INTRODUCING A DEAI STUDENT AS A REVISION ACTIVITY
No.50
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By Janis Maidment (Howick College, New Zealand)
The DEAI cards are a good way of revising language and challenging students to use language they have learnt in a new context.
Choose a DEAI student and sort through the photo cards for cards that students are most likely to be able to explain in their own words.
Give one card to each student and allow a few minutes for them to look at their card and decide what they are going to say. Although students can look at the back of the cards to clarify details they should be encouraged not to use the language on the back of the cards but to explain their card in their own words, using language that the rest of the class will understand.
Write some possible structures on the board, but stress that it is not essential to use complex structures. Clear communication of information about their card is most important.
Ask simple questions for clarification if necessary as students speak about their card.
At the end of the exercise, have the students give basic information about the student for a profile in English on the board. The students write a jikoshoukai for the DEAI student they have been introduced to for homework.
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2003/04/25
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