PSTDP Garanhuns Week 10 Communicative Language Teaching Text based activities Most classroom activities should be communicative Task based activities Teacher as coach

Spooky Vocabulary

Warm up: What is spookier?

Analyze the Tea Party Learners talk quite a bit Participation is even Motivation is high Language is at an appropriate level The objective is clear

Today’s Objectives and Agenda Reflect on their progress in implementing CLT strategies in their classes Reflect on the steps required for the peer observations Pronounce regular past tense verbs with the correct final sound Complete an evaluation Warm up: Tea Party Check in: Gallery Walk Reflection: Peer Observation/Model Lesson Review: Numbered Heads Together Evaluation

How to start Practice here Start with one activity Start with one class Choose activities that take no prep Choose a learning partner Analyze yourself in the classroom Be kind to yourself Be a scientist Laugh if it doesn’t work

Pre-Observation Conference Which class is it? What is the teaching point? How will it be communicative ? What is the focus of my observation? (from the lesson planning guide) What is your perception of the students?

Analyze the Tea Party Learners talk quite a bit Participation is even Motivation is high Language is at an appropriate level The objective is clear

Observation: Take notes 12:14 T began class 12:15 T gave objectives and asked for Qs 12:17 Ice Breaker: T asked Ss to draw picture of the noun on their sheets. Ss came to front of the room. 12:22: Group gets started. Took 5 minutes.

Post-Observation Conference How do you think the lesson went? These are the positive things I saw. One suggestion End on courteous note.

Cultural Note about Sandra

Study Practice: Numbered Heads Together

Study Guide 1.Discuss your Language Learning Plan: goal, materials, method, and plan. Describe one thing you have done (or will do) for your Language Learning Plan (LLP.) Discutir o seu Plano de Aprendizagem de Línguas: objetivo, materiais, método e plano. Descreva uma coisa que você fez (ou fará) para o seu Plano de Aprendizagem de Línguas (LLP.)

Week 3: Designing LLPs pages Choosing a goal 2.Choosing study and practice methods 3.Making a concrete plan 4.Setting criteria for evaluating progress

Study Guide 2.Describe an ice breaker or a warm up that you have played with your class. How do games help students learn grammar? Descreva um ice breaker o warm-up que você já jogou com a sua turma. Como jogos ajudam ss aprender gramática?

Ice Breaker: Quick, interactive, learn about each other Warm up: Quick, interactive, prepare for the lesson

Name Throw 1.I’m ______. 2. You are ______. 3. What is your name again? gloves

Line Up! (Ice Breaker) 1.By birthday month 2.# of years teaching

Fold Up (Warm-up) Have you used music in your class? Do you speak English with your students? Have you used an ice breaker in your classes? Have you used pair work or group work in your classes? Is there any question you would like to ask.

Ice Breaker: 3 adjectives Beginner: say three adjectives and guess which animal Advanced: How does this animal represent your own personality?

Categories

Warm up: Paper, Rock, Scissors What did you do yesterday? Yesterday, I _______. Well, I didn’t _____.

Warm up: What is spookier?

Study Guide 3. Compare the sage and the coach approaches to teaching. Are you more like the coach or like the sage? Why? Compare o sábio e as abordagens para o ensino treinador. Se parece mais com o treinador ou como o sábio? Por quê?

Chapter 2 pages 26 and 27 The Sage The Coach

What is successful teaching? Success for a Sage …the polish of their classroom performances …is when students understand the task the Sage is trying to explain Success for a coach …depends more on what the students do outside of the classroom than on what teachers do inside of the classroom.

Study Guide 4. What is communicative language teaching? How does it help students learn English? What is one communicative activity do you do in your classes? O que é o ensino de línguas comunicativo? Como é ajudar os alunos a aprender Inglês? O que é uma atividade comunicativa que você faz nas suas aulas?

What is communicative language teaching? Page vi The main goal of language learning is to improve the ability to use language for communication and that many or most of the activities in language classes will be genuinely communicative in nature. A big part of your classes should be students communicating with each other.

Principles of Brain/Mind Based Learning Caine and Caine Shaping English Webinar

The Basic Information Communicative Language Teaching Text based activities Most classroom activities should be communicative Task based activities Teacher as coach

Study Guide 5. What are some advantages and disadvantages of using textbooks? Quais são umas vantagem e desvantagem do uso de livros didáticos na sala de aula?

Textbook Analysis: Sat am Advantages Disadvantages Structured language You don’t have to write everything on the board Good texts There are CD’s Pictures Dynamic exercises Diverse topics and they’re current Improve reading abilities Long texts Short grammar tips No DVDs Difficult activities and instructions Activities are not fun Level is too high Listening activities are too fast

Textbook Analysis: Sat pm Advantages Disadvantages Saves time Class dynamic Comprehensive Various themes Contemporary ideas Pictures Interactive exercises Reading texts They aren’t adapted for the local area sometimes Level is too hard All in English Bad music on the CDs Limited vocabulary They suppose that students already speak English They speak fast

Textbook Analysis: page 44 Advantages Disadvantages Less preparation Continuity Students can study and review Students see progress Too much material Lots of grammar, vocabulary and reading Not enough speaking and listening Covering material is the goal

Study Guide 7. What motivates your students? Demotivates? What are two ways you can increase your students’ motivation? O que motiva sua ss? Desmotiva? Quais são as duas maneiras que você pode aumentar sua motivação ss?

Use the text: Pages 29 and 30 Page 35 #6

Cultural Note about Sandra

A test. +1 Answers all questions in the prompt. +1 Demonstrates understanding +1 Gives examples +1 Answers all questions in the prompt. +1 Demonstrates understanding +1 Gives examples

Today’s Objectives and Agenda Reflect on their progress in implementing CLT strategies in their classes Reflect on the steps required for the peer observations Pronounce regular past tense verbs with the correct final sound Complete an evaluation Warm up: Tea Party Check in: Gallery Walk Reflection: Peer Observation/Model Lesson Review: Numbered Heads Together Evaluation

Class over! Thank you!

Link the –ed to the next word Second word is a vowel Stressed out Stress dout Cooked it Cook dit Second word has similar sound Planned to go plan to go Listened to Listen to Fixed the TV Fix the

Practice linking 0 He filled out the form 0 The meeting has been called off 0 I checked in this morning 0 She’s already checked out. She pointed out my mistake. It will be phased out. I turned down the offer. I looked over your CV

One more time to practice: He stopped at a gate and saw a sign that said “No Trespassing”. He walked on and saw a gate with a lock. He opened the lock and the chain fell. The gate opened with a loud creaking sound. He looked around with his flashlight and spotted the full moon. Just then clouds covered the sky and a wolf howled. Lightening flashed. All of a sudden, bats flew out of a tree. On another tree an owl woke up and hooted. The thunder sounded. The young man continued on towards a big, scary house. He climbed the stairs. On the porch, a rocking chair rocked all by itself and squeaked loudly. How can that be? Music played. A person screamed. The lights flickered.

Textbook Analysis: Thursday Advantages Disadvantages You don’t need to write so much on the white board. They have tests and CD’s. They provide strategies The grammar is clear. Many different activities. Vocabulary Improves listening skills Different types of texts Test and grammar are partners Games Pictures Crosswords Sometimes no CD Sometimes no music Poor activities Presuppose that students have learned all past lessons Language is too high Doesn’t relate to local realities

Study Guide 6. Describe an experience (a class, method, or strategy) that helped you learn English. How can you use your experience as a learner to help your students learn? Descreva uma experiência (uma classe, método ou estratégia) que o ajudou a aprender Inglês. Como você pode usar sua experiência como aprendiz para ajudar seus alunos a aprender?

Study Guide 8. In your opinion, what are three important qualities for a teacher to have? Why did you choose these qualities? Na sua opinião, quais são três qualidades importantes para um professor de ter? Por que você escolheu essas qualidades?

Communicative Activity: How did it go? Gallery Walk What would you change? What would you keep? What advice do you need? What advice can you give?