Building teachers’ English proficiency through multiple

activities

Presenter: Rachel Su(蘇淑英 )MA in TEFL Education, University of Bristol in UK

further99@gmail.com

Ice Breaking Activity

Getting to know you 5 in one group/ name yourself a

number from 1 to 5 Discuss with group members Know how to ask the questions Find at least 10 answers via

interacting with others and please fill the gaps.

Why Ice Breaking Activity?

The features of this activity:

–Discuss with group members- why this activity?

–What did you get while you were engaged in this activity?

–What functions or features of this activity?

Comprehensive Learning

Meaningful learning/ Language Function1. we use language to communicate for

some purposes.

2. Language are used for a variety of formal and informal purposes, so specific grammatical structures and vocabulary are often used with each language function. 

http://www.eldstrategies.com/languagefunctions.html

Such as…

Find the function

» “I’m sorry” represents to the function of…

apologizing

» “Good Morning!” represents to the function of…

greeting

Function:Talking about personal habits

Talking about personal habits

• Example question: What do you usually do in the evenings?

»I usually ...

»I often ...

»While I'm studying I usually ...

»Sometimes I ....

»As a rule, I ...

»Whenever I can I ...

Function:Expressing Likes and Dislikes

Expressing Likes and Dislikes

• Example question: What kinds of music do you like?

– My favorite  ... is ...

– I like ...

– I enjoy ...

– I'm (quite/rather) keen on ...

– I just love ...

– I absolutely adore ....

– I'm crazy about ...

– I'm addicted to ...

– I'm really into ...

–

I don't mind ... As far as .... is concerned, I can take it or leave it. I don't care too much for ... = I'm not really into ... My least favorite .... is ... I dislike ... I can't stand ... I hate ... (extreme language) I find ... 

Function:Suggesting

Suggesting

• Example questions:   • What would you suggest a visitor to your country see

and do?

• What do you think the government could/should

do?                                                                – I'd .... (suggest, recommend, say, tell him/her/them) .... – Maybe/perhaps/possibly ... + could / should ... – It might/may help if ....+ past tense form of verb – It would probably + (be a good idea, be useful, help) if 

+ past tense form of verb – I .... (suggest, recommend, say) ....

Function:Expressing Opinions

Expressing Opinions

• Example question: • Do you think that children should always be offered an

incentive (a reward of some kind) when parents ask their children to do something? 

– I think ...

– I believe ... – I feel ... – Personally, I (think, believe, feel) ... – I tend to + (think, feel, believe) that ... – In my opinion, ... – In my view, ... – I've always + (thought/believed/felt) that ...

– .

• I maintain that ... • I've always maintained

that ... • It seems to me that ... • I'm convinced that ... • As far as I'm concerned,

... • My view is that ... • From my point of

view, ... • To my mind, ... • The way I see it, ... • As I see it, ...

Function:Explaining

Explaining

• Example question: Why are many older people reluctant to learn computer skills?

– The reason why ... is because / is that ... – The main reason why ... is because / is that ... – One reason why ... is because / is that ... – One possible explanation (for that) is ... – To understand why ....., you first need to .....

(understand, know, be aware that) – Well, it's like this:  .... – You could look at it this way: ...

– .

Gap-Fill-Entrepreneur

– What is an Entrepreneur?– Watch the video clip to find out.– When you have watched the video, see if you

can use the words below to complete the gaps in the text.

Listening Skills-Gap fill quiz

• SONG-Will you still love me tomorrow?»Watch the video & Listen to the song

»Read the lyrics & listen for the words needed to complete the gaps

»Type the missing words when you feel confident to the answers

»check the answers with partners

– .

Resources• BBC Learning English

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/

BBC Homepage– Procast – http://www.bbc.co.uk/

ESOL Courses/ Free English Lessons Online Online English for Advanced Learners and IELTS Students http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topicsmenu/advanced-ielts.html