Any good activities?
jueves, 2 de octubre de 2008
First day fun
Teaching young adults at Tourism has given me a different slant on first-day activities. Firstly, the first day of English for our first year students can be a daunting experience for some - their first day at uni. and speaking in English! What we decided to do this year is divide our group (about 25 students) into sub-groups of 5-6 students. We had prepared different fun activities for each group to do: taboo, pictionary, half-crosswords, question cue cards, "tell me about you" boardgames etc. The activities were placed on different desks in the classroom and each group had about 5 minutes on each activity. When the teacher shouts "change" they move on to the next activity (which we could call "play stations"!). We've found that this type of activity really motivates students, they speak freely and enjoy themselves. This get them in a good frame of mind for continuing the course and not playing truant in future classes!
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Can I borrow your play stations for next week?
It all sounds highly-organised and a lot of fun. Presumably you have access to your classrooms before time so that you can do all the classroom management in advance. But again, this sounds like something you'd want to do for most of the class. Just explaining the activities must take up a fair time.
In Tourism, do you need to do the bits and pieces we do in first classes in Bcn? Giving out the folders, making sure they're in the right class, talking them through the guide, etc,. or is that done apart?
Definitely not for me on the first day, though it would be fantastic to have the option. When I could really use them would be the week before Christmas. So if you're not using them then...?
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