the difficult art of teaching teenagers bt2012- rj-slideshare
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Workshop present at Braz Tesol 2012- RJTRANSCRIPT
The art of teaching teens...and having fun !
Cláudia Valéria Pinho Lopes
Who am I?
Invitation Card- Basic 1
My family – Basic 1
Opposites- Basic 2
Extensive ReadingWhich book is this?
Songs
Use webprojects,interviews,
or any other elementwhich will help you surprise your audience,
and increase interaction.
(with the content, not with the song itself)
Cláudia Valéria Pinho Lopes
“Ler…pra que?!?!”
Mind Maps
More efficient results than in the traditional Brainstorming
Created in 1970 by Tony Buzan
Creative use:Pre- reading
Useful for group work
Promotes cooperationPlanningLogics
Great tool to review vocabulary
House
Bedroom
Bathroom
Living room
kitchen
fridge
vegetables
Blogging alone doesn’t make students better writers.
They need context and
pedagogy
Do you blog ?
Use blogs, video and story makers with your students. The idea is having fun while reading, writing and practicing English.
Students’ views about ...ArtsSportsFashionCitiesLikes and dislikes ...
… prefer random access such as in hypertext.
Members of Generation Z...
Tip
Allow students to read in more random ways, if
possible using hyperlinks.
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/
In RL teens use social nets on a daily basis
Let´s use them with teaching purposes
ProfilesScraps
TestimonialsAds
CommunitiesPolls
ForumsCheck minimum age
Develop reading and writing skills
Collaborative writing (story)
Polls (poll daddy)
Twitpic- post+ comment pictures
Microstories-140 characters
Be careful- minimum age
• http://www.macmillanenglish.com/hotspot/
