appreciation – for learners aged 13 to 17
WORKSHOP PROCEDURE
Pre-preparation:- the teacher finds several new English words from the book, Matilda,- types them on small pieces of paper, and puts them into hats or small boxes for group work.( The same words are prepared for each group.)- a blank piece of paper containing only the names of the L1 languages of the student participants at the top
Step 1: Forming groups:
- students stand in a line and each calls out a number going from one to six in chronological order.( If there are fewer students, the numbers called out will also be fewer).
- students make up groups according to the numbers they called out( i. e. those who called out # 1 make up a group, those who called out # 2 make up a group, and so on.
- The students in each group sit together in a circle with their English to L1 dictionaries in hand.( They can also use their mobile phone dictionaries.)
Step 2: Dictionary work- Each student is given a piece of blank A4 paper with only the L1 languages of the student participants written at the top( pre-prepared by the teacher),- Each student in the group picks an English word from the hat or box which has been placed in the middle of the table.- Each student writes his / her English word down on the left side of the paper, finds its meaning in their L1 and writes it down in the column under his / her L1. Step 3: Rotating
- Each student gives their piece of paper to the neighbour on their left( in a clockwise direction), and gets a new piece of paper from the neighbour on their right, on which the first English word has already been written and an L1 meaning already found
- The student must now find the meaning of that same English word in his / her L1. If the word has already been translated into their L1, the student picks another word from the hat to translate into his / her L1
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