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Find someone
who
If you are working with pre-service trainees you could use the
their ideas and feelings about it. I then divide them into two
As a follow up
role-plays and group B who do not. (If the numbers don't work
out in groups of two or three) Give out the role cards and send
the Bs into one corner of the room and the As into another
corner (or even into a different room) to read their role cards
and to plan what they are going to say. When they are ready tell
discussion activities.
and each A the same numbers (1,2,3 etc ) If you have an odd
number of As and Bs give some of them the same number as
Difficult situations
each other. Now the As go and find their partner (the person or
people who have the same number as them) and they carry out
A
You come back into the staff room after a very good
to mingle with their colleagues, read out the problem and then
your great lesson (what was the role-play? what were the
aims of it? how did you prepare the students for it? how
that they remember. They then share their findings with the
whole group (or if you have a very large group of trainees you
Teacher development
You are trying to give instructions for an activity but the
students are talking to each other and not paying
attention.
Miracle workers
This is adapted from an activity in Klippel's book Keep Talking
(Miracle Workers p93, p173) and could be used as a way into the
topic of what makes a good teacher.
References
Klippel, F (1984) Keep Talking Cambridge University Press
Woodward, T. (1991) Models and Metaphors in Language Teacher
Training CUP
Lead into the activity by eliciting a few ideas about what makes a
good teacher. Then explain the activity. The trainees should work
individually first to identify the three services they would like to
make use of and three they think are not important. They then
A group of experts are offering their services. Success is guaranteed for their methods. Choose the three you would most like to
make use of and the three you are not interested in.
1. A.L.L. Wright
like you.
11. A. S. Sertiveness
6. L. Arfaminit
2. Art Iste
7. K. Onfident
3. I.N. Sight
classroom.
8. R. Pee
Perfect pronunciation just like the queen!
9. Ree Lax
every lesson.
5. Pop Ular
10. F. A. Stwerker