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Edutainment in Teaching English to Teens

Edutainment in Teaching English to Teens. Anastasia Khodakova The materials are partially taken from http://shapingenglish.ning.com /. Edutainment – what & why ?. https://sites.google.com/site/dosedutainment2011/ Deborah Healey (University of Oregon) For teachers:

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Edutainment in Teaching English to Teens

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  1. Edutainment in Teaching English to Teens Anastasia Khodakova The materials are partially taken from http://shapingenglish.ning.com/

  2. Edutainment – what & why ? • https://sites.google.com/site/dosedutainment2011/Deborah Healey (University of Oregon) For teachers: • Education disguised as entertainment –students are motivated to learn For students: • Fun –it’s engaging • Similar to their tools and toys -social interaction, gaming, make-believe worlds

  3. DEFINING TEENAGERS • Young teenagers: 12-14 years old • Middle teenagers: 14-17 years old • Late teenagers: 17-19 years old (Considered young adults) So what if I'm not as you expected! I'm different, I'm not like you. Is this a reason for me to be neglected? I do my own thing; to me this world is new. My thoughts and opinions are not to your liking, But I love how I am.

  4. APPROACH TO TEACHING TEENS • Teens are wrapped up in these issues: • Self-esteem • Peer pressure • Ethics • Findingone’sownidentity • Dealingwithrelationships

  5. TEENS ARE EFFICIENT LANGUAGE LEARNERS (LEWIS, 2007) • They combine childlike playfulness with …adult-like ability to hypothesize and think critically.

  6. Developing Critical Thinking • Critical thinking is the process of • exploring questions about and solutions for issues which are not clearly defined and for which there are no clear-cut answers • Rock or Feather • Comparing & Contrasting • 3 for 1 and 1 for 3 • Good idea? Bad idea? • The D – I – E Approach to Critical Thinking

  7. TWELVE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND (GARY ANDERSON) • 1.Bring (pop) music into the classroom • 2.Find cool, up-to-datetopics • 3.Use groupwork • 4.Use role-playactivities • 5.Encourage learnerautonomy • 6.Find ways to bring in students’ outside interests

  8. TWELVE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND (GARY ANDERSON) • 7.Liven up your class with variety and humor • 8.Give students a chance to move around • 9.Use effectiveclassroommanagement • 10.Use of mother tongue strategically • 11.Use gamesandcompetition • 12.Use projectwork

  9. EXAMPLE: USING SONGS (CELEBRITIES) • Love Storyby Taylor Swift (U.S. culture) • STEPS OF LESSON • 1.Warm-up: Students share their favorite love story in small groups. • 2.Presentation: Students listen and watch videos. • Teacher can check comprehension with questions. • Teacher can use CLOZE activity.

  10. EXAMPLE: USING SONGS (CELEBRITIES) • 3.Practice: Students sing songs out loud with videos.Get song lyrics here: www.metrolyrics.com • 4.Writing focus: Students explore story structure. • Compare and contrast: Similarities and differences in 2 songs (content). • Compare and contrast: Song and story structure (form). • 5.Guided writing assignment: Students turn song into a narrative story. • 6.Free writing assignment: Students write about a famous love story from their culture.

  11. EXAMPLE: EXPRESSIVE ACTIVITY • THE DIRECTOR’S CUT • Use a simple dialogue and have the characters do it in different ways: nervously, fearfully, happily, laughing, angrily, and naturally, of course! • The teacher can act like the director of a movie and say, “Cut! Cut! No, that’s not right. I want to see more emotion. Do it with anger this time!”

  12. SAMPLE DIALOGUE • Lisa and Rosa run into John on the street. • Lisa:Hi, John! How are you? • John:Hi, Lisa! I’m fine. How are you? • Lisa:I’m good. This is my friend Rosa. • Rosa:Hi! I’m Rosa. (Shake hands with John.) • John:Nice to meet you. • Rosa:Nice to meet you too!

  13. DIGITAL STORIES WWW.UMBC.EDU/STORIES • Teenagers love to express themselves through digital media. • What is Russia

  14. LEARNER AUTONOMY • Teenagers must learn how to be responsible for their own learning and are capable of planning, thinking critically, and managing their own learning process • Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime. ~ Chinese proverb

  15. PRINCIPLES FOR FOSTERING AUTONOMY IN THE CLASSROOM(BENSON, 2003) • Be actively involved in the students’ learning • Provide a range of learning options and resources • Offer choices and decision making opportunities • Support the learners • Encourage reflection

  16. Listening journal • Для самостоятельной работы можно использовать ЛЮБОЙ интересный материал, например, доступный на сайтах: • http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/ • http://www.esl-lab.com/ • http://www.elllo.org/ • http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/

  17. EXAMPLE: TEACHER FOR A DAY • NEW YEAR’S AROUND THE WORLD • STEP 1: Learn about a new year’s celebration in one country. • STEP 2: Teach classmates about your new year’s celebration (Learn about celebrations in 4 other countries.) • Add onemorestep! • STEP 3: Give a language activity when you teach your classmates (cloze activity, multiple choice vocabulary quiz, pronunciation practice, Q&A comprehension check, etc.) • http://www.topics-mag.com/internatl/holidays/new-year/page.htm

  18. EXAMPLE OF PROJECT FOR TEENS • http://access.lingvograd.ru/story_Lubov_Manzheyeva.html

  19. CONNECT WITH GLOBAL COMMUNITYHTTP://WWW.EPALS.COM/

  20. TAKING IT GLOBAL HTTP://WWW.TIGWEB.ORG • Inspire your teens to contribute to global issues and join online communities that can encourage them to use English as an international language to make a difference in the world.

  21. Games • How often do you use games (of any kind) in class? • Every lesson • Every week • Every month • Maybeeveryfewmonths • Never

  22. Lessonplanning: thekeys • Tie the game to the language goal and the curriculum • Have students play with others • Use tasks to tie language use to the game • Have fun!

  23. Sample lessonplan:GrammarAuction (Br.Council) • Pairs or small groups -a sheet of sentences and play money. • Students decide sentences to bid for. • Conducttheauction. • Class votes on correctsentences. • They keep money for correct sentences. • Students decide why the sentences are not correct.

  24. GrammarAuction -Sample • You have 1000 Euros to spend. Try to buy the best sentences with your money. Only buy correct ones if you can! • 1.I am living in Paris since 1998. • 2.Has Pascal ever been to London? • 3.Betty hasn’t went to England yet. • 4.Nobody in the class has been to America. • 5.How long are you studying English? • 6.etc.

  25. Role-playenhancements Add props • Hats, scarves, sunglasses are easy and versatile • Ask students to bring in related objects Video the role-plays • Post on Vimeo, YouTube, or a class DVD

  26. Online games • British Council Learn English site • WordShake -Boggle • Take turns;keep score • Pic your wits

  27. Resourses • https://sites.google.com/site/dosedutainment2011/

  28. FINAL THOUGHTSFROM TEACHERS OF TEENS • Praise them! • Respect their views! • Remember their stories! • Show interest in their lives! • Utilize their special talents! • Love all your students equally! • Never criticize their appearance! • Be a positive model for them to follow! • Encourage self-expression and creativity! • Give them choices and decision-making power!

  29. TUELTA (Tula English language teachers association) • Partners with ELO (U.S. Embassy, Moscow) & NATE (National Association of Teachers of English) • seminars & trainings with native speakers, • webinars, online courses, exchange programs… • Check our events and join us! • http://tsput.ru/content/activity_directions/inter/tuelta/

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