Adapting Classroom Activities for Multiple Needs and Purposes: "Find Someone Who..."

Autor/in	Schmidt, Ken
Titel	Adapting Classroom Activities for Multiple Needs and Purposes: "Find Someone Who..."
Quelle	In: Language Teaching: The Korea TESOL Journal, 2 (1994) 1, (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Class Activities; Classroom Communication; Communicative Competence (Languages); English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; Instructional Materials; Second Language Instruction; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Klassengespräch; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Ausland; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	An English-as-a-Foreign Language instructor's repertoire of effective classroom activities is extended not only through acquiring useful, new ideas, but through adapting these activities (new and old) for varied needs and purposes. This article focuses on the potential for adaptation of one popular, communicative activity: "Find someone who..." Suggestions for modification include: employing different grammar points, increasing linguistic complexity, decreasing linguistic support, broadening the information gap, using follow-up questions, one-word cues and picture cues, looking for "no" answers, using information questions, doing indirect questioning, linking with follow-up activities, developing topical themes, and using trivia quizzes and personalized cues. Together, these modifications exemplify how many activities can be adapted to better reach our students and respond to the various needs we encounter. (Contains 13 references.) (Author)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01