It was
interesting to start the day’s sessions with Jeremy Harmer’s. He showed a photo
of a group of young men with two ladies and asked us to guess who these were,
he started a discussion on it. Then he introduced 2 o3 paragraphs and each time
he told us it is part of the story of this photo and asked us to guess which
part of the story was it (introduction, middle or end). Then he gave us the different
paragraphs and asked us to arrange them (Puzzle Story). After that we knew it was
the story a famous film called The Wolf Pack which told us the true story of a
family of 6 or 7 twins and their mother and their life problem.
Jeremy then
started discussing how we can teach such a story in class and how we can benefit
our students from it as much as possible. He discussed that we can refer our
students to the internet to dig behind the story and present it in different ways.
He as well as other participants suggested introducing the story using a video
followed by discussions and group work, using graphic organizers …etc. He also
suggested using the text to tackle different grammar lessons (the difference
between adjs and advs for example). This can be used with different levels of
students.
After
tackling the story with the different outcomes, the students can be asked to
summarise the story in their own words or act a scene from the movie, record it
and set it on You Tube. They can then wait for mutual comments from their
classmates. This would give students great confidence to develop their Speaking
skills and encourage them to use the language more freely.
Stay Tuned for more diaries to come :)
