teacher training session with dede wilson, manchester june 2013
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Training session for Chinese language teachers sponsored by Macmillan Education (publishers of Discover China) and the Confucius Institute at Manchester University.TRANSCRIPT
Let’s TalkCommunicate in
Chinese
Dede Wilson
Having fun is a serious business
Taking it off the page
Clear aimsLearner styles and
expectations
Warmers, fillers & coolers
For the in-between moments
Stand up if…..Opportunity to listen and respondReminding/revising of language learntMotivating, confidence building startPunctuality motivator
Warmers, fillers & coolers
Shaking hands
Student question: Fun, but
why?
Warmers, fillers & coolers
AimsWhat? How? Why?
AssumptionsWhat students know
What they need to know
Warmers, fillers & coolers
Door window
Warmers, fillers & coolers
Ping pong numbers
Warmers, fillers & coolers
Warmers, fillers & coolers
Using coursebooks
Teachers need themStudents need them
Why?
Doctors and Nurses
Receptive skills
Sports Ways to describe
Facilitate – personalize Teaching vocabulary Use student knowledge
Brainstorm
Set active listening tasks
Recognition tasks: true false; order number; sequence; tick; wrong wordPrediction tasks – use student life knowledge of context
FeedbackCheck in pairs first
Listen/read again, elicit answers
Use questions
Students ask and answer
Elicit reasons
Types of Listening
Listening to each other
Listening to each other
Name Sport Reason
Memory v Listening
Listening in a foreign language
Difficult to concentrate on every word Anxious Nervous and worried Trying to guess what’s coming next Want to ask questions and take notes when you miss something
Listening problems
1. Unfamiliar, strange- resistance
2. Noise
3. Too fast and too many words
4. Recognition – vocabulary – pronunciation
Listening solutions
Pre-teach key vocabulary/ pronunciation
Facilitate – simplify
Make it visual
Make it active
Make it familiar
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