fifty.Boy And how much is a filling?Dentist It costs five dollars.Boy It s not expensive. It s cheap.Why is your price so low?Dentist Because people can t pay more.They are not
rich. They are poor.SeasonsThere are four seasons in a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter.Spring is the season of flowers.In summer it is hot. We go to the beach.Autumn is the season of fruit. The wind blows and the leaves fall from the trees.Winter is a cold season. It snows.MonthsThere are twelve months in a year.The names of the months are not difficult.January, february, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December. The number of the days in every month is not the same. For example: There are 31 days in January, 28 or 29 in February, 30 in April and so on.There are ten months in a school year. January and July are vacation months.Boys and girls spend these months in vacation places. Dates Alice What day is today?Mary Today is Friday.Alice Are you sure?Mary Yes, yerterday was Thursday. Today is Friday, December seventh. My birthday.Alice Congratulations and my best wishes.DAYS OF THE WEEK.There are seven days in a week:Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.Nas datas, o ingles usa uma ordem diferente do portugues para os dias e meses.Ex.Diana was born on July 7, 1972.Diana was born on July seventh, nineteen seventy-two.(Diana nasceu no dia 7 de julho de 1972.)Quando o ano for omitido, escreve-se o dia em ordinal.Ex.She was born on January 7th.She was born on January seventh.(Ela nasceu no dia sete de janeiro.) Dialogue Father Waiter. Please.Waiter Yes. What do you want to eat?Father We want fish and rice.Mother Oh. No. The children like chicken and fried potatoes.Father Well. Bring chicken and fried potatoes for three and fish for meWaiter What do you want to drink?Father Beer. Bring me beer.Children Beer? We prefer lemonade.Father Well. Bring beer for two and lemonade for the children.Waiter Ok.In a snack bar(Walking in the street)Joe Jim, I m hungry.Jim And I m thirsty.Joe Let s go to a snack bar.Jim It s a good idea. Let s go to that one.Joe Oh. It s a good one. (In a snack bar)Jim Waiter. Please.Waiter Yes.Jim Please, give me a soda.Waiter Yes. Here it is.Joe And for me. Please, a sandwich.Jim Joe, what a good snack bar.In a supermarketWife John, we have no sugar, no bread, no coffee, no butter, no rice, no beans, no vegetables...Husband What else?Wife Let me see in the refrigerator. (She opens the refrigerator.) Wife Bring also milk, cheese, beer, tomatoes and meat.Husband Well. I m going to buy all these things in the supermarket. (In the supermarket)Husband Clerk, please. Can you deliver all these things on this list at my house?Clerk Certainly. What s your address?Husband I live at 10 Liberty Street.Clerk Ok.Husband Thank you.Giving informationTourist Excuse me. I m not from here.I want some information.A man in the street Yes. I can help you.What s the matter?Tourist Please, read this address.Where s this street?The man It s far from here.You must take bus number 2.Tourist Where s the bus stop.The man There, in front of the City Bank.Tourist Thank you very much.The man You re welcome.Jobs (Adam meets Mary on the bus)Adam Hello,
Mary.Mary Hello.Adam Are you still a secretary?Mary No, now I m a teacher of Arts.Adam Where are you teathing Arts?Mary I m teaching Arts near my home, at Modern Arts School.Adam Oh. That s fine. I like Arts.Mary And you, Adam? What s your job?adam Now, I m studying Medicine.I spend all the time studying.Mary Studying all the time?.Adam No. On weekends I practice sports, I go to the movies, to the beach, I meet friends...Mary Excuse me, Adam. I must get off now. So long.Adam So long.telephoning(Wrong number)Janet Hello. This is janet. Can I speak to Paul?A woman Paul? There is no Paul here.Janet Please, what s your telephone number?A woman My telephone number is 3515 2507. (three, five, one, five, two, five, ou, seven.)Janet Isn t it number 3515 2607? (three, five, one, five, two, six, ou, seven.)A woman No. You called wrong number.Janet I m sorry. Excuse me.A woman Ok.
and behavioral skills Fosters self-esteem and greater emotional awareness Improves spatial-temporal reasoning Let`s go back to Mozart and why he`s so special. Neurologist John Hughes at the University of Illinois Medical Center proposes that because Mozart has a habit of repeating certain melodic phrases with slight variation, it gave people something to listen to... Our brain loves pattern.`` Mozart`s melodies tend to repeat every 20-30 seconds, which is about the same length of time as brain-wave patterns and other functions of the central nervous system. (Adapted from [accessed August 2008]) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Responda em portugues: Em resposta a Por que a musica?``, afirma-se que ela e importante para o crescimento do individuo e seu desenvolvimento. Das 6 razoes que justificam essa afirmacao, qual e a unica que nao e mencionada? A musica: a. acentua as habilidades cognitivas e comportamentais. b. serve como elo na aprendizagem da leitura. c. ajuda no desenvolvimento linguistico e do cerebro. d. ajuda na aquisicao de tecnicas de danca. e. fornece ferramentas mentais para a resolucao de problemas. f. promove a autoestima e maior conscientizacao emocional. g. melhora o raciocinio espacotemporal. Segundo o neurologista John Hughes, o que e que nosso cerebro ama?Qual a tendencia de repeticao das frases melodicas na obra musical de Mozart?Onde isso acontece mais ou menos no mesmo espaco de tempo?
"Ten Commandments" - DezMandamentosby Magda MendesNada como umincentivo para os que estao retomando suas aulas de ingles, nao? Ou paraaqueles que vao estudar o idioma pela primeira vez. Seguem os "DezMandamentos" para o bom aprendizado de idiomas. Tomei a liberdade de traduzir e comentar estes mandamentos, cuja fontee o excelente livro "Teaching by Principles", de H. Douglas Brown. "Ten Commandments" for GoodLanguage Learning1 - Fear not! Don't be inhibited! (Nao tema! Nao se iniba!) Este conselho cai muito bem para os adultos, que se sentem meiointimidados por estarem numa sala de aula. Eles normalmente tem mais receio defalar do que as criancas e os adolescentes. Entao, eu diria: nao se acanhe.Todos estao no mesmo barco que voce.2 - Dive in!Take risks! (Mergulhe de cara! Arrisque-se!) De novo, os adultos devem se lembrar deste mandamento. Se o aluno ficacom medo de arriscar uma resposta ou uma palavra ou uma ideia, ele ficaraestagnado. A sala de aula e um lugar seguro para se arriscar - afinal, estaotodos aprendendo!3 - Believe in yourself! (Acredite em simesmo!) E bom ter um pouco de autoconfianca nasala de aula. Cada um a seu passo, todos chegarao la. Acredite!4 - Seize the day! Develop self motivation! (Aproveite odia! Desenvolva a automotivacao!) Cada minuto de aula e precioso. Normalmente so se tem aquela hora parapraticar o ingles, ainda mais se o aluno nao viaja muito ao exterior ou naoconvive com ninguem cuja lingua nativa seja o ingles. Nao desperdice seu tempofalando portugues, por exemplo!5 - Learnwith your neighbor! Cooperate with the group! (Aprenda com seu colega! Coopere com ogrupo!) Trabalhar com um colega ou em grupo ajuda a combater a timidez, pois vocenao estara falando para a turma toda. Seu colega pode ajudar em areas que vocenao seja tao bom, e voce tambem contribuira com o que tem mais facilidade. E umtroca-troca em que todos se beneficiam.6 - Get the BIG picture! Analyze situationsas a whole! Leave thedetails for a next step!(Veja o GRANDE panorama! Analisesituacoes como um todo! Deixe os detalhes para a proxima etapa!) Se voce fica so se perguntando "por que aqui e DOES e nao DO?, epor que e IS e nao ARE?" o tempo todo, vai perder todo o contexto!Deixe-se levar pelo sentido e nao se prenda ao 'tintim-por-tintim'. Vai chegara hora de analisar tudo, mas nao no comeco e nao para todos os aspectos dalingua inglesa.7 - Cope with the chaos! Promote ambiguitytolerance! (Lide com o caos! Promova a toleranciaa ambiguidade!) Este tambem e otimo para os alunos que as vezes simplesmente nao aceitamque tal regra exista em ingles se ela nao existe em portugues! Nao foi oprofessor de ingles que inventou a lingua, entao nao fique bravo com ele porexistir o 'present perfect', por exemplo! 8 - Go with your hunches! Practice intuition! (Acredite no seu sexto sentido! Pratique a intuicao!) Muitas vezes, o que parece realmente e! Use suas estrategias paradecifrar uma palavra nova; confie nos seus instintos para entender um texto.Voce vai se surpreender com o tanto que pode acertar.9 - Make mistakes work FOR you! Learn with your mistakes! (Faca
com que os erros trabalhem PARAvoce! Aprenda com seus erros!) E errando que se aprende, nao? 10 - Setyour own goals! (Estabeleca suas proprias metas!) Tenha claro o que voce quer com o ingles: e para viajar? E paratrabalhar? O que quer atingir apos um ano de estudos? Saber suas metas faz comque seu foco fique mais claro e seus esforcos, mais direcionados. Espero queestes mandamentos sirvam de inspiracao para todos voces!