Vocabulary+revision+with+PPP

by [|Myroslava Loboiko] - Sunday, 30 October 2011, 07:02 PM ||
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 * =  ||  [[image:http://courses.britishcouncil.org/pub/learningtechnologies/theme/britcounv3_nav/pix/f/ppsx.gif link="http://courses.britishcouncil.org/pub/learningtechnologies/file.php/8/moddata/forum/50/40236/Hobbies_adjectives.ppsx"]] [|Hobbies_adjectives.ppsx]  We have already discussed the benefits and problems of using Word and PowerPoint. As I see the result, there are more benefits than problems. Nobody can deny the advantages of using the software and that’s why more and more teachers steadily get interested in integrating it into their lessons. We were given several examples which are really helpful. And as I understand this discussion thread “Lesson Ideas” has a very noble aim i.e. to create the bank of ideas for lessons so that teachers could use them.

Here is my contribution to it:

I can’t say that I use Word or PowerPoint regularly (sometimes technical problems occur as well as problems of access to the computer room or the data projector) but my students are quite familiar with them. One of the ideas to use PowerPoint is an activity on vocabulary revision. I have attached the PPP on revision of adjectives used to describe different hobbies. The students are given a spidergram with scrambled adjectives. The task is to unscramble them. First they see the whole spidergram, then it shows only some (2-3) words for students to be able to concentrate adding one word at a time and showing the correct answer. As a post-activity students can be asked to brainstorm and add any more words. The suggested activity is designed for Form 6 students (topic “Hobbies and Personal Interests) and is aimed to revise the target vocabulary. But this idea can be used at different levels and with different topics as well as it can be modified by using images instead of words etc. Personally I think this activity is very good for whole-class teaching.

[|Reply] ||  by [|Raisa Istomina] - Sunday, 30 October 2011, 10:51 PM || Resources:one copy of words on a Word document for projection in class Level: upper-intermediate/advanced (I teach university students)
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 * =  || Aim: for students to collocate the words and be able to use them in speech

Stages: 1. Select 30 words on the topic -- 15 adjectives and 15 nouns -- and put into a Word document. The words are taken from the texts in the Unit. 2. Project the Word document and set a task: to collocate one adjective and one noun. (The task requires thorough preparation to avoid using the same adjective two or three times. Only one option.) 3. Ask students to work in small groups and discuss possible varients. 4. Nominate one student to control the keyboard. 5. Elicit suggestions from the class, accept a suggestion if there is a majority agreement from the rest of the class. 6. Follow-up. Make up a chain story using all the pairs of collocations.

P.S. I think Word and PP activities promote interest and motivation, but their frequency should be measured not to become a routine. [|Show parent] | [|Reply] || by [|Natalia Kolotova] - Monday, 31 October 2011, 01:20 AM || [|Show parent] | [|Reply] ||  by [|Vera Moiseenko] - Monday, 31 October 2011, 12:03 AM || Myroslava, I'm sure you are a great teacher and perfect colleague! You ideas are clear, helpful and bright! thanks a lot for your presentation (May I use your presentation at my lessons? promise to add your surname as the author)!
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 * =  || Thank you very much for an idea. I clearly see what to do if the equipment fails (it's one of my main concerns with IT lessons) and appreciate the benefits of a PP presentation [[image:http://courses.britishcouncil.org/pub/learningtechnologies/theme/britcounv3_nav/pix/s/approve.gif caption="approve"]]
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[|Show parent] | [|Reply] || by [|Myroslava Loboiko] - Monday, 31 October 2011, 09:23 PM || [|Show parent] | [|Reply] ||
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 * =  || Thank you, Vera, for warm words[[image:http://courses.britishcouncil.org/pub/learningtechnologies/theme/britcounv3_nav/pix/s/blush.gif caption="blush"]][[image:http://courses.britishcouncil.org/pub/learningtechnologies/theme/britcounv3_nav/pix/s/kiss.gif caption="kiss"]]. For sure, you can use the presentation, you can improve it, make it better and adjust it to your teaching needs. Actually we are here to share, improve and become better.[[image:http://courses.britishcouncil.org/pub/learningtechnologies/theme/britcounv3_nav/pix/s/smiley.gif caption="smile"]]