ORAL TASK: INVENT A GADGET. LEARNING SITUATION, SPEAKING

 The main target of this task is that our students use all the knowledge they may have on technology, science and the world around them to create a gadget and describe it in front ot the class. How?

JUANA MORAL'S ENGLISH SITE. INVENT AN GADGET. SPEAKING. UDL/DUA

First, students invent a gadget, it can be related to science, technology, medicine or any field of knowledge that can improve people's lives. 
Later, they make a poster with the elements seen in the picture above: 

• A description

• The purpose of the gadget

• Function

• How it will help people

• Conclusion

In this case, it is essential to be original with every single element and to engage the rest of the class with questions and trying to make them understand the purpose of their invention

CAVEATS AND OPTIONS:

- This can be used as a writing prompt, including the elements explained before

- Students can make it using online elements for their presentation and they can also do it in pairs.

- A fair can be created in the hall of the high school in order to present relevant projects and make everyone aware of the outcomings of this task. Several departaments may be involved in oder to create a profitable interdisciplinar environment. 

To Luisa Ramirez, the real English teacher. 

Buying a train ticket. ROLE PLAY FOR ELT

How about a role play? Learning how to use means of transport is very useful and easy. Let's watch a video on how to buy a train ticket:

This kind of activity may be used as a real and motivating "learning situation" (situación de aprendizaje) in which our students can plan a journey and use speaking and communication competences in order to achieve their learning goals. 

BOOTRAILER PROJECT FOR ELT. STEP BY STEP GUIDE.

Reading is essential to improve in any language. Together with this, it is a great opportunity to learn from different cultures, grammar an also enjoy. 

BOOKTRAILER PROJECT. JUANA MORAL'S ENGLISH SITE

This project uses Graded Readers as a basis in order to create BOOKTRAILERS in English.

In the following lines, I am going to offer a step by step guide to create your own project and combine reading with COMMUNICATION (SPEAKING), video creation (IT) and creativity. Don't miss it!

CREATING A CLUB BROCHURE. COMMUNICATIVE TASK

In this activity, students have to create their own leaflets describing a club so that their mates join it. With this, it is easy to improve communicative skills as well as writing at basic levels.

You can create a PBW (ABP) with this task if you plan it before hand and it can be really engaging for your students. 

How can we do it?

COMPLAINING IN ENGLISH. AT A SHOP. SPEAKING

• This is a lesson plan which can lead to a fun role play activity on how to complain about a product or appliance in English. You can share and get excellent ideas for you A2/B1 speaking examination.

• This presentations includes:

• General vocabulary
• Expressions for the shop assistant

• Expressions for the customer

Complaining at a shop. ELT/Tefl/ a2 exams de Juani Moral Camacho

ENGLISH FOR TRAVELLING I. AT THE AIRPORT

This lesson plan is focused on learning how to speak English when travelling. It is really useful if you are planning to go abroad. The first section shows some vocabulary at the airport , and a presentation which includes two dialogue examples, too. We are going to create our own dialogues using all we have learnt here.  

Then, you can also watch a video to practise useful expressions and pronunciation:  

First of all, let us see the following picture from Fluentland: 

Airport vocabulary items: Juana Moral's English Site

OUR ECOLOGICAL DREAM HOUSE. PBW/ ABP/ SPEAKING

How can you create a motivating project based work to teach the parts of the house while you include ecological elements? How can you make your students combine ICT, Biology, Arts and English in an interdisciplinary task? They have to collaborate and use the create their ECOLOGICAL DREAM HOUSES. COME AND SEE!!

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INFOGRAPHIES FOR ELT/TEFL. GOING GREEN

Infographies are a profitable way to evaluate several skills: writing and speaking. They can also be part of communicative projects and show our students' creativity.

HOW CAN WE CREATE AN INFOGRAPHY? 

There are some online tools which can help us. (see the following example). In them, you should include your ideas, use the vocabulary needed and call for action. 

-Be clear when presenting your ideas

- Use interactive elements to make it more appealing

-Include pictures, figures and the like to raise interest

BOOKING A HOTEL ROOM

How would you like to travel? Have you ever been to a travel agency?
The following role play is to help you do the check-in in a hotel
Let's watch and learn from the following video from Linguatv.

More vocabulary related to travelling 

• Mansion del Inglés

A JOB INTERVIEW. Role play activity

The following post presents essential information to be succesful at a job interview.  

Consider the following video has a higher level, but trying to understand it and using some of the expressions will be profitable.

Good luck

SHOPPING FOR CLOTHES. Role play speaking task

Are you ready to go shopping?

In order to buy clothes, there are two important aspects to consider, first of all, it is a good idea to listen and learn some vocabulary, then, it is essential to practice some expressions:

EATING OUT ROLE PLAY: AT A RESTAURANT

Looking for new ideas for a role play? I know its hard now, and it can be a bit difficult to think about an original idea.

Let's see how to create a conversation at a restaurant

The following links show you interesting tips to improve your role play

• Eating out
• English-de
• FOOD VOCABULARY

You already know that the most important thing here is to speak in English and have fun! All your suggestions and ideas are welcome!

OUR TV SHOW. ROLE PLAY FOR ESO ELT

Next week is going to be great. We are going to have a great time preparing a role play on tv shows. In my opinion, that's going to be awesome!!!

You can choose the kind of programme that you prefer and do what you like, the main objective is to enjoy yourselves and speak in English!!! Before doing that, let's revise the types of tv programmes and films in English.

Now, I have introduced some videos to help you to see the different formats of tv programmes. The first one is from the news, and it is subtitled, so that you can focus on the expressions used:

What is it about?

Next one is also taken from the news, but there is an interview:




Now, an episode from a famous cartoons, ok, I'm not kidding, they are very easy to understand and they talk about next holidays!!!!



Next one belongs to a famous quizz show, I hope you like it:





Just to conclude, have fun and try to watch everything.