Posts tagged scaffolding
Teachers as theatre directors
Teachers as theatre directors

In previous posts on this blog, I've written about the importance of activities which combine controlled and freer language use; the kind of thing where learners get repeated, controlled practice of areas of language, but also where they have opportunities to use language to share their opinions and personalities with the people around them - what we might call genuine communication.

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UncategorizedNick Bilbroughfree talk, playwriting, Gaza, scaffolding Comment
The spaces in between
The spaces in between

Two weeks ago I wrote a post called 'The Game of Jewels' about the strength of activities like Kim's Game, which emphasise the importance of noticing and retrieval. I said that most of my favourite things to do in class are really just adaptations of Kim's Game so, as promised, here's a version which uses the same principles, but which is more suited to teenage learners.

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Uncategorized, ELT, ActivitiesNick BilbroughRamallah, Earl Stevick, ELT, scaffolding, One thing about me Comments