Some fresh ideas for pre-service teachers

1. Hints for
beginner
teachers
Montse Irun
University of Lleida

2. At the end of this
presentation, you will hopefully
1. Have learned a few strategies to improve
how effective you are in the classroom.
2. Have some activities and websites to take
away and try out in your own classes.

3. Things that work

4. Use all the skills at your disposal
 Hot shots with new technology
 Youth
 Common interests with students

5. An adult can learn between five and seven
new words in an hour and retain them

6. Pair share is a
great way of
trying out
language
without
pressure.

7. The Tools of the trade
 Lots of imagination
 Hot with new technology
 Know which websites to go for
 You Tube
 Blue-tack
 Post-its
 Scraps of paper
“

8. A Wise man once said:
“You got to be careful if you don’t know
where you’re going,
because you might not get there.”
Yogi Berra

9. Don’t keep your teaching
aims a secret

10. Plenary and feedback
 Always leave a few minutes at the end of the class
to sum up the lesson
 Focus on new vocabulary and give positive
feedback

11. Work from students’ previous
knowledge
 Brainstorming and KWL Grids

12. Tell students how to be successful
 Success criteria
Use models- show them what 10 should look
like.
 Must have………………..
 Should have…………………..
 Could have………………………

13. Present material in interesting
ways
 Visuals
 Treasure hunts
 Reading races
 Loop games
 Barrier Game
 Role plays
 Key word bingo

14. How to ensure group work
goes smoothly
 Always give language structures and
important vocabulary.
 Always assign roles within the group to
keep everyone on-task.
 Provide essential vocabulary

15. Roles for group work to keep
everyone on task

16. Memory Games

17. Bingo
Prepare bingo sheets with topic
vocabulary. Students place blobs of
plasticine on these words. The team who
gets rid of all plasticine first is the winner

18. Crossword, word search

19. Information Gap Activity

20. Loops

21. Find someone who

22. Just allowing students to get up and
move around the classroom to complete
a task completely changes the focus of
the lesson. (motivation)
There are cards twenty cards with
information around the room that
students need to collect
Treasure Hunt
Information cards stuck around the wall then in pairs complete a
question sheet using the information that is displayed.

23. Wall dictation

24. Ranking
Which one is the most important?
 Toilet
 Light Bulb
 Fridge
 Shower
 Washing Macine
 Cooker
 Microwave oven
 Telephone
 Hair drier
 TV

25. Webpages for beginners
 For 3-5 year-olds
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/games/
 http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/es/
 http://www.learningchocolate.com/
 http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/gam
es/i/
 http://www.funenglishgames.com/grammarg
ames.html
 http://www.esl-galaxy.com
 http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/e
nglishE3.htm

26. Webpages for everybody
 http://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogs
pot.com.es/
 http://es.lyricstraining.com/
 http://isabelperez.com
 http://www.ego4u.com
 http://www.mes-english.com/flashcards.php
 http://a4esl.org/
 http://www.esl-lab.com/
 http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/freeexercises
.htm
 http://www.mrshurleysesl.com/teacherresources/in
dex.html

27. More Great Websites
 Padlet.com (graffiti the wall)
 Socrative.com
(make your own quiz)
 http.www.powerupthegame
 Http.memorize.com

28. Time for a laugh!