Here is another fun and interesting way to get students to look at a text more than one time. Select a number of key words from a text. The number of words...
Here is yet another way to provide for multiple interactions with new vocabulary and reading passages. Before the reading, select a number of key words from...
There is a lot of data to support the fact that learning and retention increase when students work on activities together rather than individually. The...
Another way to combine reading with group work is to use a cooperative activity known as Jigsaw. Take the reading and divide it into three or four pieces....
One of the products coming out with the support materials for the new Ventures adult ESL series are reproducible worksheets of collaborative activities....
Collaborative activities has been shown to contribute to increased learning and better retention. Think/Pair/Share is a collaborative activity that works well...
This one is a little hard to put in an email, but it is too good not to share. So…you'll need to visualize a little. Make two lists of words, numbers,...
Jogger's memory is another great twist on a paired dictation. Make several copies of a short text. It can be a dialogue, a reading passage, a schedule or any...
Here are some other ways to use dictations. For beginning level students, dictations may just involve their filling in initial letter sounds in words. Or...
The communicative approach to language learning stresses the use of meaningful communication, emphasizing the importance of giving students a genuine reason or...
One of the major benefits of gap activities is that they significantly increase student talking time. As the activity is done in pairs, half of the students in...
Here are more ideas for gap activities. Make a grid on paper, with the heads of the columns lettered and the heads of the rows numbered. Thus, any particular...
An article in a recent Ventures Newsletter (go here for complete article: http://www.cambridge.org/us/esl/ventures/articles/enews0607a.htm) discusses how...
Another action mentioned in the Ventures eNewsletter (http://www.cambridge.org/us/esl/ventures/articles/enews0607a.htm ) to help promote community in the...
Inside-outside circles is another whole group activity to develop community in the classroom. Students stand in two concentric circles. The students in the...
Completing interview grids is another whole group activity that has been discussed in several earlier postings (see December 29th, January 12th and January...
Similarity groupings are another getting-acquainted activity for the whole class. The teacher announces a characteristic such as 'your birth month' and...
Class projects are a different type of whole group activity that help stengthen feelings of comfort and togetherness in the classroom. Depending on the topic,...
The Ventures eNewsletter on Strategies for Building Community in the Classroom (http://www.cambridge.org/us/esl/ventures/articles/enews0607a.htm) says: "Use...
Many classroom activities involve students working in pairs. Matching cards are a good way to get students working two-by two. Give one of the pairs of cards...
Adult students should be given the opportunity to decide the areas in which they would like to hear from an expert. Use the headings in the Yellow Pages for...
(Reposted from 8/31/07) A few years ago, the United States Department of Education commissioned a study, What Works in Adult Education. One of the most ...
(Reposted from 09/07/07) One way to bring the community into the classroom is through the use of guest speakers. Choosing and inviting a guest speaker is not...
We have talked about ways to bring the community into the classroom, now let's talk about bringing the classroom into the community. One of the important...
At this time of year yards sales or garage sales are great class field trip destinations. Prior to the trip bring in local newspapers and help the students...
"One of the key findings for reading development was that students learned more, as measured in movement on standardized tests, in classes where the teacher...
The learning doesn't end once you have taken a field trip. After you return from a field trip, spend some time talking about the experience. Students could...
Another activity following a field trip is to publish an article about it in a class newspaper or newsletter. Creating a class newspaper or newsletter is a...
Creating a classroom newspaper is an excellent idea for a class project. All levels of students can participate in some portion of the newspaper. This type of...
Here are some activities that can be done to prepare students for writing a class newspaper. Take them on a field trip to a newspaper plant. Bring in...
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