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Hi classmates! This is my second contribution in diigo. Last week we had an exhibition of storytelling. One of the stories that the professional told us was "the very hungry caterpillar", written by Eric Carle. I strongly believe that tell our students this story could be very useful, especially because it contains lots of interesting vocabulary. Here, in this page, you can find plenty of activities that will reinforce the vocabulary learnt by the students. As we have seen this weeks in the university, English classroom is dominated by the textbook. It decides what we have to do in the classroom. Nevertheless, we can use a lot of resources in order to produce intrinsic motivation in our pupils. I consider that storytelling can be a good learning tool because it promotes among other things, creativity and imagination. Furthermore, if we use stories in class, we will encourage the development of language among students. Here you can read the story http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/Very_Hungry_Caterpillar_Printable_Booklet.PDF I hope you like it!

i like so much the story, easy and very useful for teachers

Hi folks! Searching on the Internet I have found an interesting article that includes a set of communicative activities that we can develop in the classroom. As we have been studying, one of the big challenges that language teachers face is to promote the skills of speaking and oral interaction. In several of the case studies the teachers express the difficulties they have developing oral language. However, as a language teacher it's really important to know what counts as speaking in language learning and how to promote such skills. I think that these are the advantages of using this kind of activities in the classroom: More exposure to the target language More authentic opportunities to use the foreign language Fun and interesting for learners These activities provides opportunity to use authentic materials Nevertheless, I consider that there is a big problem that we have to take into account: Learners can be resistant, specially if they are accustomed to teacher-centred styles of teaching. I hope you find it useful!

This is another interesting game that stresses that children have to look at the small details. It can be played individually, in pairs or in teams but usually, it is played in pairs. Pair-work offers intensive, realistic practice promoting a friendly classroom ambiance in which multiplies the opportunity to practice the language. It is an efficient way of spending classroom time. I strongly recommend you to use it in the class!

Thanks Jorge! Both are interesting games which we can use in a class for practice different attitudes. With this one, for instance, we can work also the visual intelligence. Good work!

I always liked that game :)

Hi guys! Today I am going to share with you a game quite interesting. It is available in three languages and also has three different levels of difficulty. I used it last year in the practices and the truth is that children were highly motivated. Hangman is an example of competitive game. Pupils play in order to be the first to achieve the goal. This type of game is very motivating for students. However, teachers must teach them to enjoy participating and the right attitude when losing a game. Furthermore, 'Run and point' is another game that can be played in a competitive way. So long!

I really like this game! I think you can use in primary perfectly! It also includes different topics and levels! Jorge, thank you very much!

Hello! I want to share with you this blog entry about the top-down processing of language. "Whole language" is a method of teaching children to read by recognizing words as whole pieces of language. Whole language is an approach to teaching reading and writing which differs in many ways from the traditional system in which most of us learned to read and write. Proponents of the whole language philosophy believe that language should not be broken down into letters and combinations of letters and "decoded." Instead, they believe that language is a complete system of making meaning, with words functioning in relation to each other in context. You can also check the following websides: http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/literacy/referencematerials/glossaryofliteracyterms/WhatIsATopDownReadingModel.htm http://www.avko.org/Essays/whole_language.htm http://www.sabes.org/resources/publications/fieldnotes/vol10/f02abrah.htm http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/97nov/read.htm

This article is about the educational uses of Digital Storytelling. Telling and listening to stories is an ancient tradition that can benefit foreign language learners of all ages, languages, and levels of proficiency. Stories contain linguistic, paralinguistic, discourse, and cultural features that provide the comprehensible input and output that students need to develop their oral skills. As with traditional storytelling, you tell stories using computer-based tools, usually contain some mixture of images, text, recorded audio, narration, video clips and/or music.

Hello mates: I want to share with you my glogster. It is about Halloween. In my opinion, this is a good example of how to introduce FL topics in a easy way , using the ICTs too.

great! :)

I really like the recipe of Ghost and Pumpkin Marshmallow... it would be really enjoyable if we could do it in Enlgish class with our pupils!

Hello everyone! This article is about the Artigal's Method. It is based on short stories that promote communication in the English language throughout staging. Each short story, adapted to the level of the class, presents different didactic material that, by means of characters and their actions, makes children learn without realising it. So, what was senseless for kids at the beginning is at the end something that has sense in the English language, using the English words they have listened, memorized and learned.