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Jimmy AstleyMauro Espindola
LABCI 2013 – Lima, Peru
A volunteer?
-Materials light
-Focus on interaction
-Students are the topic
-The only resources in a lesson are the teachers, studentsand whatever they bring to class.
-All the teacher’s questions must be ‘real’ ones (e.g. ‘What did you do lastSaturday?’) instead of ‘display’ questions (e.g. ‘What’s the past tense of GO?’)
-A pre-planned syllabus is forbidden. A grammar point should emergeduring the lesson, not dictate it.
-Topics generated by the students themselves must begiven priority over any other input.
-Grading of students into different levels is disallowed.Students should join a class where they feel comfortable.
-The criteria and administration of any testing procedure mustbe negociated with the learners.
-Teachers themselves will be evaluated according to only one criterion:that they are not boring.
“ The psycholinguistic approach”, by Ricardo Schütz.
- Affection and an intimate relationship between the instructor and the learner, with both on the same level, provide the necessary framework.
-The focus shifts from grammar and sentence formation to a deep sense of personal communication.
-The learner's interests are explored and his own ideas are used as teaching materials.
- Resorting to the same resources used in psychoanalysis, the counselor-instructor plays the role of confidant and brings the conversation (always in the target language) to the center of the learner's interest.
-This communicative-psychological approach is ideal for intermediate and advanced students and requires a skillful instructor.
How to
-Leave room for ‘dogme moments’.
-Using creativity.
-The two-minute interview.-Traffic light questions.
1, 2 – redPersonal or controversial questions.Not easy to answer!
3,4 – yellowQuestions about your opinionon certain topics. They can also bepersonal but a bit lighter than thered ones
5, 6 – greenLight questions which are very easyand nice to answer.
-The two-minute interview.-Traffic light questions.-Roll the die.
1- Fashion2- Travelling3- Sports4- Music5- Films6- Food
-The two-minute interview.-Traffic light questions.-Roll the die.-Red, yellow and green.
-The two-minute interview.-Traffic light questions.-Roll the die.-Red, yellow and green.-Post-it.
