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MOBILITY 4. Creative Methodology for the Language Classroom. Pilgrims -University of Kent, Canterbury, UK. August Falcó. Day 8

Listening A. Real-life listening 1. Gotchya coin! S A tells B about a topic of their choice. They have a coin on their palm. B tries to get their coin. Swap when coin is taken. Ask what they remember about their partner’s story. 2. Mirroring A is the mirror and follows B’s movements simultaneously. Swap after a minute or two.   3. Tell me more about A speaks about a topic of their choice and B interrupts saying: Tell me more about … + something they heard from A 3. 2 mins – 1 min A speaks about a topic of their choice and B only listens to them. Then they summarise in one minute. A gives feedback on summary. Swap. 4. So what you’re saying is …. Speaks about a topic of their choice and B keeps clarifying. How many clarifications did they ask for in 3mins?

MOBILITY 4. Creative Methodology for the Language Classroom. Pilgrims -University of Kent, Canterbury, UK. August Falcó. Day 6

Art and literature   Art gallery  Spread pictures. Each pair gets three post-it notes. They choose three pictures and write comments people seeing the picture in an art gallery may say. Comments are collected and redistributed and then matched with pictures.   Preference corners Put pictures on both walls of all the four corners. Ss go to the corner where they like the pictures the most. They tell each why. They find another picture they all like. What if? Ss look at a picture and write ‘what if’ questions in groups or pairs. Then groups or pairs swap questions and answer them. They give the answers to those who wrote the questions and they choose the answer they like the most and read it out as one sentences, not as a Q+A. What’s the title? Exhibit pictures with numbers attached to them. Ss in pairs walk around and give titles to pictures. Pairs swap and compare titles. Similar? Different? Why? ► attach original tiles and compare.   Speaking from inside a p

MOBILITY 4. Creative Methodology for the Language Classroom. Pilgrims -University of Kent, Canterbury, UK. August Falcó. Day 4

Drama:  Make your students create language using theatre as a fine tool. What a fine comedy this world would be if one did not play a part in it. (Diderot) MOVE AROUND THE ROOM IN DIFFERENT WAYS Find a place in the room – march, walk, tiptoe, jump, dance, sneak, skate, crawl, fly, stumble, hurry ride a horse, limp etc   FACE OFF            - in two rows, pairing up mirror the person opposite you in each pair A is the mirror, B is facing the mirror teacher gives Bs a situation to mime the mirrors – A-s – try to do everything as closely as possible e.g. leaving home for school when it is late                 an actress putting on the make-up before going to stage                 a naughty child making faces in front of the mirror                 a driver in his car – driving carefully, phoning, fastening the seat-belt, smoking a cigarette etc. BOYS AND GIRLS Students sit in two rows facing one another. The first row takes the position of girls, the othe

MOBILITY 4. Creative Methodology for the Language Classroom. Pilgrims -University of Kent, Canterbury, UK. August Falcó. Day 1

Getting to know each other - there is no better way to know your classmates than playing some games. Name ball game Form a circle. Throw the ball and say your name. » Throw the ball and say the name of the person you throw the ball to » Throw the ball and say two names: 1. the name of the person you throw the ball to 2. the next person the ball should go to. ABC names Ss group themselves acc or ding to the first letter of their first names. Then they collect w or ds starting with the same letter. The w or ds should mean things that they find imp or tant, or characteristic of themselves. Then they introduce their group with the names and characteristic w or ds. Follow on: someone silently says the ABC. Another says stop, and gets the letter from the person. Then the class puts down as many names from the class as they can remember starting in the same letter. Variation: If ss cannot move in the class, get them to stand up letter by letter, and get their names with