To teach a difficult topic it is better to use simple exercises.
Good students want to participate and answer the questions from the very first time, but when the topic is new and they don´t master it, their anxiety and fear increase. The first class with phrasal verbs was difficult because they were afraid of the complexity of the topic, so I tried to minimize their fear by telling them that practice will help them a lot.In the third teaching practice I had to make a review of phrasal verbs,but this time I wanted to motivate them by using simple strategies like the use of bingo games , flash cards showing the vocabulary ,some strips of paper with the vocabulary to make a matching exercise and the use of pictures of a tale named Goldilocks.I realized that they got more acquainted with the topic.I think that once they feel familiar with the topic and after some practice, it would be suitable to go deepen with more complex exercises.
On the other hand, another thing that I noticed was that the bingo game took a lot of time , so I had to be aware of it in order to make things even better.
That´s nice. If we prepare a variety of activities, it will be easy to help our students with the difficult topics. Also, we need more patience since we are teachers and we have to deal with those situations.
ReplyDeleteBingo is a nice game, but as you said it takes some time to play it. It is nice that you prepare a variety of activities for your students. It is true that the practice is an important part of learning, so we have to prepare the best activities for our students.
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