ELT Workshop based on reflective, paperless and very practical activities, delivered at VenTESOL 2016 Convention.

1. MANAGING EFFECTIVE
GROUP WORK IN THE
EFL CLASSROOM
VenTESOL 2016- 34th
National Convention
Profa. Maricarmen Gamero
Profa. Yohimar Sivira

2. MANAGING EFFECTIVE GROUP
WORK IN THE EFL CLASSROOM
Activity 1: Onion Ring
(30 minutes)
Reflection: How would you adapt this activity to your group’s needs?
I PART
Onion A: Management Problems
Examples: Use of L1, Number of
Students, Participation in group work
Onion B: Solutions
-Use of L1
-Number of Students
-Participation in group work
II PART
Onion: Following the teachers’ request

3. MANAGING EFFECTIVE GROUP
WORK IN THE EFL CLASSROOM
Rules for Giving Instructions
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Cristopher Tribble

4. MANAGING EFFECTIVE GROUP
WORK IN THE EFL CLASSROOM
Advantages of Group Work
Cristopher Tribble
 More opportunities for using the target language
 Group work foster responsability and independence
 Less threatening environment for the learner to use the L2
 Negociation of meaning
 Teachers are able to individualize their teaching by monitoring
and observing.

5. MANAGING EFFECTIVE GROUP
WORK IN THE EFL CLASSROOM
Managing Group Work
Penny Ur (1996)
 Instructions at the beginning are crucial to avoid time wasting,
confusion, lack of effective practice and loss of control.
 Select tasks that are simple enough to describe
 Give instructions before giving out the materials or dividing the
class into groups
 Preliminary rehearsal or dry run of a sample of the activity with
the full class
 Try to forsee what language should be needed and review
grammar and vocubulary.
Presentation

6. MANAGING EFFECTIVE GROUP
WORK IN THE EFL CLASSROOM
Managing Group Work
Penny Ur (1996)
 tell what the arragements are for stopping: time limit, signals
to stop, what to do next.
 Have a reserve task planned to occupy members who finish
earlier than expecting
Presentation

7. MANAGING EFFECTIVE GROUP
WORK IN THE EFL CLASSROOM
Managing Group Work
Penny Ur (1996)
 monitor and contribute
 Providing general approval or support
 Help students who are having difficulty
 Make sure students are using the target language
 Regulate participation
Process

8. MANAGING EFFECTIVE GROUP
WORK IN THE EFL CLASSROOM
Managing Group Work
Penny Ur (1996)
 draw activity to a close at a certain point
 Try to finish activity while the students are still enjoying it and
interested
Ending
Feedback
 it takes place after the end of group work as a full class
interaction
 It could be for giving the right solution, listening and evaluating
suggestions, pooling ideas on the board, displaying materials
 Your MAIN objective is to express appreciation of the effort
and its results

9. MANAGING EFFECTIVE GROUP
WORK IN THE EFL CLASSROOM
Group development stages
Egolf and Chester ,2013
Coming
together
Understanding of
tasks and roles
Sense of community
decision - making
process
Tuckman´s theory

10. MANAGING EFFECTIVE GROUP
WORK IN THE EFL CLASSROOM
Let´s practice

11. MANAGING EFFECTIVE GROUP
WORK IN THE EFL CLASSROOM
Let´s reflect
One thing I learned from the workshop was…
One thing I learned from my colleagues was…
One activity I will try is … because…

12. MANAGING EFFECTIVE
GROUP WORK IN THE
EFL CLASSROOM
VenTESOL 2016- 34th
National Convention
Profa. Yohimar Sivira
yohimarsivira@gmail.com
@yohimar
Profa. Maricarmen Gamero
gamero26@gmail.com
@gamero2606
Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda
Coro-Venezuela