Teaching grammar communicatively

Stages in teaching grammar Presentation- to perceive and take it into short memory Isolation and explanation-to understand Practice – to absorb and take it into long term memory Test- to provide feedback

Activities The task: clear objective and active language use Interest: Topic Visual focus Open-endedness Information gaps Personalization Pleasurable tension Entertainment Play-acting Accuracy vs fluency

What CHANGED? Small pictures Compare/contrast Circle superlatives Why might you? I am special The duster Assumptions The world tomorrow How could you? 100 questions to an adult Advice for a new student/Teacher/Teacher trainer-must I? Then and now- talk to parents!!!!! Deductions Wrong Cinderella Do not say yes/no Guessing mimes p 249 Get me!!!!! p269

Lion man snake fly mouse Fish Cat

chocolate apples cake coffee yoghurt milk

Why might you? jump out of the window? shout LOOOUDDDLY in class? deliberately break the window? take off your clothes in public? put off your shoes in class? dance in class? paint yourself green? steal money? wear someone’s clothes?

What are you going to do with it? Unusual uses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A box of matches Toothpaste A piece of wood A spoon A shoebox A liter of water A newspaper Variation: Memory check

The magic duster (unusual uses) We will… We can use it to… It can be used for… If you we are sweating we can …

I am special I have taught 30 teachers at a time I have a daughter and a son I saw Coliseum in Rome I have six siblings: 5 sisters and one brother I travel to work from another city every day I go bowling with my students I can speak elementary French and Turkish I can type in English

Making assumptions 5 Yes answers with “Have you ever?” 5 No answers with “Have you ever?” 5 Yes answers with “Can you ?” 5 No answers with “ Can you?”

How could you? Get smn to come to you Open a tin Open a door

Now and then Could, but can not now Couldn’t, but can now Had to do, but do not have now Didn’t have to do, but must now