Giving Instructions Simple And Effective Deliveries How To Make It Work Simple And Effective Deliveries a skill at doing a specified thing, typically one acquired through practice. Giving Instructions

Who am I? Daniel Moonasar Certified Teacher – U.S.A 10 yrs. teaching experience 5 yrs. U.S. 5 yrs. South Korea MRes- Educational and Social Research Assistant Professor of English at Gimcheon University EPIK/ TaLK Teacher Trainer KOTESOL Presenter Corporate English Daniel Moonasar

Objective Objective: To provide participants with: Identifying steps for giving instructions Strategies for giving instructions Giving instructions practice

What Went Wrong? Make groups of 4 Discuss what was wrong with the instructions Be ready to share

Icebreaker Introduce yourself Ask “When is your birthday?” Line up: Birthdays January December

No PPT and minimal speaking Icebreaker No PPT and minimal speaking

Strategies Writing CCC (Clear, Consistent, Concise) Authoritative language Same actions = same instructions Minimal steps

Strategies 2. Chunking Scaffold instructions 4:5 rule

Strategies 3. Reduce “teacher talk” Valuable vs. Detrimental Consistent word choice Comprehensible input

Strategies 4. Checking Comprehension Use modeling Instruction check questions Comprehension check questions

Strategies 1. Get together and make groups of 4. 2. Plan out a scary Halloween story. 3. You must use some past continuous tense verbs. 4. But, use all past studied verbs/ conversation strategies (CS). Underline all CS. 5. Practice your story. Everyone must help tell the story. 6. Best story gets 5 extra participation points.

Strategies Make groups of 4. 2. Sit down & wait. 3. Make a Halloween story. 4. Must have: 3 past continuous + 3 simple past verbs 5. Also use previous verbs and CS. 6. Practice: Everyone must tell the story. 7. Best story = 5 extra points.

Strategies 1. Jwenn ansanm, epi fè gwoup nan 4. 2. Plan soti yon istwa pè Halloween. 3. Ou dwe sèvi ak kèk kontinyèl vèb sot pase ajite. 4. Men, sèvi ak tout vèb etidye / estrateji konvèsasyon sot pase (CS). Souliyen tout CS. 5. Pratike istwa ou a. Tout moun dwe ede rakonte istwa a. 6. Pi bon istwa vin 5 pwen patisipasyon siplemantè.

Strategies 1. Fè gwoup nan 4. 2. Chita & rete tann. 3. Fè yon istwa Halloween. 4. Dwe gen: 3 sot pase kontinyèl + 3 senp vèb sot pase 5. Tou itilize vèb anvan ak CS. 6. Pratike: Tout moun dwe di istwa a. 7. Pi bon istwa = 5 pwen siplemantè.

Tips for success Teacher Attention Language Students Uses one position, always All students Is real language Have time restrictions Provides completed examples Attention grabber Routine Have a Visible Checklist Models Triggers Economical Respond to CCQ/ICQ Use CCQ/ICQ Anchors Circulates

Reminder Instructional Language is often MUCH more complex than the actual target language. Teacher talking time should be at a minimum in a student centered classroom; this is also true for instruction. If you only do one thing in your lesson plan, figure out how to give instructions.

Activity 1 Instructions: 1. Read “My instructions”. 2. Rewrite the instructions for your level of students. 3. Consider: Writing CCC, Chunking, Reduce “teacher talk”. 4. Be ready to give insturctions to another group.

Activity 1 Instructions: 5. Practice giving your instructions. 6. Each team take a turn. 7. When finished give and get feed back.

Activity 2 Instructions: Give your instructions to the class. We will give you feedback.

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