Namangan davlat universiteti ingliz filologiyasi fakulteti amaliy ingliz tili kafedrasi

Activity 2 Designing activities
Objective: to raise participants’ awareness of the relationship between form and meaning
Time: 20 min
Materials: handout 1, flipchart/board
►Procedure:
- ☺☺☺ (1 min) Say that a simple grammar activity can be based on a short text and thinking or concept questions asking students to explain the use of a certain grammar form in context. Ask participants to remain in the same four groups of five. - Ask each group of participants to design a task that would include a mini-story with a short dialogue which could put each of the above sentences in an appropriate context and a couple of thinking questions (Group A: I am reading a book, Group B: I was reading a book, Group C: I have read a book and Group D: I had read a book). Write these sentences on a board.
- Explain that these stories/dialogues should establish who the participants in the dialogue are; their relationship; and make clear in which situation such dialogue might occur.
- ☺☺☺ (1 min) Tell participants that they may extend the sentences by adding words or clauses, but they cannot change their wording. Give your own example of a task on present simple. Distribute handout 1.
-☺☺☺ (2 min) Ask participants to explain the use of present simple in this context. Ask why other tense forms cannot fit the context.
- Ask students students the following question:
~ What is the role of thinking questions?
Suggested answer:
Such questions provoke learners’ search for the answers that enable them to understand a certain language point. A succession of questions directs learners from identification of the language point towards underlying rules and principles behind the point.
- ☺☺☺ (2 min) Discuss the difference between this activity and Activity 1.
- ☺☺☺ (5 min) Give groups 5 minutes to create their stories. Remind them of possible instructions for students, e.g. Explain the use of … tense in the given context. Why is … tense used in this context?
- ☺(9 min) Discuss each story/task, inviting each group to present their ministory/ context in turn. Comment on the context and its authenticity. Give feedback where necessary.