RESOURCES IV

TODAY, WE WILL STUDY SOME OTHER USEFUL RESOURCES FOR EFL TEACHERS TODAY, WE WILL STUDY SOME OTHER USEFUL RESOURCES FOR EFL TEACHERS. A VARIED SET OF ACTIVITIES WILL ENGAGE OUR STUDENTS IN THEIR LEARNING PROCESS.

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SONGS

TYPES OF SONGS TRADITIONAL: RHYMES, RIDDLES, LULLABIES, SKIPPING SONGS, ETC… ARTISTIC: POP, ROCK, RAP, R&B, ETC… EDUCATIONAL: SONGS AIMED AT TEACHING.

WHAT TO TEACH WITH SONGS SEGMENTAL FEATURES: PRONUNCIATION OF INDIVIDUAL SOUNDS. SUPRASEGMENTAL FEATURES: STRESS, RHYTHM & INTONATION. VOCABULARY & SYNTACTICAL STRUCTURES CULTURE OF THE COUNTRIES WHERE THE TARGET LANGUAGE IS SPOKEN.

SOLVE MY RIDDLE!!!

The person who makes it has no need for it The person who makes it has no need for it. The person who purchases it does not use it. The person who does use it does not know he or she is. What is it?

LET’S SING!!!!! THE COLOR SONG

BOOKS AND TALES

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE CLASSIFICATION: FAIRY TALES POETRY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS EDUCATIONAL BOOKS

HISTORICAL REVIEW Up to MIDDLE AGES: Aesop’s Fables 17th C: Charles Perrault’s Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Puss in Boots… 18th C: John Newbery’s A Little Pretty Pocket-Book. 19th C: Grimm Brothers’ Snow White, Rapunzel. Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy tales (The Ugly Duckling, The Emperor’s New Clothes, etc..)

HISTORICAL REVIEW 19th C: Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio, or Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 20th C: Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in The Willows, Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter saga 21st C: Eoin Colfer’s Artemis Fowl.

CRITERIA FOR SELECTING STORY BOOKS 1.CONTENT / SUBJECT MATTER 2. VISUALS 3. ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION 4. DEVELOP IMAGINATION 5. FOSTER AUTONOMOUS CURIOSITY 6. CREATE POSITIVE RESPONSE

DICTIONARIES We must foster the use of dictionaries from an early age. Thus, they will develop their autonomy and ‘learning to learn’ competences. Something as simple as a picture dictionary can be instrumental in accomplishing these objectives. Did you know that we can also have a good time with dictionaries????

I NEED 2 BRAVE VOLUNTEERS LET’S PLAY!!! I NEED 2 BRAVE VOLUNTEERS

OKAY, HERE WE GO!!!!EVEN IF YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD THE WORD, YOU HAVE TO GIVE ME THE DEFINITION FOR… SWATTER!!!

BOYO

LENTO

IF THE MAJORITY OF THE CLASS VOTE FOR THEIR DEFINITION INSTEAD OF THE OFFICIAL ONE, THEY WILL GET A POINT. THE STUDENT WHO REACHES 3 POINTS FIRST WILL WIN.

BY THE WAY….DO YOU REMEMBER THE RIDDLE??? The person who makes it has no need for it. The person who purchases it does not use it. The person who does use it does not know he or she is. What is it?

I’LL SEE YOU AT THE EXAM!!!