Classroom Activities

Classroom Activities

1. Planning an activity

   • Something that learners do that involves them using or working with language to achieve some specific outcome.

2. Teacher options

   • Individual Work
   • Pairwork
   • Small groups (3-6 people)
   • Large group
   • Whole class: mingle
   • Some varitions for running activity
     • Students do the exercise as homework.
     • Students prepare a role-play dialogue incorporing their answers.
     • Students prepare a report-back presentation summarising their solutions.

3. Activity Route Map

   • Before the lesson
     • Familiarise with the material and preparare aditional aids.
   • Lead-in/Preparation
     • Show/Draw a picture connected to the topic.
     • Tell a personal anecdote related to the subject.
   • Setting up the activity
     • Organize the students.
     • Give clear instructions for the activity.
   • Running the activity
     • Monitor at the start of the activity.
     • Try to help students when it is necessary.
   • Closing the activity
     • To warn students that the activity is about to end.
   • Post-activity
     • Having a feedback after the activity is important.
     • Compare or check answers in groups or pairs.

4. Exploiting an activity

   • The instructions need to be
     • Simple, clear, short

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