Hello again!
After starting this blog with very good intentions sometimes life has to accommodate unexpected events.
Whilst at the APPI conference in Guimarães, Portugal I managed to slip and fall on a very slippery surface. As I was on my way to present a session on Classroom Management my hands were full and so when I fell I landed on my hip and my elbow. Needless to say my hip was much more padded and instead of giving my talk I was being rushed off to hospital in an ambulance with a fractured elbow. It was quite a painful experience (a bit like hitting your funny bone for 3 days) and I had to take a whole month off work. Thankfully I’m back at work, and have been for a couple of week, but you can imagine the work load that I had to deal with on my return!
Part of the talk I was going to give was on Classroom Instructions and how to make the most of them in terms of providing YLs with language and communication skills. I have shared some of the ideas here, but there is still more to come. I still have my ‘Spooky Spider’ material to post too, so watch out for that.
Let me know if you have any suggestions for materials you’d like to see me post.
Best wishes,
Jane
Hey Jane
Yeah I will definitely check out you blog as well as share some ideas that I have used with groups to get them hooked on learning English. As I write this I have 15 mins to head out the door to teach so gotta go
luv debs
Hey jane
I frequently use the don´t drawl the drill: sing, chant and rap to motivate and thrill. None the less, in this part of the woods, this approach is not valued and as a result I ´m the crazy colleague and to some students they thinks its an excuse to say the activity is stupid. Well what can I can say, with an activity we should
Keep it Sassy, and Silly.
Keep it simple and sassy
Keep it stimulating and structure
Basically the kiss theory should be in every lesson.
Let´s have fun
Hi Jane,
Thank you for setting this up 🙂 Am looking forward to getting lots of good ideas and will certainly share too 🙂
Jenx