THE ART OF CONVERSATIONCan We Talk?
BILL AND MARIA KOONCE, [email protected]
GENERAL GUIDELINES
1. Select a Competency/Topic: Conversation in Context
2. Make it Relevant/Meaningful3. Integrate all Language Skills4. Focus on Listening and
Speaking5. Model Correct Language: No
Correction
FL. CURRICULUM COMPETENCIES
1. Communication2. Civics, Family & Community
Resources3. Employment4. Consumer Education5. Health & Nutrition6. Transportation & Travel7. Safety & Security
ACTIVITIES 1. Telephone situations: conversation, message,
call back (realia) 2. Use photos to talk about family members
(visuals) 3. Interview (role-play) 4. Clothes, Advertisements (Language
Experience Approach) 5. Parts of the Body (Total Physical Response)
Symptoms (visuals, mimic, role-play 6. How did you come to the US? (experiential
learning) 7. Newspaper articles: a crime, a weather threat
(current events, relevancy)
OTHER ACTIVITIES Games Poetry, Songs Show-and-Tell Riddles and Jokes Exchange recipes Television shows and Movies
ASSESSMENT Self evaluations Checklists
RESOURCES Textbook Series? ______________ Cambridge University Press:
Keep Talking by F. Klippel Five-Minute Activities by P. Ur and A. Wright Grammar Activities by P. Ur Just Listening and Speaking (with CD) by M.
CavendishOxford University Press:
The Oxford ESOL Handbook by P. Schellekens
RESOURCES (CONT.)
http://esl.about.com/ http://efl4u.com/ http://www.usingenglish.com/
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