Remember how I talked about the class that said everything was too hard? I did a grammar cloze with them and they really liked it? Well last class I did some more picture based vocabulary. As they decorated their houses with lamps, vanity mirrors, etc. one student struggled. Most handled it easily, but one said that it was stupid (because it was too easy). That's a new student but still what a disagreeable class!
Then I did a listening where they looked at a picture (a decorated room so no change in context) which I described with some mistakes. They listened for mistakes. Too easy. We did a conversation from New Interchange 2 (workbook unit 4) where they filled in the present perfect and past simple verbs. I asked the to create a dialogue that was true for them based on that conversation. Foe example one student said "I sprained my pinky last week. Have you ever sprained..." instead of repeating the worksheet. Too hard for half the class.
Anyway, the big problem is finding something that the all enjoy and are challenged by. Today I'm going to try a C-test cloze. You can read about the theory and then make your own.
Posted by James Trotta at May 6, 2004 6:17 AMESL blog is one of many Blogs for learning English & teaching English. Translation services information.