Important people A (Girl): She lives next door and she’s always been really important in my life. When we were little and my mum was working she used to look after us. She’d tell us stories about her childhood. It was like listening to fairy stories, life was so different when she was a child. In her kitchen she used to keep a special dish with sweets for us, and she was always baking cakes and pies. Now she doesn’t bake so much. B (Boy): He’s four years older than me and that seemed like a huge amount when we were children. C (Girl): We’ve known each other since we were five and we’ve always got on really well. D (Boy): His family moved in just a few houses down from us when I was about ten, and I still remember how excited I felt when I found out there was another boy on the street. E (Girl): I can remember all the details of when we met.
Are You A Good Listener? Being a good listener is an essential skill that all people could probably work on. Need some more ideas about how to improve your own listening skills? Start with: 9 Things Good Listeners Do Differently. What is the science behind actually hearing something? Need a TED Talk on this topic? Communication exercises & listening activities - WorkSMART Over the years, I’ve collected these exercises and activities from a variety of LinkedIN discussions and recommendations from trainers and business people. If you aren’t sure how to choose a teambuilding game, view How to Choose a Teambuilding Game Infographic. If you’re looking for games to purchase, please visit Office Oxygen for a great selection of resources. Because this list of exercises has become increasingly popular, I’ve recently tried to re-organize it. Perception – different people lend different meaning to words or imagesBuilding Relationships & Emotional ConnectednessBecoming aware of assumptionsSpeaking clearly and following instructions– given the same instructions, different people achieve different results. Immediately below is an outline of the nine categories along with a quick snapshot of each game suitable for that goal. 1. 2. 2. 1 Silver Series Thumballs – balls imprinted with discussion prompts. 3. 4. 5. 5.1 Showing vs. 6. 7. 8. 9. Perception – Lending Meaning 2.
Camden Town | English Lesson Plan with videos for ESL EFL teachers This lesson plan is a great way of developing students’ listening ability but also improving their writing skills. During this lesson students will learn more about one of the most colourful and diverse places in London, that is Camden Town. By the end of the lesson students will be more confident when writing / describing a place, learn the necessary vocabulary in order to express their own reason for visiting a tourist attraction. Plus they will understand why Camden is so popular. 1.Ask your students to close their eyes and imagine the following: It’s your first day in London/ Which tourist attraction are you visiting first? Show students photos below, and ask what they can see in each photo, this will help you to generate interest, build context and pre-teach some useful vocabulary. Here are some of the pictures you could use: Pic1 Pic2 Pic3 Pic4 Pic5 Elicit vocab ( canal, vintage, tube etc…) a) Where is Camden Town? b) What’s there? c) What people say about Camden? Group 1- location
We're looking at listening skills next... - LearnEnglish – British Council BP Challenge | starters.co.nz BP Challenge is a hands-on competition where students work as a team using simple materials to solve problems. Once known as the BP Technology Challenge, the BP Challenge has strong links to New Zealand's technology, science and mathematics curriculum and other curriculum areas. Over the past 21 years, many hundreds of thousands of students have taken part in Regional BP Challenge events, inter-school challenges, school-wide challenges and class challenges. We thank BP New Zealand and the Royal Society of New Zealand for allowing us to publish these challenges and make them freely available to all teachers. Getting the most from the BP Challenges If you have a BP Challenge you would like to share with teachers, published on this website, please email us a pdf or word document to: starters@reap.org.nz Point View School host the first ever East Auckland BP Challenge. Produced by Point View School – East Auckland East Auckland BP Challenge BP Challenges in Flip-book and pdf formats. guide.
Listening comprehension sul cantante MIKA : testo ed esempi concreti per migliorare In questi giorni stiamo pubblicando tante risorse per i ragazzi che si devono preparare agli INVALSI di inglese di terza media . Qui vi proponiamo un video che racconta la vita di un cantante popolare e simpatico: Mika. Nato in libano da una famiglia mista, Mika ha vissuto tra Parigi e Londra, dove ha cominciato gli studi musicali. Precocemente, è diventato famoso con canzoni come “Grace Kelly”, che è stato un successo in tutta Europa. Ma la specificità di Mika è anche quell’elemento personale di simpatica e umanità: dislessico, viene da una esperienza personale che ha conosciuto il bullismo. Bilingue francese e inglese, ha imparato anche lo spagnolo e l’italiano e si esprime con naturalezza in 4 lingue. Anche questi elementi di personalità fanno amare Mika a cui molto volentieri dedichiamo la nostra listening comprehension. Aiutare gli alunni a strutturare l’ascolto Spesso gli alunni trovano difficili le listening comprehension. Siete pronti? Denise Brazzioli
Listening: Top down and bottom up Top-down vs. bottom-up listeningIn the classroomTop-down listening activitiesBottom-up listening activitiesConclusion Top-down vs. bottom-up listeningImagine the following situations: Over lunch, your friend tells you a story about a recent holiday, which was a disaster. That evening, another friend calls to invite you to a party at her house the following Saturday. How do you listen in each case? The way you listened to the holiday anecdote could be characterised as top-down listening. In contrast, when listening to directions to a friend’s house, comprehension is achieved by dividing and decoding the sound signal bit by bit. In reality, fluent listening normally depends on the use of both processes operating simultaneously. In the classroomIn real-life listening, our students will have to use a combination of the two processes, with more emphasis on top-down or bottom-up listening depending on their reasons for listening. Some suitable sentences are:
20 Problem Solving Activities to Improve Creativity Creative problem solving requires creative problem solving activities. Because even if you know all of the problem solving steps, it’s important to know exercises and techniques to actually execute each phase. Listed below are 20 interactive exercises that will help you through each step of the problem solving process. Problem Solving Activities Note: For the sake of demonstration, we’re going to use the same example for each exercise, in this case, the difficult problem of opening a jar of peanut butter (to make a delicious peanut butter and jelly sandwich of course). Step 1: Define the Problem Problem solving activities that help you phrase and understand the problem you are trying to solve: #1. Example: “Local man attempts to provide joy to the world by opening a jar of peanut butter.” #2. Example: “I can’t believe it’s been a year since we ate all the peanut butter from that crazy tight jar.” #3. 40-20-10-5 – Explain your problem in up to 40 words. #4. Step 2: Brainstorm Ideas #5. #6. #7.