Creative thinking in Reduced Relative Clauses

goksuc · Post by **goksuc** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:51 pm

Hi everyone,

I would like to learn your ideas about how to teach Reduced Relative Clauses using a creative method.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance

fluffyhamster · Post by **fluffyhamster** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:57 pm

Some threads about relative pronouns and clauses in general (some discussion of reduced), with glimmerings of activities along the way:
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/teacher/v ... php?t=4167
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/teacher/v ... php?t=4271
( http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/job/viewtopic.php?t=31699 )

You can find a few more, if you use the search function.

mesmark · Post by **mesmark** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 3:49 am

Fluffy - those are some interesting threads. I often have the same battles with JTEs.

The well this is how they'll be tested arguement seems inpenetrable.

goksuc - As for activities, what age group are you teaching and are you working on structure or functional use?

a preemptive strike...
www.bogglesworld.com has some great cards you can print out with various forms of relative clauses. These can be used to play a variety of card games. Some represent language chunks not full sentences and place nice focus on the modified noun.
"a basketball player passing a ball"
"icycles hanging from the roof"

There is also an occupations set decribing different people in the community.
"A police officer is someone who protects people."

Mark
www.mes-english.com