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Dave Phillips Posted 16 years ago
Teaching
Making Grammar Interesting
What games/ techniques do you use to keep teaching grammar interesting?
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Hi Dave, Well, about three weeks ago, I was teaching my students about the simple future tense. After the teaching part was over, I wanted them to put into practice what they had been taught. So, in order to do this, I used a bit of lateral thinking and came up with self-made dice.
- Hi Dave, Well, about three weeks ago, I was teaching my students about the simple future tense.
- After the teaching part was over, I wanted them to put into practice what they had been taught.
- So, in order to do this, I used a bit of lateral thinking and came up with self-made dice.
- On each side of them I put pictures of something, like a 'red heart' or 'money'.
- On another dice I wrote words like 'tomorrow', 'in two weeks' and so forth.
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Hi Dave,
Well, about three weeks ago, I was teaching my students about the simple future tense. After the teaching part was over, I wanted them to put into practice what they had been taught. So, in order to do this, I used a bit of lateral thinking and came up with self-made dice. On each side of them I put pictures of something, like a 'red heart' or 'money'. On another dice I wrote w
Well, about three weeks ago, I was teaching my students about the simple future tense. After the teaching part was over, I wanted them to put into practice what they had been taught. So, in order to do this, I used a bit of lateral thinking and came up with self-made dice. On each side of them I put pictures of something, like a 'red heart' or 'money'. On another dice I wrote w
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Thats a great idea and a good tip. Thanks. I'm about to start the CELTA and in the process of coming with different ideas. Any that I think are good I'll post back to you.
Dave
Dave
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Good luck with the course, and I hope you 'stay the course'. 
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I have a CD with games on it but 90% are for children. It is PDF Format otherwise I would copy and paste some ideas here. I am happy to email them to people if you start a private converasation with me, you can send your email address then I'll send them as attachments.
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