real lives real progress rob dean. how time flies... 70s 80s 90s noughties teens???
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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
• 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!
