160 likes | 298 Views
Methods. Week 4 Finish CLT Start Direct Method. Discuss Homework. Take out answers for 2,4,10 from Ch. 3 and discuss your answers in groups. Next Week Read Ch. 4 (TM & TP2/TP3) Answer Qs in TM p. 38 Qs 4, 6, 1 3 and why?. What are some common CLT activities?.
E N D
Methods Week 4 Finish CLT Start Direct Method
Discuss Homework • Take out answers for2,4,10from Ch. 3 and discuss your answers in groups. Next Week • Read Ch. 4 (TM & TP2/TP3) • Answer Qs in TM p. 38 Qs 4, 6, 13 and why?
What are some common CLT activities? • Make a list with your group.
Dialogs vs. Role Plays • Which is communicative? • Why? Think about the Communicative Activity Checklist Look at the Dialogs and Role Plays handout Discuss and answer the Questions above
A What’s an Info Gap? B
Discuss: • Why do we use Information Gaps? • What are the benefits? • What are the challenges?
Experience #1:Personal Info Gap • Bring your worksheet & a pen • Make two lines • Take turns asking, answering and writing. • A: What’s one of your favorite foods? <B writes questions as A asks> • B: My favorite Korean food is _____. <A writes answer> • B: What’s one of your favorite foods? • A: One of my favorite foods is ____.
Logic Gap: Where’s Gina? What’s your first clue? My ___ clue is… • Student A has 3 clues • Student B has 3 clues • Take turns sharing your clues • Don’t SHOW your clues to your partner What’s your __ clue?
Information Gap #3 • Discuss with in a group how you would set up this activity: • What directions would you give? • How would you model? • What CCQs would you ask? • Take turns giving the direction with your group.
Direct Method Review and Discuss • What are the goals of this method? • Teachers role? Students role? • What are some characteristics of the teaching/learning process? • What is the nature of interaction? • How is language/culture viewed? • What aspect of the language are focused on/ what is not focused on? • Role of L1? • Evaluation? • Errors?
Direct Method Doubting and Believing • What are the benefits and challenges of using this method? • When might it be appropriate to use? • When would other approaches be more appropriate?
Direct Method • What are three techniques or strategies that you remember from the Direct Method?
Question Techniques • Focusing Questions (to check Ss attn.) • What do you at the bottom of page 86? • How many columns do you see? • Guiding Questions (to elicit information form Ss) • What do you see in this picture? • Do long words or short words take more? • CCQs (Comprehension/Concept Check Questions to check if Ss understand what has be said)
CCQs • There are three kinds of CCQs • Positive/Negative check questions: • Is this a cup? • Do doctors work in a police station? • Discrimination check questions: • Is a ghost alive or dead? • Are you working alone or with a partner? • Demonstration check questions: • What are you going to do? • Where does a doctor work?
Make 3 CCQs for each word or situation • Harvest • Ss are going to do a cloze activity • Traditional • Festival • Ss are going to listen and circle the words that they hear • Ss need to do a “find someone who” activity
Direct MethodExperimenting With the Method • Look at the handout “A Bad day in Whoville” • With group discuss how you could use the direct method to teach the TL on the materials • Remake your groups and take turns teaching using the direct method to the new group.