Week 1
Welcome - Learning
to Learn
Here are the spring curriculum links:
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TEACHING RESOURCES
Objective - SWBAT get to know each other J
We added Sarah's PDF with different Icebreaker Activities to our Week 1 wiki.
Here's a preview (you might know this one) Check the PDF for more.
Ahhh, the first day of
class.
TESOL.org blogger Sarah Sahr thinks there's nothing better. Objective - SWBAT get to know each other J
We added Sarah's PDF with different Icebreaker Activities to our Week 1 wiki.
Here's a preview (you might know this one) Check the PDF for more.
Toilet Paper Trick:
This
ice-breaker is a bit silly. It uses an everyday household item that might make
people giggle. However, it will get people talking. Materials: One roll of
toilet paper (TP) Activity: It’s best if people sit in a circle. Starting with
yourself, say, “Take what you need” and model the action by taking a fair
amount of toilet paper (maybe wind it around your hand). Then pass the TP to
the person on your right and say, “Take only what you need.” Have that person
pass the TP to the person on the right and repeat, “Take only what you need.”
Keep going until everyone has some TP. For each square of TP the person took,
he or she has to say something about him or herself. It’s that simple.
Want more Icebreakers?
Want more Icebreakers?
Also great for the 1st
day of class:
Introduce FLASHCARDS to your students.
Hand out 3-5 paper flashcards per
students, brainstorm with students how to best use them. Then model one or two
ideas on the board and write cards together. Monitor/make sure students do it
correctly. Have learners quiz each other in class and encourage them to keep
working with cards on their own.
Optional: Try an online version with
Quizlet.com
Email
us if you have questions/comments
A few helpful flashcard-links:
7 Ways to Use Flashcards in English Language Teaching (click HERE)
Ready made flashcards from eslflashcards.com (click HERE)
How to Use Flashcards to Introduce New Words (click HERE)
From our colleague David Fobair:
Since many students continue for more than one cycle, I always like to have a fresh intro/warm-up for the first day of class.
HERE’S
A LINK to a variation of "Find Someone Who" that I just created. It's a little more straight forward. I call it 'Ask One Question!' J
(We added it to the Week1 Wiki, with other Find-someone-who's)
Also, I ran across the following in the TESOL Blog:
I didn't get too far in my inquiry but lessonpick.com looks like a decent resource for sharing or finding classroom materials. The materials are for grades K - 12, but there's, adult materials to and for ELLs.
See:
Today's guest blogger Yefei Jin discusses how education technology can help teachers collaborate and problem solve. He is the founder of LessonPick.com, a free English language teaching resource-sharing platform. Read more of this post
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Do you have
icebreakers or other ideas to share?
Shoot us an email: elizabethschade@nypl.org / elkestappert@nypl.org
Check out different
activities for beginners, intermediate and advanced students. Most require an
internet connection in the planning stage, but not in the classroom.
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Scott Thornbury is an internationally recognized academic and teacher trainer in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT). Thornbury has written over a dozen books on ELT methodology.Two of these, 'Natural Grammar' and 'Teaching Unplugged', have won the British Council's "ELTon" Award for Innovation, the top award in the industry (in 2004 and 2010, respectively).
Thornbury is also the series editor for the Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers,[nd the author of many academic papers on language teaching. His 'A-Z of ELT' blog is one of the most influential and well-visited blogs in the field of ELT. His approximately 15 textbooks for beginning and intermediate learners have been published by major academic presses, including both Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press, although his recent stance regarding 'Teaching Unplugged'--also the title of one of his methodology books—is often described as being strongly anti-textbook.
Currently, Thornbury is Associate Professor of English Language Studies at the New School in New York, and Academic Director at the International Teacher Development Institute.
Read his blog here: Thornbury: An A-z of ELT
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