середу, 8 квітня 2020 р.

Effective grouping and how we can make it work

We, teachers, every now and then find ourselves in situations when we need to go further than just a simple ‘compare your answers with the person next to you’ instruction. Hence, the question: how to group students so that it’s not only effective in terms of particular lesson aims, but also adds a fun element? Let’s look at some options. 
No more boring “A/B/C”
This requires no prior preparation (besides coming up with a number of team names), but students - both adults and young learners - enjoy it. 
Here are some options: 
  • Apple/Banana/Cherry
  • Red/Purple/Green
  • Eggs/Coffee/Bacon, etc. 
It will be even better if you know what your learners like: if kids enjoy cars - make it Volkswagen/Ford/Rolls Royce, and your adults discuss movies all the time - let it be Spielberg/Tarantino/Cameron.