The Minimal Pair

Episode 007: The Ball is Pretty

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The Minimal Pair: Episode 007

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Title: The Ball is Pretty
Episode no: 007
Date: 4/21/14

Topics in Language Learning
Student attendance & making up work
  1. Importance of coming to class,
    especially in a second-language classroom
  2. Reasons for absences; where do we
    draw the line?
  3. Attendance policy
  4. Homework that’s due on the day
    that class is missed
  5. Making up what was missed
    (including assessments)

    [20:18]

    Methodology
    On the lighter side: fun things we’ve
    done and would like to do!
    1. Games
      1. Ice-breaker
      2. Mad libs
      3. The Minimal Pair game
      4. Taboo
      5. Simon Says…
      6. “Speed” vocabulary
      7. BINGO
      8. Music
        1. “School House Rocks”
        2. Conditionals & modals,
          YouTube compilations
          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBIawQGe-88
            1. Azar song lessons:
              http://www.azargrammar.com/materials/uueg/UUEG_SongLessons.html
              1. Count & non-count nouns (My
                Favorite Things)
              2. Conditionals (If I Had a Hammer
                or Octupus’ Garden)
              3. Vocabulary cloze
              4. Role play/dramatizations
                1. Lower Academic English
                2. Point-of-View
                3. Pronunciation

                  [38:28]

                  Adjunct Antics/Culturally speaking…
                  When worlds collide: varied
                  perspectives in the classroom
                  1. Modals: “should/shouldn’t”
                    discussion
                  2. “Food for thought”: how
                    sharing food opened a discussion on cultural differences
                  3. “Diversity theme” in a diverse
                    classroom
                  4. Culturally informed opinions about
                    lecture topics


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