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Grading oral homework in large groups: DoableMEXTESOL 2014
Elba Méndez GarcíaDalila Ortiz López
Grading oral homework in large groups: Doable
• Teachers’ efforts
• To have students use English orally in the classroom
• Games, choral repetition, role-playing, reading out loud…
Grading oral homework in large groups: Doable
• Factors against• 40-50 minute lessons
• 40-60 students per class
• …
Grading oral homework in large groups: Doable
• Oral homework options (7)• Simplicity-based• Limited-access to technology scenarios
• Estimated grading system • Estimated grading time
Oral homework in large groups options
• Repeat each word 3 times• Say 3 tongue twisters / sentences• Role play an already-made dialogue• Sing a song• Broadcasting• Tell a story• Make a documentary
Grading oral homework in large groups: Doable
Activity1
Description / Support for SS
Interaction Grading system
EG Time
Repeat each word 3 times
Students record themselves repeating a given list of words, each word for a specific number of times.…
IndividualPairs
We can tell students which words they mis-pronounced
30 words / 3 minutes40 students / 120 minutes
Grading oral homework in large groups: Doable
Activity2
Description / Support for SS
Interaction Grading system EG Time
Say 3 tongue twisters / sentences
Read a description
Have your students read aloud sentences from an exercise in their textbooks. Instead of sentences, tongue twisters could be asked for.…
IndividualPairs
We can tell students which words they mispronounced.
3 sentences / 3 minutes40 students / 120 minutes
Grading oral homework in large groups: Doable
Activity3
Description / Support for SS
Interaction Grading system EG Time
Role play an already-made dialogue
If students create their own dialogue, teachers may find themselves grading too many things: grammar, vocabulary choice and pronunciation. …
PairsTrios
Words they mispronounced.Tone of voice, intonation.
1 dialogue /3 minutes 20 dialogues60 minutes
Grading oral homework in large groups: Doable
Activity 4
Description / Support for SS
Interaction Grading system EG Time
Sing a song
Ask students to record themselves singing a karaoke version of a song of their choice. Some teachers may want to ask for the lyrics first to make sure they do not contain profanity. …
IndividualPairsTrios
Words they mispronounced or how to link words to “say it as quickly as it is said in the song.”
1 song / 6 minutes40 songs / 240 minutes
Grading oral homework in large groups: Doable
Activity 5 Description / Support for SS
Interaction Grading system
EG Time
Broadcasting Have students be hosts for a TV news channel and be seen on video wearing formal clothes, having a background logo and showing pictures for the story they are broadcasting. …
IndividualPairsTrios
Words they mis-pronounced.Tone of voice, intonation.
1 broadcast / 4 minutes40 broadcasts / 160 minutes
Grading oral homework in large groups: Doable
Activity 6
Description / Support for SS
Interaction Grading system
EG Time
Tell a tale
Have a single student change the tone of voice when being the narrator and when being the different characters in the story. Or have small groups of students be specific characters and narrator.…
IndividualPairsTriosGroups of 4
Tone of voice, intonation.
1 story / 10 minutes20 stories / 200 minutes
Grading oral homework in large groups: Doable
Activity 7 Description / Support for SS
Interaction Grading system
EG Time
Make a documentary
Students “bring a cross-curricular text from their textbook to life” by creating a documentary. Use simple props or Movie Maker – available in many computers.…
IndividualPairsTrios
Tone of voice / intonation
1 documentary / 10 minutes40 documentaries / 400 minutes
Grading oral homework in large groups: Doable
Work with your groups. Choose options:
• Which options suit your own workload better.• Modifications to fully meet your own needs.• Compare how long it takes you to grade other
kinds of homework.
Grading oral homework in large groups: Doable
• Patience: allow yourself time to adjust
• Persistence: try again, try differently
• Good luck!!
Resources and useful links
• Oral English Activities Resources for Teachers• http://waze.net/oea/
Grading oral homework in large groups: Doable
Slides available in SlideShare:http://www.slideshare.net/anelirad/grading-oral-homework-in-large-groups
Elba Méndez García [email protected] Ortiz López
