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A Sense of Balance The Key to Success for Young
Teenagers Rob Dean, Serbia, February 2011
A Sense of Balance The Key to Success for Young
Teenagers Rob Dean, Serbia February 2011
Today’s Agenda:
Balance (n, c/u)A state in which
opposite forces or influences exist in equal or the correct amounts in a way that is good.
Longman Active Study Dictionary
Today’s Menu:
… of skills and language… of interactions and intelligences … of learner support and learner
autonomy… of fantasy, creativity and reality…of the familiar and the new
Balance…
What are we aiming for?
How do we get there?•Grammar: Present Perfect, Past Simple
•Vocabulary: Music
•Skills: Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing
•Practice and Preparation Time
Language development:
Vocabulary
Language development:
Vocabulary
Language development: VocabularyLanguage development: Vocabulary
Language development: VocabularyLanguage development: Vocabulary
Focus on Grammar:
Language Input as it once was:
One way traffic...
‘Right! Read this!
The present perfect is a very difficult concept that does not exist in every language. We use it to link the past to the present in some way – for example when we can see the present result of something that happened in the past. We don’t usually include a time expression with the present perfect (except when we use for and since). We make the present perfect simple affirmative by following the subject with the appropriate present tense form of the auxiliary ‘have’ then the past participle or third form of the main verb. The closed interrogative form is made by simple inversion of the auxiliary and the main verb.
‘Do you understand?’
Student
InformationKnowledge
What is needed for effective language input?
• Student involvement
What is needed for effective language input?
• Student involvement • A relevant context
Contexts: A Quiz
Contexts…
True or false:
The Romans introduced cats, carrots and false teeth to England.
Contexts…
True or false:
Queen Victoria was Britain’s smallest – and longest reigning queen.
Contexts…
Gordo was the name of the first what in space?
a)monkey
b)dog
c) mouse
Contexts…
How many stars are there on Hollywood’s ‘Walk of Fame’?
a)About 1,000
b)About 2,000
c) More than 3,000
Contexts…
Which is the biggest volcano in the world?
a)Etna
b)Vesuvius
c) Kilimanjaro
A context for grammar that learners will identify
with
Who does the work?
• StudentsAutonomy
• Teacher / coursebookSupport
Developing Autonomy
Providing Support
Providing Support (S) or
Developing Autonomy (A) ?
The Trouble The Trouble with Grammarwith Grammar
illogical difficult
abstract invisible
What’s changed?Making grammar visible
Look at your partner for 90 seconds.
Turn around and look away from your partner
Change three things about your appearance
Look at your partner again and try to spot what’s changed.
Result?Present perfect made visual, fun and memorable.
The power of imagination
and the story form…
The power of imagination
and the story form…
The power of imagination
and the story form…
The power of imagination
and the story form…
The power of imagination
and the story form…
The power of imagination
and the story form…
The power of imagination and the story form…
Why stories?•Binary elements: eg: good and bad
•Structure: Beginning, middle, end
•Language learned and practised in a story is memorable
•Learners read (and watch!) stories in their own language
pres
ent p
erfe
ct
past
sim
ple
Back to reality… Talking about ourselves
Personal Contexts, Real Communication
Write down the name of...A good (or bad) film you’ve seen A beautiful (or horrible) city you’ve visitedSomebody who’s annoyed you (or made you happy)A good (or bad) restaurant you’ve been toA good (or bad) book you’ve read The most distant place you’ve ever travelled to
So far:
… of skills and language… of interactions and intelligences … of learner support and learner
autonomy… of fantasy, creativity and reality… of the familiar and the new
Balance…
Balancing the known with the new – another
example
Language teaching and learning… What’s it all
about?Communication!
