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Integrating areas

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When I had to teach “Animals and their homes” I thought of “The Jungle book” as a great setting.   I would teach lexical contents, such as   modal verb “can” , common verbs and new vocabulary to give information, adapting the story to their level, using realia, flashcards, posters, audios, and  projecting the movie. I could take advantage of it working on E.S.I, bringing some situations to the classroom    and asking questions such as: How do you think   the children reacted when they met   Mowgli?   Can you imagine their relationship? Did they accept him? Do we accept and respect our differences? ,   etc. Nice experience.
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Providing quality feedback

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ABOUT FEEDBACK Hi everybody! Take a look at this article! How to Provide Positive, Meaningful Feedback to Your Foreign Language Students fluentu.com/blog/educator/language-feedback/ To correct or not to correct? That is the question… Whether ‘It is better to provide the correct answer, or to give enough information so that students have the tools to correct their own mistakes themselves, and there in–we hope–to end them. Ah, to dream… Teaching is an art, and nowhere more so than in giving feedback in language classes. The feedback you give—and how you deliver it—can be the difference between motivating a student who has an “a-ha” moment thanks to your correction and unintentionally discouraging a student who then becomes disengaged or afraid. It’s a really powerful teaching tool when used correctly. So how, when and what type of language feedback should you give to be a more effective language instructor? We’re going to look at six types of corrective feedback, four t...
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Assignment 1

TASK MACROFUNCT.   MICROFUNCT.  GRAMMAR The club of your neighbourhood is organizing a competition. You and your Likes and dislikes friends have been invited. Statements (PS) You have to choose the most suitable Socializing Exchanging Wh-Questions sport/activity for each. How often…? Look at   sports magazines with personal Frequency Adv. your partner. Ask your partner information Expressions of time about his/her favourite free time Prepositions of activity/sport/hobby. time Step 1 Create a number of schema- Look for clubs or places in which you building tasks that introduce initial can play/do your favourite sport/ vocabulary, language and context activity (use your cell phone) for the ta...
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