Students Brain and Group Psychology or a teachers bag of
psychological classroom tricks
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Our day Module 1 the very beginning of the year Module 2
classroom management Module 3 speakingnot in Polish Module 4 error
correction and finally some games
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Module 1 the very beginning of the year planning a dynamic
lesson setting aims establishing rules integrating your class
Psychology rules!
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Discuss with a partner is What is a dynamic lesson? What would
want my student want?
TASK noTimeprocedure 100.00-00. 05 200. 05-00.15 300.15-00.25
400.25-00.35 500.35-00.45 600.45-00.55 700.55-01.00 create your own
lesson plan template
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learning contract vs. rules Psychology rules!
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I only teach A students! I only Psychology rules!
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SMART
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SMART an example A 2nd-year architecture student B2 60h a
semester Strengths: fluency Weaknesses: does not use tenses, all
expressed in the present tense S specific: Correct utterances about
the past M measurable: 2 tenses: past simple, past continuous A
attainable: Yes (see: learning contract) R relevant: yes T
time-bound: 1.10.2013 - 31.01.2014
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A case study 01 In one of your teenage groups there are some
students who express themselves with monosyllables, unable to
formulate a longer utterance. They avoid active participation in
lessons, do not like pairwork, groupwork, discussions. You notice
they are not too talkative in Polish either.
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What about you? A new school year begins. What professional aim
will you set? How to express your aim in a SMART way?
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Psychology rules!
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Luiza espresso cappuccino a dog a cat swim ride a bike
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A disadvantage might be an advantage
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Similarities I AM 10 answers Stick on yourself Learn more How
many similarities? 1 lie!
What is a multilevel group? Experience Knowledge Maturity Age
Interests Language skills Abilities
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A multilevel group means that Some dominate Some dont even try
Some try yet keep failing Some speak Polish Some finish early and
interrupt
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Finding Common Ground: what ideas do you remember from module
1?
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Activate, motivate No one pays attention to what I say I am
ashamed You only hear my mistakes I will say something stupid I
have nothing important to say Psychology rules!
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Activate, motivate what how what is more important than how the
more the better the more ss speak the better ss speak the issues of
real interest the issues of real interest motivate many choices of
expression many choices of expression give a chance to both the
weaker and the stronger
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A self-access box silent task work An article with tasks
attached Pictures to describe Grammar exercises Simplyfing a text
from your coursebook Translating a passage into L1 Filling blanks
in a cloze passage
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Multilevel dictation Liam, aged 15, from Leicestershire is a
keen record-breaking skateboarder. He tells us all about his
favourite sport. 1 When you skateboard you ride along on a board
with wheels. Skateboarding started as a form of surfing; the
difference being it was on land. The first types of skateboards
were roller-skates nailed on to pieces of wood. 2 I love
skateboarding. Although its a really hard sport to learn, I dont
understand why some children are scared of learning the sport. But
when you can do it well, its very enjoyable. A lot of people may
have heard about the sport, but they think its too hard for them to
take up. Its a shame because its not that difficult. 3 It was my
mate Rob who got me into skateboarding. I found it really hard at
first. I have only injured myself once, when I had an accident and
broke my leg. At the time, I did think about topping but I enjoyed
skateboarding too much. People say that if you injure yourself, you
should stop but I dont think you should. Injuries are common in
skateboarding.
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Version 1: for less advanced students Liam, aged 15, from
Leicestershire is a . record-breaking skateboarder. He tells us all
about his sport. 1 When you skateboard you ride on a board with
wheels. Skateboarding started as a form of surfing; the being it
was on land. The first types of skateboards were roller-skates
nailed on to pieces of wood. 2 I love skateboarding. Although its a
really sport to learn, I dont understand why children are scared of
learning the sport. But when you can do it well, its very . A lot
of people may have heard about the sport, but they think its too
for them to take up. Its a shame because its not that difficult. 3
It was my mate Rob who got me skateboarding. I found it really hard
at first. I have only injured myself once, when I had an and broke
my leg. At the time, I did think about topping but I enjoyed
skateboarding too much. say that if you injure yourself, you should
stop but I think you should. Injuries are common in
skateboarding.
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Version 2: for more advanced students Liam, aged 15, from
Leicestershire is a skateboarder. He tells us all about his
favourite sport. 1 When you skateboard you .. with wheels.
Skateboarding started as a form of surfing; the difference being it
was on land. The first types of skateboards were roller-skates ..
of wood. 2 I love skateboarding. Although its .. to learn, I dont
understand why some children are scared of learning the sport. But
when you can do it well, its very enjoyable. A lot of people about
the sport, but they think its too hard for them to take up.
3.................. It was my mate Rob who got me into
skateboarding. I found it really hard at first. I myself once, when
I had an accident and broke my leg. At the time, I did think about
topping but I enjoyed skateboarding too much. People say that if
you injure yourself, you should stop but I dont think you should. .
in skateboarding.
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having a large family not having kids Multilevel
activation
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Multilevel Speaking
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Find someone who is at the moment reading an interesting book;
usually goes on holidays three times a year ; never works out; Find
someone who wants to do the same job as their father wants to work
with children thinks earning money is important
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Managing your multilevel class
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Managing your class: True or False? 1.Ask the student whose
hand is first up. 2.First name the student and then ask the
question. 3.First distribute handouts, then instruct students.
4.Name students in a predictable order. 5.If noone answers you
answer. Psychology rules!
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Discuss Is limiting the TTT really that important?
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Lets talk... How often do you talk with your students about
your private issues? Why do you? Why dont you?
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Try to imagine a lesson in which you say nothing. Easy?
Difficult? Lets talk...
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What would be the percentage of your talking time per one
class?
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Lets talk... Do you control your talking time in the classroom?
How?
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S. D. Krashen needs time 1. A student needs time to internalise
information in order to apply it and correct it (Monitor
Hypothesis) it appears automatically 2. Fluency is not to be
learnt, it appears automatically with time (Input Hypothesis)
(Krashen S.D. (1989): Language Acquisition and Language Education.
Prentice Hall International.)
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TTT for and against You speak = they dont SS are bored, they
switch off Spoon-feeding T - centre Minimal SS autonomy The teacher
= a model utterance T explains = time-saving TTT = we practice
listening comprehension Builds T-SS relations Discipline through
voice control
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When must a T speak? Hellos / goodbyes Presenting new language
Explaining Giving instructions Error correction / feedback
Discussion (one-2-one classes, playing roles) Assigning
homework
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Hellos Hello, n____ to see you again.
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Hellos Today, we are g_____ to talk about inventors and
inventions.
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Hellos Lets get s______, shall we?
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- who? - what? - where? - when? - why? The Opener Festival
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What is better and why? Virus or bacteria? A cough or a runny
nose? To vaccinate or not to vaccinate?
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So whats the topic? Guess the topic. Guess the topic.
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So whats the topic? Teach me your word. Teach me your
word.
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A transfer A debit card A bank statement A cheque A balance An
overdraft What are we going to talk about?
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Homework check Distribute the key / classroom or home
Distribute the key / classroom or home Write down the answers on
the board Write down the answers on the board The key stuck on the
wall The key stuck on the wall One ss acting as a teacher One ss
acting as a teacher
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Introduce new language Rules Structure Examples
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Good-byes Tell your partner three words you learnt today. What
has been the easiest? Youve got two minutes to write as many words
from today as you can remember.. What else would you like to
revise? What did you like? / didnt you like?
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When must a T speak?
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Module 3 speakingnot in Polish limiting the amount of Polish
making your students talk
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No Polish, pls.or?
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Speaking Music, music, music! Music, music, music! Lets take a
walk! Lets take a walk!
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Hot Air Balloon Debate a hot air balloon over shark-infested
waters not enough gas to reach land one or two people should be
thrown overboard each one: argue
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For the laconic by nature 30-second utterances what do you
think?: better: give 1-10 cards Speaking vouchers Psychology
rules!
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The Pyramid a set of discussion statements each pair compromise
/ make an agreement two pairs form a group of four must agree on
all points groups of four build groups of eight
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memory games / elementary I had a Greek salad for dinner last
night. I had a Greek salad and juice for dinner last night. I had a
Greek salad, juice and bread for dinner last night.
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Speaking: memory games / upper-int I decided to move out
because of Deprived areas Disputes with neighbours Litter in the
streetsVandalism Parking restrictions Lack of public transport
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a 20 questions speaking game 1. Is it a vegetable? 2. Can you
fry it? 3. Is it green?
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a 20 questions speaking game Elementary: I am thinking of a
thing I have to do at home. Pre-Intermediate: I am thinking of an
environmental problem. Intermediate: I am thinking of a crime.
Upper-Intermediate: I am thinking of a phrasal verb.
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Module 4 effective error correction and finally meaningful
language games
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1.Error correction may be perceived by a student as
humiliating. 2.A teacher should only give positive feedback in
order to motivate, reinforce self-esteem and the feeling of
success. Negative feedback is demoralizing. 3.Much positive
feedback helps to build good relations between a teacher and a
student. 4.Much positive feedback makes its impact weaker and
weaker. 5.Students should not correct one anothers errors their
relations could be at risk. 6.Feedback means that there is a set
hierarchy: the teacher has power, the student is subordinate.
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What do you think I want from you? Students perspective
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1. Be objective. 2. Be honest. 3. Before you assess me set
criteria with me. 4. Tell me, what will be assessed before I start
work. 6. Dont expect before you teach me. 7. Dont generalize, be
specific. 8. Balance the positive with the negative. 9. Dont
humiliate me. 10. Let me tell you what I think about your
assessment.
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Self-correction Peer-correction Gesture and mimics Anchoring An
assistant Self-control Recordings Controlled speaking
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Prepare your student Disappear and note down
CorrectPronunciationVocabulary
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Note down and correct later Record Name : You said: You should
have said: You said: You should have said: You said: You should
have said:
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Correcting mistakes Body
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a conversation being systematic anchoring a poster patience
Deep roots
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Prepare your students (the subject, the form) Set assessment
criteria First read, later correct Use colours Writing
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You have written about two members of your family. What about
the rest? Your text is logically divided into paragraphs. Read your
text aloud. If some sentences seem unclear, correct them. How can
you rewrite sentence 3, 4 and 8 in a simpler way? Check the
spelling of the underlined words.
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Your task: You have bought a jumper in an online shop.
Unfortunately, youve discovered it is in a different colourand size
than the one in your order. Write a complaint, 120-150 words.
Hints: 1.Prapare a plan and a general organisation of the text;
2.Expand on your plan; 3.Write your text; 4.Check: -Tenses
-Prepositions - spelling -Style -Vocabulary 5. Ask a classmate to
check your text (look at point 4). 6. Correct your text.
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Positives Room for improvement Positives Feedback
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Its interaction Only some skills It shows progress it allows ss
to speak It engages the SS Feedback
What do you think is your best quality? What would you like to
change most about your personality? What makes you happy? Whats
your earliest memory? What are you most proud of? Whats your
ambition? Whats the most interesting thing about your family?
Finally some games
Seven years ago, three scientists at a university in Italy were
studying monkeys more specifically, they were examining at what
happens in a monkeys brain when it does certain actions. They
attached electrodes to a monkeys forehead, and watched what
happened when picked up a raisin and ate it. But what the
scientists discovered was quite different from what they had
expected. The same day, during a break, a scientist himself picked
up a raisin and ate it, and as the monkey watched him do so, the
neurons in its brain ran in exactly the same way as they has done
when the monkey itself ate a raisin.
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Summary What do you remember? Module 1 the very beginning of
the year Module 2 classroom management Module 3 speakingnot in
Polish Module 4 error correction and games
