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A Seminar on “Using Poetry and Drama in ELT”

A Seminar on “Using Poetry and Drama in ELT”. By Miss Jenny Tam Miss Silvia Yu Po Leung Kuk Chee Jing Yin Primary School A.M. Good Practices in the use of Poetry and Drama in Primary Schools. School-based Curriculum Adaptation Using poetry in our school curriculum

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A Seminar on “Using Poetry and Drama in ELT”

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  1. A Seminar on “Using Poetry and Drama in ELT” By Miss Jenny Tam Miss Silvia Yu Po Leung Kuk Chee Jing Yin Primary School A.M.

  2. Good Practices in the use of Poetry and Drama in Primary Schools • School-based Curriculum Adaptation • Using poetry in our school curriculum • Using drama in creating an EFL environment

  3. School-based Curriculum Adaptation Features of our curriculum • Thematic • Task-based • Experiential learning • Exposure to different genres (e.g. stories, poems, jokes, internet resources, etc.) • Collaborative planning & teaching • Supplementation & deletion (or omission)

  4. Different genres in our curriculum • Riddles & jokes • Newspaper cuttings • Web sites, animations • Recipes, brochures, booklets, etc. • Picture stories, fact books • Tales • Cards, letters, postcards, e-mails • Poems & rhymes • etc. l

  5. Language Arts • Picture stories • Tales • Drama • Songs & Rhymes • Poems

  6. Good Practices in the ELT Classroom (using Poetry) 1. P.2 : Seasons 2. P.6 : Good Citizen All these themes are based on the units in New Welcome to English 2nd.

  7. P. 2 Seasons (Ch.7 Weather and Seasons, Ch.8 Seasons and Clothes) Impact on learning : • Expose Students to different genres. • Develop an awareness and enjoyment of the basic sound patterns of English in poems. • Acquire and become familiar with the vocabulary items. Tailor-made poem : “WEATHER” (By Mr. Neil Turley) Procedures: • create a class picture dictionary • Read the poem “WEATHER” • extension:Student write their own poems

  8. P. 6 Good Citizen(Ch.8 Road Safety) Impact on learning : • Develop creativity • Apply knowledge in new context to develop students’ language proficiency Adapted poem : “IF” (from “LEAP” package by EMB) Procedures: • Read the poem “IF” • Identify the rhyming patterns • Brainstorm rhyming words • Student write their own poems • Present and share

  9. Good practices for Creating an ELT Environment • Drama Club • Online Educational TV Channel Programme • Thematic Week

  10. Drama Club • Theatre games • Script drafting • Performance production • Collaboration of students with mixed ability

  11. Online Educational TV Channel Programme • Reader’s Theatre Download free drama scriptshttp://www.lisablau.com/freescripts.html Thematic Week • “Dramania” : Christmas Short Plays Competition

  12. Achievements for Students • Authentic English • Confidence Building • Authentic scenarios for Communication in English experienced • Motivation

  13. Thank you!!

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