Sajida Shahjahaan May 2017 What Are You Talking About I am talking about talking Communicative activities promote the use of different situations and props to trigger communication These activities require and encourage a learnerstudent to communicate talking and listening with othe ID: 705079
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Communicative Activities
Sajida
Shahjahaan
May 2017Slide2
What Are You Talking About?
I am talking about talking.
Communicative activities promote the use of different situations and props to trigger communication.
These activities require and encourage a learner/student to communicate (talking and listening) with other learners/students in the group.
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uch classrooms are not teacher centered. Students are encouraged to think individually, creatively, critically, and then discuss their thoughts with the group. Slide3
Kinds of classroom communication
Presentations, lectures
Group work
Interpersonal
InterculturalSlide4
Effective Strategies
Maintain a pleasant tone of voice.
Vary your speed.
Choose your words carefully.
Use “I” messages rather than “you” messages.
Use a person’s name.
Use the appropriate nonverbal cues.Ask meaningful questions.
Choose an appropriate time for communicating.Slide5
Interacting with Students
Treat all equally
Acknowledge
Positive feedback every day
Student first, not disability
Address student directly
Encouraging rather than correctingSlide6
CARDINAL DIRECTIONS
Based on the corner you are in please answer the following questions.
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What are some of What
are some
your WORRIES?
NEEDS that you have?
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What are your Any SUGGESTIONS? EXPECTATIONS?
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Turn & Talk
Students take any task at hand, work on it independently and then turn and talk to a class mate to compare and contrast their understanding.
It can precede the independent work if students feel that the given task is very demanding, and they need to discuss before they can work on it.Slide8
Groups
Leader
- makes sure everyone is on
task and focused.
Reporter - keeps track of discussions or decisions made by group. Writer – writes down important points for sharing.
Consensus Builder - helps the group reach consensus and helps summarize discussion. Wild
Card
– helps the leader.Slide9
JIG SAW
Jig Saw is used when students have to take in a large amount of information. With this activity each student gets a portion of the information to understand and they come back together in the group and share it with each other.
Teacher breaks assignment into equal portions for each group member.
Teacher assigns each member of the group a portion of the assignment.
Students get materials and pair with a person with same assignment.
Students will read assignment and agree on main points to share with the rest of the group.
Teacher checks pairs work to make sure the main ideas are present.
Individuals return to groups.
Members share the information with their teammates.
Teacher checks for understanding as groups present information.
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GALLERY TOUR
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Students are divided into groups and each student is numbered off, 1, 2, 3, 4.
All the 1’s will be in one group, all the 2’s in another group and so on.
In these new groups students will create a project based on teachers instructions.
Teacher will call time and all students will return to their home groups they started with. Each group will have 1, 2, 3, 4 each numbered member.
Each project/poster is placed on the wall around the room. Groups are sent to a poster each.
When the group is standing at the poster, the numbered member that is responsible for making the poster will explain the contents as the other members stand and listen.
Students will walk around the classroom like a gallery tour and each numbered member will get a chance to present to their team.Slide11
INSIDE-OUTSIDE CIRCLE
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Students stand in two circles in equal numbers of people in both inner and outer circle.
Questions are give to either the inner or outer circle students.
Students with questions ask the question and the other circle students answer.
After each question one circle rotates and repeat the process.
Once the circle is complete, give another set of questions to the other circle and repeat the process. Slide12
PLACEMAT
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This activity is great to get students started with a new concept or theme.
On a large sheet of paper create a circle in the center with four sections on the outside. (Like the picture above)
Place students in groups and give each group a topic or theme.
Students work independently on each section of the placemat until time is called.
Students take turns to discuss what they have written in their section. Anything that is repeated or deemed important is written into the center circle.
Students present the information (main ideas) that are written with in the circle to the rest of the class. Slide13
GRAFFITI
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Place a question, problem, or theme on sheets of poster paper. Have a different item on each sheet.
Each group gets assigned to a different sheet of paper.
Each group member at the sheet write or draw what ever comes to their mind or is related to what is on the paper. No talking or sharing of ideas at this point.
After a minute or two the teacher calls time and asks group to rotate to the next table. Groups repeat until each group has visited each table.
Original group members present the poster to the class with ideas of whole class on paper. Slide14
Key Skills Attained
Social
Leadership
Communication
Fluency
Decision MakingProblem SolvingConflict ResolutionSlide15
Causes of
Communication Breakdowns
External communication barriers
Internal communication barriers
Lack of interest or attention
Failure to listen
Failure to clarify comments
Childhood teachings
Failure to see a person as an individual
Interruptions
Lack of self-confidenceSlide16
Challenges to Communicating Across Cultures
Communication is a combination of what is said, the way in which it is said and our body
language.
Challenges
can be categorized as:
speaking accent
topics of conversation
slang/
jargon
Formal/informal language
Tone
Gestures/ Posture
Physical space and contact
Communication Style
Dress and appearance
GenderSlide17
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