EIKAIWA POST
hi guys,
i have to start my second semester of eikaiwa class coming up in may. this time i've been asked to pre-plan an outline of the topics/themes i'll be doing beforehand (which was i think one of the reasons i found it so frustrating and disorganized last time - not having a guideline). those of you who teach eikaiwa (and even those who don't), would you mind giving some of your glorious insight into:
- themes i could teach (ie - INTRODUCTIONS/ON THE PHONE etc)
- games/activities for reinforcing these themes
- anything else that would be of help.
sometimes i feel so uncreative when it comes to this kind of thing. i really thought i'd enjoy it more than i do.
cheers.
i have to start my second semester of eikaiwa class coming up in may. this time i've been asked to pre-plan an outline of the topics/themes i'll be doing beforehand (which was i think one of the reasons i found it so frustrating and disorganized last time - not having a guideline). those of you who teach eikaiwa (and even those who don't), would you mind giving some of your glorious insight into:
- themes i could teach (ie - INTRODUCTIONS/ON THE PHONE etc)
- games/activities for reinforcing these themes
- anything else that would be of help.
sometimes i feel so uncreative when it comes to this kind of thing. i really thought i'd enjoy it more than i do.
cheers.
posted by Justine at 8:27 p.m.
10 Comments:
j-chan, last night i ended up teaching "idioms". i wrote 20 different english idioms on pieces of paper, divided them into pairs and they had like 5-7 miutes each round to discuss what they THINK it might mean. then we shared and i told them what the actual meaning was. that went super well.
also, descriptions can be fun too. give them pictures of famous people, they describe and everyone else has to guess who it is. this can be reversed too with "20 questions"- pictures of people, places, things, etc.
i struggle with eikaiwa too
THE REAL "HOT" POTATO GAME. Never fails.
that's so awesome bex, thanks!!!
yeah hit, never thought about doing potato game with adults. should get some pretty funny answers especially since they all have their electronic dictionaries!
Ive had adult eikaiwa since i started here. Its def one of my best classes.
I switch between doing 'cultural' things, and then 'grammatical' type langauge things. Yeah, Bex probably stole the idiom thing from me. :-)
Topics i have covered, gramatically speaking-
-Reg and irreg verbs
-Adjective- comparatives, superlatives
-Idioms- this topic can be dragged on and on, its really interesting.- im an idiom geek, they were my fave in german grammar.
-Similies/Metaphors
-Prounouns- personal, relative
-Adverbs
-Nouns
- differences beteeen american/british english - they love this shit coz i get on my high horse and demand they say AUBERGINE and not egg plant! they re getting a LIFT not an elevator...haha
Topics
- Restaurants
- Hotels
-Doctors
- shopping
Cultural things i have done!
- Henry VIII
- Guy Fawkes (you know?)
- Pancake day
- Elizabeth I
- Royals (contemporary)
- Living in england- differences
-Women's rle within society
-Food
I also find DEBATES are great. You might have to cover a topic about HOW TO EXPRESS your opinion. Then create relevent topcs to them, for example-
- Should the Japanese royal family allow for women to ascend to the throne?
etc etc
or cover more topical world issues,
- iraq
- the euro (maybe not so much for you guys)
- Smoking
-Abortion
- the environemnt (kyoto agreement)
- Health
- Suicide
the list is endless
I could go on, in fairness, these are all topics i ahve covered continuously since i started studying German.
The best debates are ones youll get from the newspaper...pick out a local story and discuss it!
Hope this helps
xxxxx
keep the ideas comin' kat. i may just steal more from you!
cheers!
Sorry for my meddlin' in.
Just sent email to you Justine.
And if you can't it's OK anyway.
I'm broken as well as my 1st email server and Yahoo!s free account.
Maybe never come over...bye now.
Yellow Monkey Jap/S
(Also deleted links - sorry)
What the hell is up with this Yellow Jap Monkey story!!! I must have missed something... Who calls themselves such a name... Are you on drugs???
i'm beginning to think that is the case, nigel. either that or split personality disorder
小さくて黄色の日本の去るさま、
触ってもいいの？あなたを見る時痙攣したくなるが、ぼくはとても小さくて想像的なカエルだよ。あなたと夜にぼくは優しく怖くさせて頭がないカエルですが、あなたに本当に愛させられた。それを見えないの？見えなかったら、生き続けることが不可能だよ。
不思議に外国のカエル
anonymous,
you funny lilttle frogger man.
green frog, yellow monkey? hmmm...i see a connection here.
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