1. What is your name? _______________________________________________
2. Who are you? _______________________________________________
3. Are you a student? _______________________________________________
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1 ACTIVITY 2:
Who is he? Who are they?
He is Craig. They are Craig and J essica.
Who am I?
Who am I?
You are _________________. You are _________________.
You __________ J essica and ______________. Who are we?
Jessica Craig
You ___________ Ruth and _____________. Who are we?
Ruth Raymond
TEACHERS GUIDE MODULE 1 PART 1
UPDATED 2012
LEARNING ENGLISH WITH LAUGHTER
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i "LEARNING ENGLISH WITH LAUGHTER" means that the students and teachers can combine laughter and learning, while communicating in English. This is a structured approach, meaning that each new concept is mastered in a conversational English environment before another is introduced. During the past decade, research has shown that the students learn more effectively if the teaching of grammar is integrated with a communicative approach to the learning of the English language.
This program is written for students 13 years and older. We introduce the basic tenses and other structures in a logical sequence, integrating them with light hearted activities that provide practice in a conversational setting. The combination achieved in LEARNING ENGLISH WITH LAUGHTER has proved to be popular with the students and successful in achieving its goals.
TIMING AND LESSON STRUCTURE
The most successful order of presentation for the lessons is outlined below: -Greeting the students in English -Oral questions (20 to 30 minutes) Oral Questions may be done before or after the new lesson has been introduced. The order suggested in the Students Book should be adapted to the needs of the group. -Introduction of a new lesson or continuation of a past lesson. -Completion of exercises and / or partner activities -Ending with a more relaxed conversational activity
VOCABULARY The new words introduced in each lesson are listed under the title and may be introduced in any of the following ways. The teacher may write the words on the blackboard and use them in sentences. The teacher can dramatize, draw or use the pictures to explain the words. The students can work in small groups with their dictionaries.
ORAL QUESTIONS The oral questions are designed to provide practice in speaking. The questions and answers stress grammatical structure, and word order of the English language. When our students completed surveys where Oral Questions were rated helpful / not helpful on a scale of 1 to 10, Oral Questions were consistently rated as 10 - very helpful. Teaching this Conversational English program without using the oral questions will result in the lessons becoming too difficult for the students.
These questions provide the basic models of the English Language. They are a vital part of the program, giving practice, review and an opportunity for the teacher to expand the language to talk about local events.
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ii SUGGESTIONS FOR PRESENTING ORAL QUESTIONS
If the group has fewer than 15 students the teacher can work with the whole group. - It is best to begin at the top of the oral question page and work down, as the first questions are often a review. - Avoid asking students in the order in which they sit. Their attention will be the best if they dont know who you are going to ask next! - It is important to write difficult questions on the blackboard and discuss the possible answers with the students. - Always be willing to use the blackboard to clarify a question or answer. Encourage the students to request such clarification. - Be sure to ask the same question a number of times until the students can answer fluently. This is especially important for the difficult questions. - As the basic questions and answers are learned, it will be important for the teacher to adapt and expand the questions and answers. The given questions and suggested answers provide basic grammatically correct English. It will be helpful if teachers try to provide additional humorous and / or questions about local events.
ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF PRESENTING THE ORAL QUESTIONS SO THEY CAN BE ADAPTED TO DIFFERENT GROUPS
If the whole group approach is not appropriate to the situation then the presentation of the questions may be adapted in the following ways:
- The class can be divided in half. One copy of the oral questions can be given to each pair of students in one half of the class. They can then take turns asking each other the questions. Meanwhile the teacher can be working orally with the other half as explained above. Working with half of the class at a time is well suited to using volunteers.
EXERCISES The exercises are designed to give the students practice in important points of grammar. These can be done in class or assigned as homework. Due to the differences between the English language and other languages, students should understand the meaning of each sentence, but they should avoid making a direct translation, (a translation of each word). Word by word translation often changes the meaning, takes too much time, and prevents the student from learning the correct English word order. Teachers should use their discretion when deciding the order in which the students complete the exercises.
ACTIVITIES The activities are often designed to take place in a more relaxed atmosphere, with the students moving around the room, and practicing what they have learned. The goal of these activities is for the students to gain practice, and not to finish the activity quickly. They will require supervision, so that they do practice the English, and not complete the activity in their own language. If time is limited, then an activity may be skipped and returned to at a later time. Teachers should use their discretion when deciding the order in which the students complete the activities.
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iii TESTS
The tests are a part of the learning process. They allow the students to identify the areas they need to study. When marking the sentence answers, subtract one mark for each error. If a student has one mistake he or she will get 3 marks for that answer If a student has two mistakes, he or she will get 2 marks for that answer If a student has three mistakes, he or she will get 1 mark for that answer If a student has four or more mistakes, he or she wont get any marks
GIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO INDIVIDUAL NEEDS WHEN MARKING The teacher should use discretion when marking. Some students work very hard but have difficulty. They should be given the best possible mark. Some students learn easily but become careless, so they should be marked down for their mistakes. In other words, the teacher needs to be aware of the needs of the students. The tests are designed to make most of the students feel good about their English but also give a clear signal to those who arent making satisfactory progress. What kind of mistakes should be considered? Marks should be deducted for: - not knowing the right vocabulary - word order mistakes - grammatical errors - no marks are given if the student doesnt understand the question Do not deduct marks for spelling mistakes if you can understand what the student means. Students with marks above 80% are ready to continue with the program. Test answers are included in the Guide.
Answers to the oral test questions The teachers have the choice of having the students answer orally or in writing. As some of the teachers are speaking English as a second language, it might be difficult for them to test pronunciation. If the teacher can understand what the student is saying then the pronunciation should be accepted. Internationally, it is acceptable if the speaker is understood.
The tests are out of 50 except for the last test in Part 1 and in Part 2. There are no absolutes when assessing test marks. Many factors always enter into the mark. These can range from the student being sick that day to some problem at home. Its also possible that the student missed a lot of classes due to illness.
The purpose of these tests is to allow the students to see where they are having difficulty. This lets them know where they should spend their time when they study. This is the most important aspect of the tests.
ANSWERS Answers in the Guide are written in italics. The suggested answers are the most likely, but others are possible.
GLOSSARY The glossary contains the vocabulary for this Module. The verbs are shown in the infinitive form: do (to). The past tenses are included for reference in the glossary, shown as follows: infinitive, past tense. Learning English with Laughter Ltd. All Rights Reserved. http://www.efl-esl.com
1 MODULE 1 PART 1 LESSON 1
At the beginning of the first class the teacher will introduce himself or herself by saying, My name is ____________. We suggest that the students could then introduce themselves by saying, My name is ___________. As this is our International Edition we have included a variety of English names in this first book. Our experience has shown us that many students have difficulty identifying the male names and the female names. Lists are provided as a part of the several lessons to help them with this.
INTRODUCING THE NEW VOCABULARY IN EACH LESSON Each teacher will find their own method for helping the students to understand the new words. We suggest writing the words on the board as they are explained. Possible ways for making their meaning clear might include: dramatizing, drawing, pointing to objects or pictures or using the words in sentences with vocabulary that has been already introduced.
The Oral Questions are the most important activity or exercise. Without these the content will become too difficult. This has been verified by the results of surveys given to thousands of students in many countries. The oral questions are based on what is taught in the lesson, and should be asked many times until the students can answer fluently without stopping to think. We suggest that each Oral Question session should review the oral questions from the preceding lesson(s), and then proceed to those for the new lesson. When the students have difficulty with a question it should be put on the blackboard with the sentence answer.
ORAL QUESTIONS Tell the students that in English the second person singular and plural of to be are the same. Example: Are you a student? Are you students? singular plural
What is your name? My name is ___________. Are you a student? Yes, I am a student. Is your friend a student? Yes, my friend is a student.
PAGE 1 ACTIVITY 1: We suggest that the students speak in unison to read the answers to these early question and answer activities. This method is well suited to groups that are involved with chanting in their own culture. It also provides a cover for those who are shy about articulating the new sounds of the English language. Directions are provided with each activity.
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9 LESSON 3 CONTINUED
Note to the teacher: The Picture Bingo Activity introduces new nouns. The students will know some of them and the pictures will show the meanings of the others.
We understand that the students find using to do and to be difficult.
PICTURE BINGO PAGES 7 - 23 To the teacher: Give a different card to each student. If there arent enough different cards, then give the same card to two students who arent sitting together.
Give each student a number of small objects such as beans or stones to place over the boxes as the words are called.
The teacher then calls the captions listed on the TEACHERS COPY card in any order, allowing the students time to find the matching picture. Help is given as the game is played, as the goal is for the students to hear the sentence captions many times. In this way they learn sentence word order as well as vocabulary.
The winner(s) of the game call BINGO when they have a straight and complete row of covered pictures. The covered rows can be in a straight vertical line, a straight horizontal line, or a straight diagonal line. The diagonal line must go from one corner to the other.
The FREE box is counted as a covered picture when it is a part of the completed row.
The game can be played a number of times until the students know the vocabulary well. At that point go to the Enrichment Copy, having the students use the same Bingo cards.
MODULE 1 BINGO TEACHERS COPY
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10 MODULE 1 BINGO TEACHERS COPY ENRICHMENT
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11 BINGO Card 1
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