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Real Lives Real Progress

Rob Dean

How time flies...How time flies...

70s

80s

90s

Noughties

Teens???

Michelle Obama Emma Watson J.K. Rowling

Steve Jobs Mark Zukerberg

Words to sum up a decade

• emoticon

• noob

• blog

• twitter

• google• i-• l.o.l.• p.o.s.

Source: Global Language Monitor

Part of Students’ Real Lives…

Bringing Students’ Real Lives into the classroom:• Real topics – things they

relate to• Real questions –

challenge to think• Real texts – things they

encounter in everyday life

• Real life – eg values, responsibility

1.Hours spent on Youtube

2.Hours spent communicating with friends

3.Hours spent researching homework

4.Hours spent looking for answers to ‘teenage’ questions

In one week: 31 Hours Online!

Source: Cybersentinel

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Real Topics

Contemporary Topic; Contemporary Vocabulary

Real Questions & Life Lessons

Language practice and REAL opinion sharing… and an authentic looking text…

Real Texts

Parents or Kids?

• I hate making Pizzas, but I love eating them

• Oh, dear! There isn’t much fresh food• We can’t live without coffee!• I don’t like drinking coffee. I prefer juice• Fruit is healthy. I like eating apples• I love watching football and eating

crisps

Multi-tasking:

•Vocabulary

•Grammar

•Exam Practice

Production

Bringing it all together!

Flexibility – catering for everyone

Tom

Remembering Vocabulary

Speaking, Listening, Grammar

Anna

Speaking, Grammar

Vocabulary

Integrated Exam Integrated Exam WorkWork

Who did best? What can we do to help?

Tom Anna

Parallel Task

BalanceThe needs of the exam…

… and the need for real world functional language

In summary• Real lives

• Multi-tasking

• Flexibilty

• Balance

My whole world is with me in my pocket…music, phone, camera…

(India, girl, 16)

It would be as horrible as falling off the end of the world, if my

mobile phone and games vanished. (China, boy, 15)

Why does going to school feel like going back in time?

(Saudi Arabia, boy, 14)

Balancing the known with the new – another

example

Active Teach

Balancing the known with the new – another

example

The Materials:Student Book

Workbook with Multi ROM

RealTime DVD

Class Audio CD

Teacher’s Handbook

Test Book with Audio CD

Active Teach

Companion Website: www.pearsonlongman.com/reallife

5 levels*

The Stars of Tomorrow:

They could be in your classrooms right now!

Happy Teaching!

Robert.Dean@pearson.com