The document describes using a "Survivor game" methodology to teach oral interpersonal communication skills in a target language. It discusses strategies for using turns-at-talk, routines, and gestures. The game involves dividing students into tribes, assigning tasks and challenges to complete only in the target language, and awarding points to determine winning groups. Potential challenges for teachers implementing this approach include facilitating conversations only in the target language, assessing student language skills without translations, and getting support from students, parents and administrators.

1. Interpersonal Communication&the GameBYJeanne AnnaWael

2. AGENDAInterpersonal Communications (Nature + teaching strategies)Survival Game (Description)Survival Game (activity)Poster Contest (Collecting Points)Class Discussion (Collecting Points)Wrap-up and Debrief Survivor Game Rewards

3. Oral Interpersonal CommunicationTwo-WayFace- to- FaceCommunicativereasonsNatural DiscourseGesturesNegotiation of Meaningbody language

4. Oral Communication Teaching Strategies(1)Turns-at-talkTeachers should encourage Students to be / …InteractiveSpontaneousExpressiveEncouragingTolerate Silence

5. Oral Communication Teaching Strategies(2)RoutinesTeachers should encourage Students to useGambits

6. Oral Communication Teaching Strategies(3)GesturesTeachers should encourage Students to useIconic GesturesMetaphoric GesturesIllustrative GesturesDeictic Gestures

7. Willingness to Communicate (WTC)Communication BehaviorBehavioral Intention Situated AntecedentsMotivationalPropensitiesAffective-CognitiveContextSocial & Individual ContextFigure 8.6 - The Pyramid Model of Willingness to CommunicateShrum, J. L. & Glisan, E.W. (2010). Teacher’s handbook: Contextualized language instruction (4th ed.). Boston: Heinle.

8. Willingness to Communicate (WTC)WTC is influenced bySituational InfluencesEnduring Influences

9. GAME

10. What is exactly “Survivor”“Survivor” is a methodology used to enforce a target language only atmosphere.

11. What is “Survivor game” The “Survivor game” was designed by two Spanish teachers who use Spanish close to 100% of the time in their classroom.

12. Real ExperiencesTeachers: Kevin and Tammy LyonsKevin is a professor at Indiana University in Pennsylvania and a HS Spanish teacher who has used Survivor for many years.Greensburg Salem School Districthttp://losleones.webs.com/

13. What’s the use of the GameTo get all levels of students and teachers to only use L2 every day for the entire class.

14. Teacher’s responsibility in “Survivor game”To communicate ENTIRELY in the target language.

15. Negotiate meaning with the students to ensure comprehension. SEQUENCE OF THE GAME

16. Sequence of The Game Rule example:Speak only in the Target Language.

17. You must ask the teacher for permission in the TL to speak English.Sequence of The Game Reward example:Pesos will be put in the student’s bank for each participation in TL.

18. The amount gathered will be used for the participation grade.Sequence of The Game Elimination example: You may not under any circumstance use what is considered "Spanglish"; if it is not Spanish you will be eliminated. Sequence of The Game Punishment example:After you have been eliminated from the island, you will not be eligible for certain games. Keys to SurviveKeep your participation up Don't speak EnglishENGLISH

19. TeamTribe Work

20. TribalGroups and Topic

21. TribeTasksChallenges

23. Gain Points (Time Contest)

24. Each group (In sequence)

25. Final Questions

26. By answering these questions, each group member can add 1 coconut for their group.

27. The group with the highest points in the end will get rewards for their enthusiastic participation.Interpersonal CommunicationQuestionOne of the Survivor game beliefs is to avoid translations, so students are then discouraged from using dictionaries and translation tools, will this be beneficial or detrimental?Effective MotivatorsQuestionDo you think elimination and punishment are effective motivators? Would this discourage students were eliminated?

28. Consider: Willingness to communicate

29. Self-fulfilling prophecy

30. FeedbackImagineQuestionWhat difficulties as a teacher jump out at you if you were to take this approach to teaching?

31. Consider: Assessment, Facilitation, Feedback.More challenges!QuestionAs a teacher preparing to implement the Survivor game for the first time, what challenges might you face (e.g. from students, parents, fellow teachers, administrators, etc.)?Wrapping it Up Today we covered:

32. Reward TimeThe winner group, you are the SURVIVORS.

33. GO and get your reward from the head of the tribe. ReferencesLyons, K. & Lyons, T. (2009). Los Leones. Retrieved from http://losleones.webs.com/Shrum, J. L. & Glisan, E.W. (2010). Teacher’s handbook: Contextualized language instruction (4th ed.). Boston: Heinle.

34. Thanks for participating!Any questions?Please don’t hesitate to askAnna, Jeanne, or Wael, about Interpersonal Communication and the Survivor GameThe Lyons’s Website: losleones.webs.com Email: tlyons@wiu.k12.pa.us – Tammy Lyonsklyons@wiu.k12.pa.us – Kevin Lyons