Fun English teaching and learning
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The document discusses how to make learning and teaching more fun and engaging for students. It provides examples of fun activities for listening, speaking, reading and writing that use games, role plays, group work and technology. Some suggested activities include jigsaw reading, group reading with questions, bingo and card quest games. The purpose is to promote happy, pleasant, enjoyable and motivated learning through interactive methods rather than traditional lecture-based instruction.
Fun English teaching and learning
- 1. FUN TEACHING & LEARNING Gusti Nur Hafifah gustihafifah@yahoo.com
- 2. Which would you prefer: As a student? As a teacher?
- 3. Teaching can be fun ďReally? What an extraordinary idea! ďHow often do you say: ďâI really enjoyed teaching my class today.â OR ďIf youâre not having fun.... your students probably arenât either. ďFun Learning = Fun Teaching
- 4. FUN LEARNING ď Happy learning ď Pleasant learning ď Free learning ď Enjoyable learning ď Cozy learning ď Funny or humorous learning ď Lovely learning ď Playful learning ď Interesting learning ď Motivated learning ď Enthusiastic learning ď Learning by doing
- 6. Fun listening activities ď Listen to a song ď Listen to a video ď Predictive Listening ď True or False Listening ď Whisper listening game ď Instructional listening (simon says) ď Listening through voice note ď Listening through pictures
- 7. Fun speaking activities ď Pair work (information gap) ď Role play ď Find someone who ď Classroom survey ď Discussion ď Debates ď Presentation ď Spontaneous conversation ď Problem solving ď Topic prompts
- 8. Fun Writing Activities ď Jigsaw writing ď Un-jumble writing ď Speed writing ď Writing from through pictures ď Writing a letter or postcard ď Writing a diary ď Writing for newspaper or magazine ď Writing a story board (portofolio) ď Writing on notice board ď Writing with technology , email, facebook,blog, messenger ď Writing a poem, dialogue or playscript ď Writing advertisement
- 9. Fun Reading activities ď Reading aloud ď Jigsaw reading ď Group work reading ď Running dictation ď Extensive reading ď Reading through pictures
- 10. GAMES : (Competition, Reward,....) 1. Bingo 2. Card quest 3. Whispering game 4. Instruction game (touch down) 5. Guessing game 6. Match master 7. Twin cards 8. Win, lose or draw 9. Water pistol shooting 10. Wet tissue shooting 11. Head and tail 12. Crosses and Noughts 13. The fish monster 14. Anagram 15. Word tree 16. Stick out 17. Treasure hunt 18. Hands on head 19. Picture knocking 20. Telegraph sentece
- 12. Jigsaw reading ď Prepare passages ad the numbers of a group. Each group one passage (better to print in in different colors) ď Cut up the passages into 4/5 parts ď In the classroom, spread the cut up and give them to all students. Each student gets one cut up. ď Give them 1 minute to read the paper ď Ask the students to form a group based on the color ď Tell them not to show the paper to other students ď Every students gather in one group based on color ď Ask students to retell in the group the paper that they have. Ask them to do it in turn without showing the paper ď Ask them to reorganize the paragraph into a whole passage
- 13. Group work reading ď Divide students into a group of 4 ď one text for each group ď Ask them to identify the generic structure ď Switch the texts to another group ď Ask them to write 10 difficult words and 10 questions about the passage ď Switch the text to another group ď Ask the students to answer the questions ď Switch the text ď Ask the students to do the correction ď Finally , Teacher can do scoring
- 14. BINGO ď OLD ď FAT ď SMALL ď UGLY ď SAD ď NEW ď BAD ď NOISY ď HOT ď CLEAN ď HARD ď SLOW ď RIGHT ď WET ď LIGHT ď POOR
- 15. CARD QUEST : OCCUPATION