Language Activities for Teenagers

by Seth Lindstromberg

• ISBN13: 9780521541930
• ISBN10: 052154193X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-12
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Language Activities for Teenagers has 99 new activities to coax, cajole and tempt teenagers into learning English in a meaningful and enjoyable way. The activities have been specifically designed for use with the 11-16 age group. This book contains material drawn from the real-life classroom experience of several well known ELT contributors: Judit Feher, Jean Rudiger-Harper, David Hill, Hanna Kryszewska, Seth Lindstromberg, Bonnie Tsai and Tessa Woodward. Here they share some of their most reliable and rewarding ideas. The activities can be used alongside any coursebook and will motivate and engage even the most reluctant learners. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Maintaining discipline in the classroom. Part one: Basics of maintaining order: Introduction

Key practices

Part two: Routines for maintaining order: 1.1 Jobs for friendship pairs

1.2 Spatial anchoring

1.3 Noise control: The disappearing word

1.4 Confiscating things

1.5 Behaviour charts

Part three: Peer mediation: structured discussion of conflictual behaviour: Introduction

1.6 Writing scenarios

1.7 Discussing ground rules

1.8 Asking questions about people's stories and thinking of solutions

1.9 Dry run, with role reversal and solutions brainstorm

Chapter 2: Short auxiliary activities: ice-breakers, warm ups, breaks and closers

Introduction

2.1 Clap and say

2.2 Passing on

2.3 Flash the picture

2.4 Alphabetical vocabulary review

2.5 Surprise questions

2.6 From letters to grammar

2.7 Comparing it and me

2.8 Kill the text (then bring it back to life)

2.9 Question, question improvisation dialogues

2.10 Alphabet improvisation dialogues

Chapter 3: Mainly Speaking

Introduction

Part One: Oral fluency in pairs and groups: instructing, conversing, interviewing

3.1 LEGO constructions

3.2 Describe and draw...the opposite

3.3 The same but different

3.4 Newspaper pictures 3.5 My map of the world

3.6 Be someone else

3.7 Picture interviews 3.8 Tell me about it

3.9 Stories from pictures

3.10 Graffiti

Part two: Holding forth, being in the spotlight: 3.11 Letter on the board

3.12 30 second stimulus talks

3.13 Pitching a wonderful new product

3.14 Questions to the head

3.15 The third degree about a text

3.16 Simulation and presentations by groups

3.17 Performing stories from sounds

Chapter 4: Mainly Listening

Introduction: Part one: Using your own voice

4.1 Ticking differences

4.2 General knowledge quizzes 4.3 Picture dictation-a basic version

Part two: Using recordings: 4.4 Which was it?

4.5 Who said what, when and why? -using an excerpt from a film

4.6 Where do these words go?

4.7 Interactive song dictation Chapter 5: Mainly reading

Introduction

Part one: Reading tasks for authentic English

5.1 Mind-map the text

5.2 Listening for the differences

5.3 Put it in order

5.4 Take a good song and make it better

5.5 Quiz with a difference

5.6 Horoscopes

Part two: Reading stories, then reading out or telling them: 5.7 Reading a story aloud

5.8 What comes next?

5.9 Imagine that!

Chapter 6: Mainly Writing

Introduction

6.1 What's the number?

6.2 ABC sentences

6.3 Writing from a medley

6.4 Connecting the Top Fifty

6.5 Fake biographies

6.6 What a story!

6.7 Put yourself in the picture

6.8 Write in the shape

6.9 Draw the text

6.10 Diary questions

Chapter 7: Vocabulary-learning and reviewing

Introduction: Part one: Activities completable in one or two lessons

7.1 Mime the text

7.2 That can I see in English?

7.3 How many?

7.4 Find the words in the picture

7.5 Lists from pictures, pictures from lists 7.6 My schoolbag--and yours?

7.7 The best...

7.8 What can you hear and smell in the picture?

Activities that can roll from lesson to lesson: 7.9 Acting out prepositions 7.10 Memory poster circles 7.11 Physical action vocabulary and metaphor Chapter 8: Literature

Introduction: Writing poetic texts: learning about basic features of poetic writing

8.1 Writing haikus

8.2 Writing limericks

8.3 Word association poems

First encounters with a poem-preparing for reception, hearing/reading

8.4 From words to predictions

8.5 Find the poem

8.6 Gradual reveal

Learning a poem really well-reading out loud and/or memorising

8.7 Starting and ending with dashes

8.8 Picture poem

8.9 Technicolour reading-recital in voice groups

Exploring the meanings of literary texts: reading, thinking, discussing

8.10 Poem picture metaphor

8.11 From sketch to discussion of a short story

8.12 Literature interpretation mandala

8.13 Summarap

8.14 Card quiz game on a novel

8.15 Two short texts on a similar topic

Chapter 9: Building the skills of discussion and debate

Fluency under pressure an