2. How to Teach Low Achievers English “More” Effectively Joe Yi-ming Lee Taipei Municipal Zhongzheng Senior High School

3. I. Introduction (Problem) My low achievers (P.E. Talented Students) --- Low motivation/ High anxiety --- No learning strategies/ Bad learning attitudes --- Bad information processing (ex) Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star What should I do?

4. II. English Teaching in My EFL Classroom Teacher-centered? Individual differences Multiple intelligences? Diversity Comprehension checks/Recycling Eclectic teaching

5. III. Common Activities (Group/Pair/Individual Work) poster presentation chants and songs (Karaoke Party)songs http://tubeoke.com/ dramas/skits (dialogues) dramasskitsdialogues TPR activities/games (stand up, spelling bee, Crazy ABC, Who’s smarter than…?)Who’s smarter than…? festival activities (gingerbread/Christmas Shoes/Halloween Quiz)Halloween Quiz picture-drawing (picture books/comics/story)picture comicsstory http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/ http://www.wordle.net/http://www.wordle.net/

6. Extra Activities Ten Useful Sentences in Daily Life (Each Week) Reading Novels (Christmas in Prague/Red-headed League) Weekly Journal Online Homework (diligentjoe.wordpress.com) Language Corner Magic English (National Education Radio)

7. Teaching Procedures Warm-up & Pre-reading --- Quizzes --- Jokes/Tongue TwistersJokes --- Picture/Photo Reading --- Q&A --- Task Completion (Poster Presentation/Skits)Task Completion --- Dictation --- YouTube Film Clips (Mad TV/ Table7 /Annoying Orange 1 2)YouTube Film ClipsTable712 --- Share Your Personal Experiences --- Storytelling (voice over) http://www.fotobabble.com/ --- Polish Your SpeechPolish Your Speech --- How-toHow-to --- elloello --- ESL videoESL video

8. Presentation --- Vocabulary teaching (sentence-making, creating a story, rotation, images, Google, http://www.freesound.org/ ) http://www.freesound.org/ --- Explanation of the paragraphs --- Emphasis on the reading strategies (skimming/scanning, story map, questions for discussion,story mapquestions for discussion read-look up-and-say activity, peer teaching, rotation ) --- Explanation of sentence patterns (Grammar in Context 11 2 3)23 --- interaction, drawing, visual aids, Google Map, students’ demonstration

9. Extension Activities --- the connection between reading and writing (New Year Resolution/My Dream/Daily Schedule/My Hobby/English Journal/ Group Writing/Creating a New Ending/Love Letter)Love Letter --- the connection between reading and speaking (McDonald’s, Western Restaurant, Create Their Personal Dialogues: Phrases/Idioms) ---arcade games /arcade townarcade games

10. Wrap-up --- comprehension check --- singing a songsinging a song --- interview (interviewer/interviewee)interview Your Press Conference --- translation practices (Fortune Bags) --- a short speech/report/ debatespeechreportdebate --- toastmastertoastmaster

11. The End!