a practical guide to implementing methodology for esp

Presentation outline

• Methodology in action – sample lesson

• Discussion of lesson rationale

• Extension activities

Sample lesson.

• Objective: Create a promotional video for your town• Warmer• Lead-in• Controlled practice• Freer practice• Extension

Warmer

Find someone who:

1. Has been to an English speaking country

2. Would like to be a tour guide

3. Can say ‘hello’ in 5 languages

4. Can name 5 capital cities in Europe in 5 seconds

5. Would like to live in another country

Lead in

Make a list of words related to tourism

Use the last letter of each word to start the next word

e.g. tourism, money,

yield, dollars.

Extended lead-in

Choose a word from your list

Make a sentence with it. (6 words minimum)

Mime the sentence to your partner

Controlled practice – gist listening

• Where is Brewood?• What can you do there?

Scaffolding

• Complete the gaps:

• Brewood is a ______ village in Staffordshire, in the ________ _________ of England

• It is famous for ____ history.• _______ _____ lots of old buildings and ___

interesting church.

Freer practice

Where is RAK?What can you do there?

Extension

Note questions Transcription

Montgomery Alabama

Montgomery is actually a very important city in

regard to American civil rights, so people will see

a Rosa Parks exhibit. And she is a very important

part of civil rights and the equality of people in

America.

Topic based syllabus

http://bd1.wetpaint.com/

Extension – world of work

Topic word lists

Vocabulary games with word lists

http://www.spellingcity.com/hangmouse-kids-hangman-online.html

Words into sentences

http://www.spellingcity.com/unscramble-the-sentence-vocabulary-game.html

Blogs as learning repositories

http://nathan-lomax.blogspot.co.uk/

Multimedia

http://normaldreem.blogspot.co.uk/

Student blogs

http://mad-girl2010.blogspot.co.uk/

Collaborative podcasting

http://www.voxopop.com/topic/8628a94e-046b-4be6-9138-c4de9da07313

Using multimedia to process language

http://h00203130.blogspot.co.uk/

The visual essay

http://photopeach.com/album/7oo5mq?ref=est

Web based feedback