The document describes using a "Survivor game" methodology to teach oral interpersonal communication skills in a target language. It discusses strategies for using turns-at-talk, routines, and gestures. The game involves dividing students into tribes, assigning tasks and challenges to complete only in the target language, and awarding points to determine winning groups. Potential challenges for teachers implementing this approach include facilitating conversations only in the target language, assessing student language skills without translations, and getting support from students, parents and administrators.

1. Interpersonal Communication&the Game B Y Jeanne Anna Wael

2. AGENDA Interpersonal Communications (Nature + teaching strategies) Survival Game (Description) Survival Game (activity) Poster Contest (Collecting Points) Class Discussion (Collecting Points) Wrap-up and Debrief Survivor Game Rewards

3. Oral Interpersonal Communication Two-Way Face- to- Face Communicative reasons Natural Discourse Gestures Negotiation of Meaning body language

4. Oral Communication Teaching Strategies (1) Turns-at-talk Teachers should encourage Students to be / … Interactive Spontaneous Expressive Encouraging Tolerate Silence

5. Oral Communication Teaching Strategies (2) Routines Teachers should encourage Students to use Gambits

6. Oral Communication Teaching Strategies (3) Gestures Teachers should encourage Students to use Iconic Gestures Metaphoric Gestures Illustrative Gestures Deictic Gestures

7. Willingness to Communicate (WTC) Communication Behavior Behavioral Intention Situated Antecedents MotivationalPropensities Affective-CognitiveContext Social & Individual Context Figure 8.6 - The Pyramid Model of Willingness to Communicate Shrum, J. L. & Glisan, E.W. (2010). Teacher’s handbook: Contextualized language instruction (4th ed.). Boston: Heinle.

8. Willingness to Communicate (WTC) WTC is influenced by Situational Influences Enduring Influences

9. GAME

10. What is exactly “Survivor” “Survivor” is a methodology used to enforce a target language only atmosphere.

11. What is “Survivor game” The “Survivor game” was designed by two Spanish teachers who use Spanish close to 100% of the time in their classroom.

12. Real Experiences Teachers: Kevin and Tammy Lyons Kevin is a professor at Indiana University in Pennsylvania and a HS Spanish teacher who has used Survivor for many years. Greensburg Salem School District http://losleones.webs.com/

13. What’s the use of the Game To get all levels of students and teachers to only use L2 every day for the entire class.

19. TeamTribe Work

20. TribalGroups and Topic

21. TribeTasksChallenges

23. Gain Points (Time Contest)

24. Each group (In sequence)

25. Final Questions

28. Consider: Willingness to communicate

29. Self-fulfilling prophecy

34. Thanks for participating! Any questions? Please don’t hesitate to ask Anna, Jeanne, or Wael, about Interpersonal Communication and the Survivor Game The Lyons’s Website: losleones.webs.com Email: tlyons@wiu.k12.pa.us – Tammy Lyons klyons@wiu.k12.pa.us – Kevin Lyons