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Ideas for Successful Pair and Groupwork
Strategies and practical advice for successful pair
and groupwork activities in SSPG and SSSG
04/12/2014 Relatore: Joseph Mayo
Whattayadoin’ this weekend?
Take turns reading the dialogue with a partner.
Work in pairs to complete the exercise.
Practice the questions with a partner.
Fill in the gaps. Compare your answers with a partner.
Teaching difficulties in the ELT Classroom Top 5 Tips for Improving Pairwork Pair and Groupwork Benefits
Teaching Difficulties in the ELT Classroom
Can you tell me how to get to magical ELT land? Ya, what?
Photo by Jacek Cisło
Get me out
of here!
- Classroom Management/Unruly Behavior - Mixed Abilities - Inadequate Facilities - Technology? - Not Enough Contact Time - Difficulty Working on Skills
Noisy Atmosphere Students Speak in L1
Lack of Direction/Focus Students Rather Relate to
Teacher Paired Partner Can be a Problem
Top 5 Tips and Suggestions for Successful Pairwork
Establishing Rules
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• Establish rules early -
start as you mean to go on
• Explain rules – make students feel they are participating
• Plan your lessons – keep students engaged
Keeping Control
Rules for Groupwork
For which sub-activities will you allow students to talk in groups? For which activities will you demand that the groups are quiet? Set up a learning contract
• Who do I have in front of me?
• Are all students doing the same task or using the same material?
Today! Vol. 1
• How can I get all of my students to participate?
Organizing Students into Pairs / Groups
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• Where do I work?
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Other Ways to Setup Pairs
• Turn it into an activity • Stronger student with weaker student • Strong student with another strong student
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Using Clear Instructions & Concept Questions
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• Do the students understand?
• Work in Pairs: – Student A must draw a house – Student B will tell Student A which furniture to put in the
house. – The house must have 5 rooms plus a bathroom. – The house must have at least 10 pieces of furniture.
Today! Vol. 3
Giving Feedback
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• Rotating Individual attention
• Organize Feedback in Two Moments
Excellent Excellent
Most Faithfull to Task, 100% Most Creative, Funniest, Etc.
Great Great
Very Good Very Good
Good
Vary the Activities
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• Should I prepare something extra?
-Role-Plays -Simulation Exercises -One-sided dialogues -Information-gap activities
Peter Watcyn-Jones, 1997
-Discussion and conversation activities -Jigsaw reading and problem-solving
-Role-Plays -Simulation Exercises -One-sided dialogues -Information-gap activities
Peter Watcyn-Jones, 1997
-Discussion and conversation activities -Jigsaw reading and problem-solving
Best Choice 1
Role-Play Simulation Exercise One-sided dialogues Information-gap Discussion and conversation Jigsaw reading and problem-solving
Pair and Groupwork Benefits
Yay!!!
Having Fun Motivate Learners
Cooperative Learning Increases amount of STT
More time on Task Accomodates Individual Learning
Styles Promotes Learner Independence
Works Cited and Further Reading
Cisło, Jacek (Own work). http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APark_zamkowy_w_Pszczynie_03promykjck.jpg [CC-BY-SA-3.0-pl (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/pl/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons Harmer, Jeremy. Essential Teacher Knowledge. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited, 2012. Print. ---. The Practice of English Language Teaching. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited, 2007. Print. Thornbury, Scott. How to Teach Speaking. How to Teach… Harlow: Pearson Education Limited, 2005. Print. Watcyn-Jones, Peter. Pair Work 2. London: Penguin Books Limited, 1997. Print.
Roy Bennett Beth Childs
Richard Harrison Andrew Howarth Brigette Hughes Lina Papaianni
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