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by [|Myroslava Loboiko] - Saturday, 29 October 2011, 09:51 PM || Speaking about "All the Js" presentation, I find it attractive and much fun. I am quite used to intergrating such presentations into my lessons to primary students. I should add that the animated images which spin and zoom in across the page make it challenging and fun to guess the words. Such activities are excellent to introduce, review and activate the target vocabulary. [|Reply] ||  by [|Angela Moninets] - Sunday, 30 October 2011, 12:35 AM || The presentation "All the Js" is pretty cool. The hint about Js encourages students to think of words starting with J, whereas there might be another words defining those particular things. Thus this activity expands one's vocabulary by adding one more synonym to define the concept. [|Show parent] | [|Reply] ||  by [|Nataly Katsaran] - Sunday, 30 October 2011, 01:06 AM || Thinking about "All the Js" I can conclude it'll be helpful at the revision stage (the end of the lesson) when learners are tired and need to relax. They can reflect through entertainment and have lots of fun. [|Show parent] | [|Reply] || by [|Tetyana Yarmysh] - Sunday, 30 October 2011, 08:15 AM || "What's going to happen" can be used at different levels and I would use it to stimulate students speaking when either introducing or revising using modals for speculation, though options mentioned by Nataly are also quite reasonable. As for "All the Js", as I see it, this activity would be more suitable and can be used in the middle school rather than in senior classes. [|Show parent] | [|Reply] || by [|Raisa Istomina] - Sunday, 30 October 2011, 10:14 PM || "What's going to happen?" is challenging as it makes students to think, predict and say. I like both ideas. They are worth being used in class. New experience is always of great importance for me. [|Show parent] | [|Reply] ||  by [|Helen Onyshchenko] - Sunday, 30 October 2011, 03:20 PM || Animated images in "All the Js" presentation is a great idea which I would like to try with my primary pupils. The words seem to be playing hide-and-seek with pupils and even the lazy ones will be eager to name the word. Using felt-pen option makes the presentation more interactive and beneficial for both audio-visual and kinesthetic learning types. [|Show parent] | [|Reply] || by [|Kseniia Rozdolska] - Sunday, 30 October 2011, 05:42 PM || [|Show parent] | [|Reply] ||  by [|Natalia Kolotova] - Sunday, 30 October 2011, 11:33 PM || [|Show parent] | [|Reply] ||  by [|Vera Moiseenko] - Sunday, 30 October 2011, 11:39 PM ||
 * = [[image:http://courses.britishcouncil.org/pub/learningtechnologies/user/pix.php/2035/f2.jpg width="35" height="35" caption="Picture of Myroslava Loboiko" link="http://courses.britishcouncil.org/pub/learningtechnologies/user/view.php?id=2035&course=8"]] || Reflection on the suggested PPP
 * =  || I think the idea of "What is going to happen" is excellent: firstly, because the advert clips are very short and fun, and secondly, students are stimulated to use the language of speculating, which is very problematic with our students. Personally I adore using short film clips as they are thought-provoking and challenging, but I should confess I haven't even thought of such a way of delivering them. I mean embeding them into a PPP.However, the sound and video quality (in the first film, in particular) leaves much to be desired. Moreover, I find these videos to be quite challenging for Pre-Intermediate + level.
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 * =  || I like the idea of adverts being involved and students having to speculate about what's going to happen. As Myroslava stated and a lot of teachers have faced this, students find it complicated to come up with a deduction about possible events. However such an activity looks really enticing and thought-provoking.
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 * =  || The idea of using PPP in such way is rather interesting for me. Especially " What's going to happen" motivates me to use PPPs more often and not for demonstration of smth. I think it can be transferred to most language topics we study at school. For example Past Simple "What happened then", Present Perfect "What has he done there", Food "What's on the table", etc. With enormous i-net resources materials for PPPs will be easily found. The activity is good because students are provoked to forsee the next slide, the elements of guessing game stimulate their attention and creativity. But surely this activity shouldn't be too long or short, just to practice or revise the language structures or vocabulary.
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 * =  || I have never thought of using PP in such a way. These two are good examples of the tools which help make your lesson more dinamic and provoke students thinking.
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 * =  || I think that the idea presented in "All the Js" is good for different levels. Teachers can design activities on active vocabulary, synonyms. For secondary school students it's OK and for primary school students. I think such approach for practising vocabulary is effective. It helps to concentrate students' attention and to enjoy studying. Words and objects give them better understanding and memorising of images. Students with different learning styles should be in focus.
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 * =  || Inserting a video into a PPP is a skill I still need to learn. I tried once in the past, didn't succeed and decided to use the presentation and the video separately [[image:http://courses.britishcouncil.org/pub/learningtechnologies/theme/britcounv3_nav/pix/s/blush.gif caption="blush"]].. but the 'What is going to happen' presentation has urged me to try it again because it is very convenient to use.
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 * =  || Helen, you are not the only one! As Helen has written, it's like a hide-and-seek game and even lazy pupils will have a motivation to say a word. Do you imagine what will the pupils tell their parents about English lessons! Terrific!
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 * =  || I appreciate both ideas. Videos or words are chosen by the teacher according to the topic of the lesson and the level of the Ss so I would not care much about the quality and level of the examples. The only thing that makes me worry is time necessary for searching for appropriate videos but it is greatly outweighed by the benefits of such presentations.
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 * =  || So, such activities with PP are new for me! I was really impressed!

I like the idea of using ads for such tasks. I think we can use both - familiar ads which pupils have already seen on TV (I remember ads with pandas from our TV) just to ask them 'What happened then?' (as Nataly said - we can practice different grammar) and new ads for students ('What's going to happen?').

And 'All the Js' is a perfect example for creating such PPPs about other letters to drill and improve primary pupils' vocabulary. And I consider such variant of word-hiding can be used with older pupils (not only primary ones); but words can be connected not by one letter but one theme. [|Show parent] | [|Reply] ||  by [|Irina Dygal] - Sunday, 6 November 2011, 09:28 PM || [|Show parent] | [|Reply] ||
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 * =  || All the ideas are very interesting. I haven't practised activities like "What os going to happen" but I think now I'll do something like this with my SS. As for "All the Js", I have used similar activities while learning the alphabet with my primeies. It was a success I should say.