texts and dialogues training
TRANSCRIPT
Training Workshop Teaching Texts and Dialogues
17th June 2015
Let’s warm up with…
A coat of arms
Used in medieval times to show family lineage
Draw one to show the background and spirit of your team
Yo have 5 mins!
In today’s workshop, we’ll look at…
Teaching Terrible Texts
Why teach texts and dialogues?
✓ Give visible structure to a lesson
✓ Allow students to prepare and review
✓ Give students a sense of achievement
✓ Present a professional image
My name is Harry, and I hate teaching texts.
Too long
Too much detail
Unrelated to students’ lives
M4AC1: You’re the Doctor!
Grammar Vocabulary
Functional language
What’s the aim of a text?
StructureSkills
Comprehension
So how can we improve them?
Make texts…
Fun
Useful
Quick
Play a game, have a competition or use humour
Link it to the students’ everyday lives and needs
Don’t take in every word, move on swiftly!
Activities a la carte
Entrees Brainstorm activities that could help use a text or dialogue in a lesson.
Mains Consider the aim of each activity and write a one line explanation.
Desserts We will make an activity menu for everyone to use.
Activity
Menu
Putting it into practice
Pick one of your team’s ‘terrible texts’
Choose two activities that could
be applied to the text or dialogue
Prepare the two activities, including clear instructions
and materials
Present a demonstration or
walkthrough of the two activities
Re-visiting my ‘Terrible Text’
M4AC1: You’re the Doctor!
Demonstrate CPR; Students choose the
correct order
Pairs demonstrate other first aid methods, with a
similar activity
What was the point of all that?
✓ Understand the benefits of using texts and dialogues.
✓ Establish clear aims when using a the textbook material
✓ Create activity ideas we can all use in our lessons
Any questions?
Homework
Yes, homework…
1. Pick one lesson on your schedule where you hate the text or dialogue.
2. Develop a new activity for the text, with a clear plan.
3. Use the activity in your lesson.
4. Send me an email with the activity plan and feedback on how it went.
Due: Before the next workshop (15th July)