Yoko Tachibana Lacey Love

What problems come to mind when you think about student communication?

Our Class Goals We want students to: – Speak – Try to communicate – Make themselves understood Do so without fear…

Our Class Goals We don’t mean being nervous. We mean the fear that keeps students from even trying.

Today’s Goal As teachers, we can be afraid, too. We hope to give you some activities and ideas to start the scaffolding process.

Communication Scaffolding If your goal is for students to be able to communicate… Trick them into learning the skills piece by piece.

Every lesson starts with a 1MS. Students are in pairs. They Janken. The loser starts. The winner counts words. Half the class is talking and half is counting.

Our students can do easier topics, such as “My favorite food…” But also… “How will Japan be different 100 years from now?”

Let’s try it! Please make a pair. Please choose the topic. Let’s try 30 sec.

Building Background This is how we use T.T. lessons Power Point with images and videos As a precursor to the grammar lessons Knowledge

Building Background They’re better prepared for the text They get the “bones” of the lesson All they need now is the “meat” Knowledge

Building Background Here is an excerpt from a T.T. lesson about the Polynesian Voyaging Society. Knowledge

Hawaii Game Your team is at your table. Listen about Hawaii. I will ask a question. Janken. Loser(s): say the answer.

Let’s Learn Hawaiian! Hello = Aloha Goodbye = Aloha `oe Thank you = Mahalo

Society = Group of People / Club

Building Background Sometimes we teach around the text When students start the textbook, they have a better framework Knowledge

The 5 Ws Listening Quiz This is how we start teaching the actual text. After T.T., they have an idea what the lesson is about. But they don’t know the specifics.

The 5 Ws Listening Quiz They only know the name of the lesson plus anything from T.T. We start by listening to the CD. Students do a quiz.

The 5 Ws Listening Quiz

They don’t catch everything, especially at the beginning. But, even if they can only write one thing, that’s a success!

The 5 Ws Listening Quiz Go over the quiz as a class. Each student says one word. They can listen to at least 42 words.

The 5 Ws Listening Quiz This gives them a second piece of the puzzle. By the time they start reading, they have: – T.T. Background – The 5Ws from the listening quiz

Vocabulary After the listening quiz, we start vocabulary. They may have heard it, but they might not know what it means.

Vocabulary How can we get students to learn the vocabulary? How can we get students to communicate in English using the vocabulary?

Word Lists Students match the word with the Japanese definition. They also have to find an English definition.

Word Lists It starts to scaffold using English only definitions. It gets them ready to explain the vocabulary.

Word Games After finishing the Word List, they should know the vocabulary. Time for games to test their knowledge!

Crossfire Teacher can read the English definition. Students say the word. Students in that row and column sit down.

Spelling Race Students are in teams by column. One student goes to the board. Teacher calls a word and they have to spell it.

Meaning Race Same idea as Spelling Race, but Teacher calls out the English definition. First student to write the word gets 1 point. This got to be too easy.

Janken Game In this game, students Janken in pairs. Loser has to explain the word to the Winner. Winner has to guess the word.

Janken Game There are two ways to play this game. For beginners level: – Word by Word

Janken Game The second way to play is to give students 2 minutes to memorize. They have 5 minutes in pairs to try to get as many words as they can.

Janken Game They both have the same list of words. But they have to listen to the explanation carefully. Practice speaking and listening.

Janken Game Let’s try! Make a pair. Please use the words from the Word List. Remember how many you guess correctly!

Janken Game You have 30 seconds to memorize the list. 1 minute to get as many words as you can. Remember how many words you guessed.

What’s After Words? Now, students know the words in the text. They’ve listened once. So, it’s time for reading and listening comprehension.

Pair Question Game This game can be played to practice reading or listening comprehension. We make a list of simple questions for the text. Students read/listen.

Pair Question Game Teacher asks question. In pairs, students Janken. The loser must say the answer.

Let’s Try! 1.Please read the last page: Lesson 4, Part 3 2.Listen to the question. 3.Janken. 4.Loser, say the answer.

Repeat after me… Repeat after CD… Can get pretty boring.

Popcorn Reading pops between students. I usually do popcorn in pairs.

It’s not the best for phrasing. But it’s good to practice saying the words.

It makes them pay attention to the words as they’re reading.

Let’s try Popcorn 3. You could also Popcorn after each sentence. Popcorn between Teacher and Student.

Students get into pairs. Take turns reading each sentence. When they finish, sit down.

They try to read fast. But, their partner has to be able to understand them.

Let’s try! Make a pair. Each person read one sentence. When you finish, sit down.

A shadow follows its owner closely. Shadow reading follows closely.

Shadowing while looking at the textbook. Shadowing without the textbook.