ENGAGING AND MOTIVATING LOTE learners in the MIDDLE

ENGAGING AND MOTIVATING LOTE learners in the MIDDLE YEARS Elizabeth Karakehagias educongr@hotmail. com 26/02/2021 1

• The goal of the LOTE curriculum is to develop life-long, self-directed learners which necessitates the shift in responsibility for the management of the learning from the teacher to the learner • Students who are less willing to engage in oral activities appear to participate more when we use ICT 26/02/2021 2

FLASH CARDS (1) • Reading – introduce or revise vocabulary • Spelling – visual of what the word looks like • Grammar – group them into nouns/verbs/adjectives • Vocabulary – synonyms/antonyms/missing word/make sentence/missing letters 26/02/2021 3

FLASH CARDS (2) • Students are shown a card with the beginning of a sentence and they are asked to continue the story or predict what comes next • Matching questions and answers • Celebrity heads • Follow directions 26/02/2021 4

FLASH CARDS (3) v. Memory tester - place flash cards in a circle on the floor, give students one minute to memorize what they can see and then in groups they have to recall and write/draw as many as they can v. Identification activity - cover the flash card with a piece of paper and slowly reveal it, have students guess what it is 26/02/2021 5

FLASH CARDS (4) • Drilling - place 9 cards on the board and draw a grid around them, point to each one as you drill them, always pointing to the one you are drilling – gradually remove each flash card BUT continue to drill and point to its place as if it is still there – once you remove all the cards ask the students to put them back into their correct place 26/02/2021 6

FLASH CARDS (5) • Flashcard war - write questions on one side of the card and the answers on the back, stack the cards in the middle of the table – each student takes turns at to answer the question and if they answer correctly they keep it if they answer incorrectly it is returned to the centre 26/02/2021 7

FLASH CARDS (6) • Telephone whispers - students stand in a row, the teacher shows a flash card to the last student, the student then reads it and whispers it to the student in front of him/her who whispers it to the student in front of them and so on until it gats to the front of the line 26/02/2021 8

FLASH CARDS (7) üStory dominoes - one student picks up a card from the centre of the table and tells a story about it, the next student picks up the next card and tries to continue the story üWhat is it? - student picks up a flash card and describes I to the rest of the group/class and they try to guess what it is 26/02/2021 9

GAMES (1) • Dix Points (ten points) • this game can be used to review any kind of vocabulary by reading a word/expression/phrase in English or the LOTE and asking for the translation. 26/02/2021 10

GAMES (2) • Bingo– Øa fun way to review vocabulary and grammar. ØPrepare cards with grids ØWrite verbs in different tenses ØTeacher reads out the verbs in the Present 26/02/2021 11

GAMES (3) • Hangman • a fun way to practise vocabulary/grammar/simple phrases. Make up a list of questions or sentences related to whatever you want to practise. 26/02/2021 12

GAMES (4) • Twenty questions • using flash cards write words from a vocabulary group e. g. animals, times 2, distribute them and ask the students to find their pair by asking questions in the LOTE 26/02/2021 13

GAMES (5) • Missing Headlines – Ø The aim is for students to read silently for information then speaking/discussing in pairs. Ø Cut out news items from a LOTE newspaper, paste the headlines and the article separately 26/02/2021 14

GAMES (6) • Flip a Card – Ø students will develop vocabulary/ form sentences Ø Have a pack of cards – for each card from ace to king, assign 2 letters of the alphabet and write these on the board e. g. ace-A, N – 2 -B, O Ø Beginners say a word beginning with one of the letters that card represents Ø Intermediate – make a sentence 26/02/2021 15

GAMES (7) • Running dictation • promotes reading, recall, oral language/correct pronunciation, spelling/dictation as well as cooperation 26/02/2021 16

Using u-tube - songs • Type up the lyrics for each student, with words missing that they can fill in, and/or ask questions about the language used 26/02/2021 17

LOTE activities to engage students (1) • Guest speakers • Cooking demonstrations/lessons • Exposure to music • Correspondence with e-pals 26/02/2021 18

LOTE activities to engage students (2) • Celebrate national days • Investigate famous people • Investigate sports teams 26/02/2021 19

LOTE activities to engage students (3) • Investigate cities • Investigate produce/regions • Celebrations/special days/birthdays/name days 26/02/2021 20

LOTE activities to engage students (4) • Competitions organised by LOTE association • Puppets • Excursions to watch a film 26/02/2021 21

USEFUL SITES (1) • Aussie educator Ø -languages other than English Ø -Victoria Ø -learning and teaching support • Smart board resources Ø Wiki – view LOTE – languages resources 26/02/2021 22

USEFUL SITES (2) • Berwick Secondary College – using multimedia in LOTE • ais. vic. edu. au/schools/gov_programs/langua ge. htm • Bookdepository. uk • Notebooksoftware • Easyspeak • Green octopus-the language company 26/02/2021 23

USEFUL SITES (3) • • • Quizlet. com Northumberland. gov. uk www. language. factory. co. uk Intex book company-international resources www. languagesmadeeasy. com. au …made easy 26/02/2021 24