5 Ways to Liven Up Controlled Practice

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check out the following 5 ways to liven up controlled practice. Pay attention to (a) the format, and (b) the target language item to be practised.

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Example A: Students work in a group. They take turns to toss a dice, and then answer the question on the square they land on.

What is the target grammar item to be practised?

Board+Game+ + (application/pdf)

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Example B: Listen to a segment of the jazz chant. Learners are expected to recite along. What is the target grammar item to be practise?

Jazz chant Rain (Einbetten)

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Example C: In the activity, students walk around the classroom and talk to each other. The purpose is to find as many classmates as possible who do those things on weekends.

•A: Le weekend, aimez-vous aller au cinema?

•B: Our, j’aime aller au cinema.

•B: Non, je n’aime pas aller au cinema, mais j’aime regarder la television

French+7+Weekend+Activities+&+Dialogue (application/pdf)

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Example D: SPEED DATING

Watch a couple of segments of this video to get an idea of how the activity works. What is the target communicative function to be practised?

ESL activity speed dating (Einbetten)

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Example E

Students work in pairs. Student A chooses a picture randomly, and asks Student B: "Do you like ...?"

Student B replies: Yes, I like ... OR No, I don't like ...., but I like ....

What grammar item(s) are the students practising?

Bw+Set+Of+Pics+For+Practising+ Ing (application/pdf)