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Syllabus Design.

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TASK MACROFUNCTION MICROFUNCTION GRAMMAR Role play. You are in a restaurant. Ask for the most suitable menu for you. Exchanging goods and services Asking for food and desserts. Wh- questions, Yes/No questions. Imperatives. Greetings. How much…? STEPS 1)Look at a magazine   and find items of food. Write them down. Then, look at real food ( food boxes, packaging, etc) and try to identify the vocabulary.       2)   Listen to a model conversation between two people discussing the menu in a restaurant. Afterwards, read it and practice the conversation. 3    3)Listen to other conversations in different restaurants all over the world. Match the conversation with the correct country/place. 4    4) Listen again to conversations and note intonation. Pay attention to greetings. Write complete quest...
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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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