Handsup

Hands up, who did their homework?
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Say a little Prayer by Aretha Franklin
(appears in NEF PI page 93)
Did you like the song? Tell your partner

Which do you think it is?
your favorite song
your least favorite song
a song that makes you happy
a song that makes you sad
song that reminds you of someone
a song that reminds you of somewhere
a song that reminds you of a certain event
a song that you know all the words to
a song that you can dance to
a song that makes you fall asleep
http://www.facebook.com/pages/30-Day-Song-Challenge/120874111270003?sk=app_4949752878

Stand up, go find someone you don’t know. Go introduce yourself and ask…
Talk about a song from the list
What’s the best excuse you have given or heard for not doing your homework?
How important is homework? For you? For your students?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7Ke4daLEQg&feature=related

1. How important is homework? For you? For your students
2. Why do you set homework?
3. What kind of homework do you set / can you set?
4. Do you like marking homework?

http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/homeworkthoughts

Students would rather get told off or copy
Homework is seen as a punishment or irrelevant
Homework is too mechanical making it easy to copy
Homework is seen as boring / difficult / too easy
Leftovers = undesirable bits and pieces not finished in class
Students see English as ‘work’ and don’t want it encroaching on their free time!
Many times homework assesses nothing but organizational behavior.
http://eltchat.com/ #eltchat

“The number one problem with homework is that they just don’t do it”
Prodromou and Clandfield – Dealing with difficulties

Golden Rules of Homework
useful, relevant, interesting and varied
different ability/learning style groups
challenging but achievable
consolidate classwork, not replicate it.
tasks which are nearer to real life use of language
manageable in terms of time
find out time, preferences, resources
teacher takes an interest in it

What can we set as homework?

Google Maps
Google maps and google street view

http://vocaroo.com/?media=vTx1pvnTez522vCi3&recipient=shaunwilden@gmail.com

http://www.audiblox2000.com/study-skills.htm

http://my.englishclub.com/

Erika’s blog

Thanks for listening
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Handsup

by Shaun Wilden on Jul 24, 2011

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