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AbbeFaria
Joined: 17 May 2005
Location: Gangnam
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 Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:33 am Post subject: Daily Questions |
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My boss would like me to come up with questions to ask the kids each day at the beginning of class. Technically one set a week that I can ask to each class, but I'm kind of drawing a blank. It started this week and I began using the most innocuous of all non-conversation topics, the weather. I ask them what it's like outside today, when do Korean summers start, when do the typhoons hit, how hot does it get, whatever I can think to bounce off them about the weather, but I can quickly see myself running out of ideas. Maybe I'm just not being clever enough, but I was wondering if any of y'all had some good ideas.
Thanks,
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Njord
Joined: 12 Jan 2006
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 6:43 am Post subject: |
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That's funny, my director just asked me to do the same thing. I'm starting with some basic greetings (Hello, how are you? I'm fine. etc.), what time/day/month is it?, when is your birthday?
Also, on Monday and Friday we talk about weekend plans or what the students did over the weekend. I think this is a great thing to do since in really hammers in some of the most important and common phrases that tend to be forgotten. |
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AbbeFaria
Joined: 17 May 2005
Location: Gangnam
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| Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 6:56 am Post subject: |
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I already do that. The beginning of every class is filled with greetings, how are you's, hey's, how are you feeling, and when I'm feeling saucy I try to teach them stuff like 'Wassup' and 'How ya doin'. (I make sure to tell them those things are not for tests.) Mondays and Fridays are also used to say "What are you doing this weekend" and "What did you do on saturday/sunday", but the boss wants more.
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 6:57 am Post subject: |
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Lately I've started to begin every class with questions. If you saw my other thread about the students not comprehending me, you'll understand why. I'm hoping this helps them.
My tactic is essentially to implement the grammar they've been recently focusing on, and if possible, the vocabulary, too.
One easy way to get them talking is to give a word or two, and have them finish the sentence. For example:
Yesterday, I...
Tomorrow...
My best friend...
Boys always...
I never...
Depending on their level you can go to more advanced starters, such as vegetarians, politicians, the military, etc. (This isn't my idea. I got it from a web site somewhere.) |
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ddeubel
Joined: 20 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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This should keep you going for a few years.......if you are really up to it, teach the kids how to make questions. They can do the work for you, assign a kid to do it prior to each lesson for "homework". One thing many teachers don't do enough of is -- teaching kids the basic structure and "how" to make questions. This along with the past tense should be the building blocks (along with all those flies that must stick to this fly paper ---vocabulary) for any good ESL classroom. Once the kids can ask questions, the conversation flies....One reason many kids can maintain conversations, is that they can just respond, not ask and maintain the "conversation.".
Cheers,
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