Thus, by using drama and film in the teaching process we facilitate communication, contact with genuine English accents combining pleasure and learning in a more successful manner. As spoken language is supported by visual elements understanding of the plot and of the dialogues proper become easier ...
Speaking is not something you associate traditionally with short stories, but it takes just a bit of creativity on the part of the parent or the teacher to turn a reading lesson into a speaking lesson. There are stories such as theAnt and the Grasshopperthat lend themselves to dialogues very...
they can revise the vowels /e/, /&:/, /$/, /+:/and /ei/. E. 2 and 3 help consolidate the dialogues in this lesson. For Ex. 4, do an example with the Ss, using I'm sorry,… -It doesn't matter. Let me… Then get
While PD and DD students engaged in argumentative peer dialogues on a series of controversial issues designed based on textbook contents (Shi et al., 2021, 2024), Control students discussed the same set of topics and their related textbook contents in a whole-class, teacher-led format for the...
I have a feeling these weaker students have been cheating and bluffing their way through English classes for years, with little consequence. Not on my watch! Do I care too much? Maybe. But, I guess I like to pretend that what I do actually makes a difference. ...
establishand maintain social relationships and individual identities through pairand/or group activities. It enhances personal rapport and lowers the affectivefilter,involvingthe learner’s wants, needs, feelings, and emotions. These activitiesare carried out mainly through dialogues, role-plays, and ...
Students in K-12 schools almost never had a chance to practice the English language with a native speaker or stimulate dialogues and situations where they could use it with each other in the classroom. This situation was further aggra- vated by the fact that there was little or no ...
It is commonly believed that science teachers rely on language that allows only minor flexibility when it comes to taking into account contrasting views and pupil thoughts. Too frequently science teachers either pose questions that target predefined answers or simply lecture through lessons, a major co...
A Course in English Language Teaching Unit 1 Language and Learning Views on language语言观 Structural view结构主义 结构主义 as a linguistic system functional view功能主义 功能主义 as a linguistic system but also a means for doing things,base on communicative functions Interactional view交互性 交...
Make up a new dialogue using be going to have a swim. Practise it with the class. Then let the Ss work in pairs, making up new dialogues using the words in the box on the right. Ask some pairs to act theirs out. Do Wb Lesson 13, Ex.1.(You may ask them questions orally yoursel...