This is my third class with intermediate I.
this time I had to teach a quite broad topic; it was comparative adjectives. As
you know, there are irregular adjectives and a series of rules that control the
proper appliance of the adjectives when speaking or writing.
I started my class with a very fun and
appealing warm up. As my class was about adjective, I had them make two lines
facing each other; I dictated some adjectives and they had to construct a
sentence per each adjective; it was an oral competence. Later, I engaged them
in a reading activity and they had to determine how healthy they were by
answering some questions. I tried to work fast with them and then I taught some
of the rules for using adjectives in comparative form.
They paid careful attention and some of
them asked some questions while I was explaining. I tried to explain from my
knowledge because students come up with many questions.
I involved them in some practice; they had
to fill in the blanks with the appropriate comparative form of the adjective
provided. In this part, they asked about some irregular adjectives such as goo;
well, they learned to solve an exercise but later I had them speak. They were
asked to compare themselves to a relative using comparative adjective. They developed
this activity in pairs. They enjoyed it.
That is a demanding topic, especially when it is new for students. I think the variety of your activities was a good way to introduce the topic, as you prepared something different for each type of learner.
ResponderEliminarP.S. "Competence" means something else in English.
It is good that you are prepared for any question students might come up with, so you can answer them. the variety of activities was good as you could work with all the different type of learners..
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