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Tools for effective coursebooksupplementation

IX Jornades de Llengües Estrangeres

Fernando Romeu Esquerré – EOI de Tortosa – fromeu@xtec.cat

Notes, tutorials and example files:

http://www.elteaching.com

Password: icteacher

Email: fromeu@xtec.cat

School: EOI de Tortosa

The teacher as a decision-maker.

Communicative power

Input and feedback

Content recycling

Balanced skill practice

Activities / tasks

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Adaptation to our teaching context in terms of

Content: supplementation, replacement …

Skills practice: supplementation or modification

Class management: input, feedback, grouping, timing…

TRADITIONAL

Handouts

Blackboard

OHP

RECENT

Slideshows

IWB

Interactive

DVD/Web

TRADITIONAL

Tried-and-tested

Time-consuming

Expensive

RECENT

Quick

Cheap

Modifiable

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Warm-up

Activity extension

Modification

Connection of sections

Feedback / correction

Addition

Latecomers

Schemata activation

Checking students’ previous knowledge

Pre-teaching

Getting the students’ attention

Different grouping possibilities

Increasing opportunities to practice

Vocabulary revision / expansion

Checking understanding

Connecting to the real world

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Pictures to activate background knowledge

Pronunciation examples to move to “listen and repeat”

Balance grouping options

Revising structures and content

Linguistic and conceptual input for activities

Meaningful transition between activities

Recycling content

Creating new activity types

Fostering attention to detail

Different grouping options

Review /Beginning / End of a session

Sports

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Avoiding repetition

Little time, maximum understanding

Focusing attention

Creating habits

Sharazad

Staging

Highlighting key words

Quick and effective correction

Opportunity to combine speaking and listening

Bikes

Visual input

Integrating writing as a classroom activity

Opportunity for collaborative writing

Error correction

Crime – Error correction

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Luca – Welcome to my life

Digital music store

Activity choice

More than just fun

Fostering understanding

Clear instructions

Visual support

Time-saving strategies

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