Sophie Chen 陳郁方 September 2011 English, please! 國中小全英語教材教法

2011/09/22 Sophie Chen 陳郁方 2 Issues Mixed-ability students Time (tests/ test results) Curriculum (textbooks/ parents) Motivation

2011/09/22 Sophie Chen 陳郁方 3 1. General guidelines 2. Getting ready to teach 3. Practical teaching ideas 4. Discussion and demonstration

2011/09/22 Sophie Chen 陳郁方 4 General Guidelines Working with young learners –Creating optimal conditions –Managing students positively –Relationships –Classroom management –Routines –Rights and responsibilities –Rewards

2011/09/22 Sophie Chen 陳郁方 5 Relationships –English, please Policy How Everyone wants to achieve better learning results

2011/09/22 Sophie Chen 陳郁方 6 Classroom Management General principles –Keep Ss busy –Establish your class rules and expectations by yourself at the beginning –Have body language or gestures that will go with often used instructions

2011/09/22 Sophie Chen 陳郁方 7 General principles –Give younger children opportunities to move –Don ’ t repeat the same activities too often Classroom Management

2011/09/22 Sophie Chen 陳郁方 8 Routines Use a set of routines –Have classroom routines that you follow & Ss understand –When I need to start the lesson

2011/09/22 Sophie Chen 陳郁方 9 Getting Ready to Teach To teach in English Motivation Purpose Preparation Learning Personalization Timing

2011/09/22 Sophie Chen 陳郁方 10 Efficient teaching –Attention factor –Involvement factor

2011/09/22 Sophie Chen 陳郁方 11 –Encourage involvement Versatile teaching activities Blackboard games Team or individual competition Storytelling Drama A Joke When you want to

2011/09/22 Sophie Chen 陳郁方 12 Teaching ideas – Why use activities –Language learning is a hard task –An interesting way to practice

2011/09/22 Sophie Chen 陳郁方 13 Listening / Speaking (basic) 1.TPR: Show me/ Bring me/ Put it here 2.How old are you? --- Paper/Scissors/ Stone 3.Body parts Doctor! Doctor! 4.Monster drawing activity 5.Bingo 6.Magic finger Teaching ideas

2011/09/22 Sophie Chen 陳郁方 14 Listening / Speaking (advance ) 7.Mime what happens (past tense) 8.Favorite bar chart (favorite, how many, there are, 9.Agree or disagree Teaching ideas

2011/09/22 Sophie Chen 陳郁方 15 Vocabulary (basic) 1.Days of the week----- Sunday, Monday … 2.Magic eyes 3.Missing flashcards 4.Lip reading Teaching ideas

2011/09/22 Sophie Chen 陳郁方 16 Vocabulary (advance ) 5.Repeat if it ’ s true 6.Categories (food, write a list of as many food words as they can think of) 7.Numbers, shapes, objects, telephone no. 8.Bingo game / The matching game 9.Word puzzle 10. Killer Shark Teaching ideas

2011/09/22 Sophie Chen 陳郁方 17 Activities for high school students Reading –Memory game –Puzzles –Riddles –Mime it

2011/09/22 Sophie Chen 陳郁方 18 Writing –Letters in the air –ABC relay/ Spelling relay/ Sentence relay –Feelings poem

2011/09/22 Sophie Chen 陳郁方 19 Grammar –Physical line-up –Sentence scramble –Monster adjectives –Color-coded grammar cards –Grammar detective

2011/09/22 Sophie Chen 陳郁方 20 Teaching Resources m m

2011/09/22 Sophie Chen 陳郁方 21 Frequently Asked Questions Students show low interests in learning. Is it possible to do classroom management without Chinese language?