When I'm honest with myself, I admit that I'm not very good at facilitating PQA (Personalized Question and Answer) off the cuff. PQA is definitely an area of growth for me. I've learned quickly that I need to create context for me to successfully facilitate PQA. One easy way to do this is through class … Continue reading Class survey tasks to create input from discussion.
Category: Language Tasks
Story Choice Boards for Self Directed Reading (FVR)
Offer students a chance to respond to reading with choice that they direct. Use as an emergency sub plan in conjunction with an FVR, SSR or SDR program.
Find Someone Who Task: Task based learning builds community and creates novelty.
Language tasks create novelty, build community and create opportunity for authentic data to process in the target language with a group of students.
Can the classroom replicate authentic situations?
One can argue that tasks in a classroom, simply, are not authentic. But tasks offer a novel way to process language for learners with the potential to form a new connection between learner and language.
