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Real Lives Real Progress

Real Lives Real Progress. Rob Dean. How time flies. 70s 80s 90s Noughties Teens???. Michelle Obama. Emma Watson. J.K. Rowling. Steve Jobs. Mark Zukerberg. Words to sum up a decade. emoticon noob blog twitter. google i- l.o.l. p.o.s. Source: Global Language Monitor.

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Real Lives Real Progress

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  1. Real Lives Real Progress Rob Dean

  2. How time flies... 70s 80s 90s Noughties Teens???

  3. Michelle Obama Emma Watson J.K. Rowling Steve Jobs Mark Zukerberg

  4. Words to sum up a decade • emoticon • noob • blog • twitter • google • i- • l.o.l. • p.o.s. Source: Global Language Monitor

  5. Part of Students’ Real Lives…

  6. Bringing Students’ Real Lives into the classroom: • Real topics – things they relate to • Real questions – challenge to think • Real texts – things they encounter in everyday life • Real life – eg values, responsibility

  7. ? In one week: 31 Hours Online! • Hours spent on Youtube • Hours spent communicating with friends • Hours spent researching homework • Hours spent looking for answers to ‘teenage’ questions Source: Cybersentinel

  8. Real Topics Contemporary Topic; Contemporary Vocabulary

  9. Real Questions & Life Lessons Language practice and REAL opinion sharing… and an authentic looking text…

  10. Real Texts

  11. Parents or Kids? • I hate making Pizzas, but I love eating them • Oh, dear! There isn’t much fresh food • We can’t live without coffee! • I don’t like drinking coffee. I prefer juice • Fruit is healthy. I like eating apples • I love watching football and eating crisps

  12. Multi-tasking: • Vocabulary • Grammar • Exam Practice

  13. Production

  14. Bringing it all together!

  15. Flexibility – catering for everyone

  16. Tom  Remembering Vocabulary  Speaking, Listening, Grammar Anna  Speaking, Grammar  Vocabulary

  17. Integrated Exam Work Who did best? What can we do to help?

  18. Anna Tom

  19. Parallel Task

  20. The needs of the exam… • … and the need for real world functional language Balance

  21. In summary • Real lives • Multi-tasking • Flexibilty • Balance

  22. My whole world is with me in my pocket…music, phone, camera… (India, girl, 16) It would be as horrible as falling off the end of the world, if my mobile phone and games vanished. (China, boy, 15) Why does going to school feel like going back in time? (Saudi Arabia, boy, 14)

  23. Balancing the known with the new – another example Active Teach

  24. Balancing the known with the new – another example

  25. The Materials: Student Book Workbook with Multi ROM RealTime DVD Class Audio CD Teacher’s Handbook Test Book with Audio CD Active Teach 5 levels* Companion Website: www.pearsonlongman.com/reallife

  26. The Stars of Tomorrow: They could be in your classrooms right now!

  27. Happy Teaching! Robert.Dean@pearson.com

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