1. ENGAGING AND MOTIVATING LOTE learners in the MIDDLE YEARS
Elizabeth Karakehagias
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2. The goal of the LOTE curriculum is to develop life-long, self-directed learners which necessitates the shift in responsibility for the management of the learning from the teacher to the learner
Students who are less willing to engage in oral activities appear to participate more when we use ICT
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3. FLASH CARDS (1) Reading – introduce or revise vocabulary
Spelling – visual of what the word looks like
Grammar – group them into nouns/verbs/adjectives
Vocabulary – synonyms/antonyms/missing word/make sentence/missing letters
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4. FLASH CARDS (2)
Students are shown a card with the beginning of a sentence and they are asked to continue the story or predict what comes next
Matching questions and answers
Celebrity heads
Follow directions
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5. FLASH CARDS (3)
Memory tester - place flash cards in a circle on the floor, give students one minute to memorize what they can see and then in groups they have to recall and write/draw as many as they can
Identification activity - cover the flash card with a piece of paper and slowly reveal it, have students guess what it is
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6. FLASH CARDS (4)
Drilling - place 9 cards on the board and draw a grid around them, point to each one as you drill them, always pointing to the one you are drilling – gradually remove each flash card BUT continue to drill and point to its place as if it is still there – once you remove all the cards ask the students to put them back into their correct place
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7. FLASH CARDS (5)
Flashcard war - write questions on one side of the card and the answers on the back, stack the cards in the middle of the table – each student takes turns at to answer the question and if they answer correctly they keep it if they answer incorrectly it is returned to the centre
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8. FLASH CARDS (6)
Telephone whispers - students stand in a row, the teacher shows a flash card to the last student, the student then reads it and whispers it to the student in front of him/her who whispers it to the student in front of them and so on until it gats to the front of the line
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9. FLASH CARDS (7)
Story dominoes - one student picks up a card from the centre of the table and tells a story about it, the next student picks up the next card and tries to continue the story
What is it? - student picks up a flash card and describes I to the rest of the group/class and they try to guess what it is
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10. Dix Points (ten points)
GAMES (1)
Dix Points (ten points)
this game can be used to review any kind of vocabulary by reading a word/expression/phrase in English or the LOTE and asking for the translation.
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11. Bingo– GAMES (2) a fun way to review vocabulary and grammar.
Prepare cards with grids
Write verbs in different tenses
Teacher reads out the verbs in the Present
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12. GAMES (3)
Hangman
a fun way to practise vocabulary/grammar/simple phrases. Make up a list of questions or sentences related to whatever you want to practise.
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13. GAMES (4) Twenty questions
using flash cards write words from a vocabulary group e.g. animals, times 2, distribute them and ask the students to find their pair by asking questions in the LOTE
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14. GAMES (5) Missing Headlines –
The aim is for students to read silently for information then speaking/discussing in pairs.
Cut out news items from a LOTE newspaper, paste the headlines and the article separately
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15. GAMES (6)
Flip a Card –
students will develop vocabulary/ form sentences
Have a pack of cards – for each card from ace to king, assign 2 letters of the alphabet and write these on the board e.g. ace-A,N – 2-B,O
Beginners say a word beginning with one of the letters that card represents
Intermediate – make a sentence
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16. GAMES (7) Running dictation-
promotes reading, recall, oral language/correct pronunciation, spelling/dictation as well as cooperation
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17. Using u-tube - songs
Type up the lyrics for each student, with words missing that they can fill in, and/or ask questions about the language used
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18. LOTE activities to engage students (1)
Guest speakers
Cooking demonstrations/lessons
Exposure to music
Correspondence with e-pals
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19. LOTE activities to engage students (2)
Celebrate national days
Investigate famous people
Investigate sports teams
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20. LOTE activities to engage students (3)
Investigate cities
Investigate produce/regions
Celebrations/special days/birthdays/name days
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21. LOTE activities to engage students (4)
Competitions organised by LOTE association
Puppets
Excursions to watch a film
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22. USEFUL SITES (1) Aussie educator Smart board resources
-languages other than English
-Victoria
-learning and teaching support
Smart board resources
Wiki – view LOTE – languages resources
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23. USEFUL SITES (2) Berwick Secondary College – using multimedia in LOTE
ais.vic.edu.au/schools/gov_programs/language.htm
Bookdepository.uk
Notebooksoftware
Easyspeak
Green octopus-the language company
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24. USEFUL SITES (3) Quizlet.com Northumberland.gov.uk
Intex book company-international resources
…made easy
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