MAKING THE MOST OF TEACHING TEENAGERS IN THE DIGITAL ERA TEACHERS’ SEMINAR AUGUST 2005

SESSION PLAN Warm up Our students & the Digital Generation Profile -What’s new? Integrating activities into our lessons Round-off

HOW DIGITAL ARE YOU? BLOGS ORKUT PHOTO LOG DISCUSSION GROUPS ICQ HOME PAGE ONLINE COURSES SKYPE WEB PAGE S Warm up Task What first comes to your mind when you hear the word ‘post’?

HOW DIGITAL ARE YOUR STUDENTS? Sts are comfortable with technology. Sts often rush through tasks in class. Sts multi-task in their private lives. Sts regularly use the Internet and computer games. Sts find visual stimuli very motivating. Sts interact with friends through e- mails and mobile phone text messages. Sts lose interest unless there’s variety of activities and brisk pace in class.

WAS DESIGNED... TO BE A SELF-STUDY TOOL TO DEVELOP STUDENT’S AUTONOMY TO OFFER STS A ‘WORLD’ OF POSSIBILITIES HOWEVER...

1.E-ROUTES RATIONALE 2.TEACHERS’ ACCESS (full site, E-routes) 3.MONITORING STS’ PERFORMANCE (Student’s Grade Book) E-PRACTICE & E-ROUTES

1.INPUT 2.CONSOLIDATION 3.REMEDIAL WORK INTEGRATING E-PRACTICE INTO OUR LESSONS

BASIC 3 – B5 Inventions / Inventors E-routes (Language Lab-Reading Lab-Level 2-Famous Scots) Suggested procedures: At the end of B4 (Lesson 11 Plan of Work), tell sts – a game next lesson based on the E-Route text (HW).

Language Focus: During or after the games, exploit passage content briefly & pre-cycle target lgg, e.g. Who invented the telephone? What did Fleming discover? Land of beer Portuguese women, of brandy Tom Cruise. Suggested procedures: Beginning of B5 (L12) Tic-tac-toe: Read the passage in advance & prepare 9 prompts, e.g. T/F, gap-fill, wrong info. Excuse me: Print passage & plan “wrong” factual information. Read passage aloud, Sts identify “problem”, say “Excuse me” & correct info. Land of whisky mountains, of whisky Mel Gibson. Japanese Focus: Questions with / without auxiliaries Alternatively, ask students to ‘prepare’ the content for the games.

PLUS 6 - U9 Lesson 02 Advertising E-routes (Lgg lab- Reading lab-Level 3- The Power of Advertising) Suggested procedures: End of Lesson 01 – next class topic Advertising. Test knowledge about topic. Suggest E-Route for lexis / ideas.

Suggested procedures: Slightly adjust Lesson 02 step 2 procedures. Elicit lexis learnt/ideas.... enters our minds subliminally,... Speaking Practice (E-route input & MMClass): (GW) Talking about selling, advertising campaigns,TV adverts & their appeal for potential buyers. Discuss what makes a good ad.

BASIC 2 – (L06) A5 Is /Are there & rooms E-routes (Lgg lab- Listening Lab-Level 1- Describing a house 1) Suggested procedures:Assign task after A4 (there is/are + & -). Consolidation & Input - extracting meaning from context)

My house In my house there are two floors. Upstairs there's a bedroom and a bathroom. Downstairs there are 2 rooms: a kitchen and a living room. There's a garage but there isn't a garden. There’s a bathroom downstairs. There’s one floor. There isn’t a garden. There isn’t a kitchen upstairs. TRUE or FALSE

BASIC 3 – (L21) C5 Harry Potter E-routes (Leisure- News & Views -Harry Potter) Potterese

Suggested procedures: Class competition Further Practice: (GW) Play hangman using these words. Scoring: 1. Get the word right & 2. Say the “definition” sentence (pre- cycling: who, which, that, when). Suggested procedures: Class competition. Either use activity before extra practice (TG) or use both E-route & extra practice in an Open Lesson (L26 or 27)

BASIC 1 – (L10) B3 Harry Potter E-routes (Leisure- Movie Maniacs – You the reviewer) Suggested procedure: Provide sts with a model text & encourage them to post their reviews. A film review? Too difficult for Basic 1!

(Title) is a (+ or – adjective) film. (Actor’s name) is (+ or – adjective) as (character’s name). Don’t miss it! / Don’t waste your money on it!!

BASIC 1 - A3 Classroom Objects E-routes (Lgg Lab – Vocabulary Lab – Level 1 – In the classroom) Suggested procedures: Set E-route task HW – next class elicit new words learnt. * A chance to expand their knowledge * A chance to become more autonomous * A test-type item

BASIC 1 - B5 Family & Possessive ‘S E-routes (Lgg Lab – Voc Lab – Level 1 – Family 1) Suggested Procedures: Either at the end of (L12) B5 or (L13) B6, tell sts in E-Route (HW), they’ll learn new “family” words.

Suggested Procedures: Either in L13 or L14 (open), elicit the meaning of new words. Draw the same family tree on B. Use it to revise possessive ‘S (B5) & talking about age (A4) by asking sts to guess people’s ages. Go to Take Action 1 lesson, e.g. # 4 (Resources Pack – Practise Twins).

BASIC 1 – B6 Talking about favourites E-routes (Travel the world / Visit England / English bands - level 1 / Getting started)

Suggested procedures: After (L13) B6 #11 (PW – favourite singer/band), elicit bands mentioned in the lesson. Go to E- / Play songs for sts to identify bands. Suggested procedures: After (L13) B6 #11 (PW – favourite singer/band), elicit bands mentioned in the lesson. Go to E- / Play songs for sts to identify bands. Ask sts to use E-route (HW) to learn about other English bands. Ask sts to choose their favourite band and their best song.(Allow sts to bring songs to class.) L14 (Open) – PW talk about the bands and songs. Choose a song brought by sts and play it. Give sts a simple task, e.g. listen for (the target) adjectives. Ask sts to use E-route (HW) to learn about other English bands. Ask sts to choose their favourite band and their best song.(Allow sts to bring songs to class.) L14 (Open) – PW talk about the bands and songs. Choose a song brought by sts and play it. Give sts a simple task, e.g. listen for (the target) adjectives.

BASIC 3 - A5 Directions Two E-routes (Lgg Lab – List Lab – L1 – Directions & L2 Asking for directions) Suggested Procedures: (L06 A5 ACTION Activity Book – List. task as HW) Save task for future HW. Or use it in an Open Lesson before PC1. You may need to write a sketch map on board or a few focus sentences. Tourist 1:Excuse me, is there a bank near here? Woman: Yes. Go straight on. Turn right and the bank is next to the cinema. Tourist 1: Thank you. Tourist 2: Excuse me, is there a tube station near here? Man: Yes. Go straight on and turn left. The tube station is opposite the supermarket. Tourist 2: Thanks.

Suggested Procedures: Passage a bit more complex. Use task towards the end of the term, e.g. as recycling Pre-PC3.

LOADS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR SELF-STUDY & ‘AULAS DE APOIO’ LANGUAGE LAB & STUDENT SUPPORT FUN: GAMES INTERACTIVE TOOLS

EXPLORING E-PRACTICE AS A MOTIVATIONAL TOOL Modern Technology & EFL teaching How can we make the most of teaching TEENAGERS in the digital era?

Think about TV adverts. Which products are more frequently advertised? What are the best / the worst advertising campaigns on TV at the moment? In your opinion, what are the reasons why TV commercials appeal so much to people? What kinds of TV adverts do you like most? Why? Which ones do you hate? Why?

BASIC 4 – 6 / PLUS ppt MMClass Folder

PLUS 3 – 6 Notebook

BASIC 1, 2, 3 Resources Pack Folder