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Featured blog of the month for April
Submitted by ellenpd on 3 May, 2012 - 20:44
Our latest featured blog is Fiona Mauchline's - 'macappella'. Fiona is based in Spain, and in April wrote a great post on how to get teens really talking by personalising, rather than personalisation - to find out the difference, read the blog entry! Fiona gives some great insights into how teenagers think and some wonderful but simple ideas to make speaking activities work better for this age group.
http://macappella.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/a-matter-of-confidence-personalising/
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I very often begin lesson with a short chant in which I ask questions like "Where would you like to be?" or "What do you wish you could do?".
I agree that when our pupils associate language with something in their lives and relate to the topic they are more likely to remember what they've learned, but any tips on how to make that happen? I find that even when I use songs and other materials that should be very close to their own lives and feelings, mental blocks still prevent them from absorbing the language and they may remember what we talked about but not the words.
IT is useful and helpful to be read . Thanks alot.
What Kara said is true and interesting but using the same technique very often may make things boring for some pupils.we can reach the same objective by using other ways to start lessonswith.It is good to start with chants but not all the sessions.I think that depends on the topic .