Creating communicative activities
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1. The document discusses creating communicative activities for technical English learners. It outlines a five step process: communicative event analysis, prioritizing events, providing language input, student simulation, and feedback. 2. Communicative event analysis involves understanding who learners communicate with, how often, why, and their role. Prioritizing considers which factors like frequency should impact activity selection. Language input provides vocabulary for selected events. 3. Student simulation allows practicing selected events to become more relevant, aware and alert in communication. Feedback incorporates recording learners or using video software to provide feedback on their simulations.
Creating communicative activities
- 1. CREATING COMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR TECHNICAL ENGLISH LEARNERS IATET Webinar 27.06.2012 – Claire Hart
- 2. Communicative activities The Cinderella of technical English?
- 3. Five Steps 1. Communicative event analysis 2. 5. Feedback/ Communicative post-task event selection 4. Student- 3. Language driven input simulation
- 4. 1. Communicative event analysis What do you...? Who do you...? How often do you...? Why do you...? What´s your role...?
- 5. What...? Explain how to process a contract Who...? Colleagues from home & abroad How often...? About once a month Why...? Processing is always done in English Your role...? Trainer/ guide
- 6. Manfred the milling shop manager Has contact with: other managers in his department colleagues in other countries suppliers from other countries customers in other countries
- 7. 2. Prioritising communicative events What factor should impact the most when we prioritise communicative events?
- 8. 3. Language input Making a phone call to a supplier 1. Asking for information 2. Making requests 3. Negotiating
- 9. 3. Language Input Taking part in an international meeting Active listening Making suggestions Talking about the future
- 10. 4. Student-driven simulation RELEVANT AWARE ALERT
- 11. 5. Feedback / post-task How do you do feedback? Have you tried? • Recording the learners or having them record themselves? • Using Jing to give video feedback? http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html
- 12. Thanks for coming along... Please stay in touch: clairehart@gmail.com businessenglishlessonplans.wordpress.com