exercising the brain of needy students
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This is a very hands-on, ready-tu-use workshop I presented at a regional Teacher's meeting in 2007 in São Paulo, BrazilTRANSCRIPT
Exercising the brain of needy students
with recycled and
well-known ideas
By Mirela C. C. Ramacciotti
Braz Tesol SIGs Get Together
October, 20, 2007
Who are the needy students?
Living in theOutskirts ofSão Paulo
Have 1-hour Class every
week
Attending Regular NGOs
Children and
Adolescents
PERSONALIZEMake it your own
Recycling ideas
Make use of PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
RUN FOR YOUR ANSWER
The brain is a pattern-seeker
CATEGORIES GAME
We store information by similarity but retrieve it by
difference
MAGIC WORDS
• Portuguese X English
• With Gaps
Help the brain learn best by CHANGING LOCATIONS
FOUR CORNERS
Make it challenging
QUESTION PYRAMID
Get the brain’s attention
• SPELLING BEE
• Using time
• Using colors
Color
green
color
red
color
grey
color
blue
white
color
yellow
color
orange
B F A Q I O R
C L H U Y
D M J W
E N K
G S
P X
T
V
Z
Help the brain learn by using visual aids
JUMBLE• Words
• Chunks A:__ __ __ __ __?B:__,_ __ __ __ __.A: __ __?B:__ __ __ __ __.
• Dialogue (example)Are/you/ready/to/order?Yes/I’d/like/a steak/and/
a coke.Anything/else?An apple/ pie/ for/
dessert/ please.
Use learner-imposed deadlines and peer pressure
RELAY RACE
With Questions
Example of Relay RaceCan I ....... You?
What’s your .....number?
What’s.......address?
Where are you........?
The brain is a pattern-seeker
COMBINE YOUR QUESTION
What give me your passport number? Is your last name? Are fill in this registration card? You my room number? Could your date of birth? American? Your Address?
Make it meaningful, relate or create
SPIDERGRAM
Relate the familiar to the unfamiliar
INWARDS
HOMEWORK
BOOKS SCHOOL
BOARD
STUDENTS
?
Relate
• OUTWARDS
HowKm...?
HowPeriod of
time..?
How$...?
Howare you?
Make it emotional, energetic and make GOOD use of peer
pressure
• TIC TAC TOE
Provide examples of things you find at
Snack
Area
Drugstore Movie
Theater
Super-Market
Restaurant Post Office
Info desk Gift shop Department Store
Give the nationality ending in
-ian -sh -an
-ch -ese -ian
-ese -ian -sh
Make sentences using these most frequent words (from the Cambridge
International Corpus)
I you a
And Uh That
The To it
Answer questions appropriately
What’s your name?
Where do you live?
Do you like ice cream?
What’s your Date of birth?
Where are you from?
Are you a student?
What do you want to be?
Where’s the toilet?
Is there a drugstore near here?
SUPER TIC TAC TOE
Receipt Potatoes Three
Thanks Their Bought
Cat Teacher Red
Dog Color Beach
Country Service Burger
Attention for Learning is influenced by Choice &
Relevance
BINGO
To practice occupations
N T E
B S C
D V A
To practice auxiliary verbs
She He It
We I They
He It You
Appeal to visual as well as auditory and kinesthetic
activities
RAP IT
Example: How’s the weather & The Alphabet Song
A Kiss
• Keep
• It• Simple
• Sweetheart!
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