LIE or LAY

This can be a huge confusion.... Pay attention!

Second Language Learning and Language Teaching Styles

Last class, we have been dealing with different methods such as The Academic style, The Audio-Lingual style, The Communicative style, The Task-based learning style and The Mainstream EFL style."  

For next class we need to prepare a research about The Silent Way, Suggestopedia, Confluent Language Teaching and Community Language Learning (CLL). 

Here you have some details of my research:

This is an useful link which provides first hand information about The Silent Way:

https://www.uneeducationpourdemain.org/approche-pedagogique/

http://www.lozanov.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=67&lang=bg

Suggestopedia Methodology

The Silent Way by professor Luisa Piemontese

Learning is facilitated by problem solving.

Activities to do with books

Literature 

Here you will find a lot of activities to deal with any book or story.

From the point of view of:

THE AUTHOR

1. Write to the author and explain your reaction to his book.
2. Write to the author and explain why his book appeals to your age group. 
3. Make up five interview questions (with answers) for the author.
4. Pretend you're the author and explain why you chose the title of your book. 
5. Pretend you're the author and describe the part that was most fun to write. 
6. Pretend you're the author and tell what else you've written.
7. Pretend you're the author and tell about your life and how this book fits into it. 

Origami Wolf

Activities to do with books

Literature 

Here you will find a lot of activities to deal with any book or story.

From the point of view of:

THE SETTING

• Compare where you live with the neighbourhood or town in your book.
• Make a map of your book.
• Draw the setting of your book and explain it. 

Nature

Aquarium on Wheels

Great experience to watch and a lot of ideas for our classes!

Activities to do with books

Literature 

Here you will find a lot of activities to deal with any book or story.

From the point of view of:

THE CHARACTERS

• Discuss how the main character is like or unlike people you know.
  
• Pretend you're one character and introduce the other characters to your class.
  
• As an interior decorator, how would you decorate a character's bedroom and why?
  
• Invite one character to dinner and write a note of explanation to your mother.
  
• Invite three celebrities to a party for the main character and explain your choice.
  
• Write a page about a character beginning with the sentence: "I was (any verb) by ..."
  
• Make a timeline of the events in the life of the main character.
  
• Write a chronology for one character.
• Make up five interview questions (with answers) for the main character.
• Explain where you think the main character will die.
• ​For a film of your book, which actress would you choose for the leading female and why? 
• ​For a film of your book, which actor would you choose for the leading male and why? ​
• Explain what the main character would prefer for Christmas and why?
• ​Explain where the main character would prefer to vacation and why.
• ​Explain what the main character would prefer for dinner and why.
• Explain what the main character would prefer to wear  

COME - Phrasal Verbs

I hope you find it useful!