LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES FOR TEENAGERSSeth Lindstromberger

INTRODUCTION

The part of Cambridge Handbook for Language Teachers series

Aimed at teachers of students aged between 11 and 16

Collection of different activities from different sources

99 activities for the classroom

Most of the activities take a broadly humanistic approach

THE BOOK IS DIVIDED INTO 9 CHAPTERS:

1. Maintaining the discipline in the classroom

2. Short auxiliary activities

3. Mainly speaking

4. Mainly listening 5. Mainly reading

6. Mainly writing

7. Learning and renewing vocabulary

8. Literature

9. Building the skills of discussion and debate

All sections start with a brief discussion of the area and go on to include a series of activities

MAINTAINING THE DISCIPLINE IN THE CLASSROM & SHORT, AUXILIARY ACTIVITIES

The first two chapters deal mostly with how to establish foundations for orderly behavious

Points out how important it is to decide what basic kind of teacher you want to be

‘’No running inside the school’’

Ice breakers, warm ups, breaks and closers

4 SKILLS

Mainly speaking activities

Mainly listening

Mainly reading

Mainly writting

No grammar chapter as such

LEARNING NEW VOCABULARY, BUILDING THE SKILLS OF DISCUSSION & DEBATE

o Activities helping students learn new vocabulary both well and reasonably quickly

o Discussion and debate activities improving fluency in English

o Improving communication skills in general

o Build confidence

CONCLUSION:

Provides useful ideas for classroom activities

Puts students at the centre of learning experience

It can help to change dynamics in the classroom