1088. Making students practice questions
Teacher B said to teacher A, “Probably you’ve noticed
that students usually ANSWER questions, but they don’t ASK questions.
What could
we do to solve this problem? All comments of readers will be welcome.
First you can present
the grammar of verbs: I'm referring to affirmative, negative and interrogative.
Or you can use
those patterns and make the students infer a conclusion.
I would (maybe)
present the grammar, after having used the three types of sentences (affirmative,
negative, interrogative) in the classroom, in a practical and naturalistic way.
For example, I would ask a student with the grammar pattern we’re learning,
like for instance: What did you do yesterday? And I would expect an answer.
I’d
repeat the thing many times: I ask and a kid answers.
After that, I would say
to student A to ask student B. This is some way. Maybe I would implement
something different, depending on the students’ response to this system.
I’d
try to use interesting stuff for the kids: soccer, music groups, films, current
news...
In any case I would adapt the system to the way that would result: sometimes you
plan a class, but life itself in the classroom leads you to other systems or
methods. The method you had thought of doesn’t work with such or such
class-group. Flexibility!” / Photo from: elblogdejaviercaraballo blogspot com. efecto
domino
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