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Ideas for Successful Pair and Groupwork

Strategies and practical advice for successful pair

and groupwork activities in SSPG and SSSG

04/12/2014 Relatore: Joseph Mayo

Whattayadoin’ this weekend?

Take turns reading the dialogue with a partner.

Work in pairs to complete the exercise.

Practice the questions with a partner.

Fill in the gaps. Compare your answers with a partner.

Teaching difficulties in the ELT Classroom Top 5 Tips for Improving Pairwork Pair and Groupwork Benefits

Teaching Difficulties in the ELT Classroom

Can you tell me how to get to magical ELT land? Ya, what?

Photo by Jacek Cisło

Get me out

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- Classroom Management/Unruly Behavior - Mixed Abilities - Inadequate Facilities - Technology? - Not Enough Contact Time - Difficulty Working on Skills

Noisy Atmosphere Students Speak in L1

Lack of Direction/Focus Students Rather Relate to

Teacher Paired Partner Can be a Problem

Top 5 Tips and Suggestions for Successful Pairwork

Establishing Rules

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• Establish rules early -

start as you mean to go on

• Explain rules – make students feel they are participating

• Plan your lessons – keep students engaged

Keeping Control

Rules for Groupwork

For which sub-activities will you allow students to talk in groups? For which activities will you demand that the groups are quiet? Set up a learning contract

• Who do I have in front of me?

• Are all students doing the same task or using the same material?

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• How can I get all of my students to participate?

Organizing Students into Pairs / Groups

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• Where do I work?

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Other Ways to Setup Pairs

• Turn it into an activity • Stronger student with weaker student • Strong student with another strong student

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Using Clear Instructions & Concept Questions

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• Do the students understand?

• Work in Pairs: – Student A must draw a house – Student B will tell Student A which furniture to put in the

house. – The house must have 5 rooms plus a bathroom. – The house must have at least 10 pieces of furniture.

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Giving Feedback

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• Rotating Individual attention

• Organize Feedback in Two Moments

Excellent Excellent

Most Faithfull to Task, 100% Most Creative, Funniest, Etc.

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Vary the Activities

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• Should I prepare something extra?

-Role-Plays -Simulation Exercises -One-sided dialogues -Information-gap activities

Peter Watcyn-Jones, 1997

-Discussion and conversation activities -Jigsaw reading and problem-solving

-Role-Plays -Simulation Exercises -One-sided dialogues -Information-gap activities

Peter Watcyn-Jones, 1997

-Discussion and conversation activities -Jigsaw reading and problem-solving

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Role-Play Simulation Exercise One-sided dialogues Information-gap Discussion and conversation Jigsaw reading and problem-solving

Pair and Groupwork Benefits

Yay!!!

Having Fun Motivate Learners

Cooperative Learning Increases amount of STT

More time on Task Accomodates Individual Learning

Styles Promotes Learner Independence

Works Cited and Further Reading

Cisło, Jacek (Own work). http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APark_zamkowy_w_Pszczynie_03promykjck.jpg [CC-BY-SA-3.0-pl (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/pl/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons Harmer, Jeremy. Essential Teacher Knowledge. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited, 2012. Print. ---. The Practice of English Language Teaching. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited, 2007. Print. Thornbury, Scott. How to Teach Speaking. How to Teach… Harlow: Pearson Education Limited, 2005. Print. Watcyn-Jones, Peter. Pair Work 2. London: Penguin Books Limited, 1997. Print.

Roy Bennett Beth Childs

Richard Harrison Andrew Howarth Brigette Hughes Lina Papaianni

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