These are the slides to my 2nd talk in South America

1. Hands up, who did their homework? shaunwilden.com

2. Say a little Prayer by Aretha Franklin (appears in NEF PI page 93) Did you like the song? Tell your partner

4. your least favorite song

5. a song that makes you happy

6. a song that makes you sad

7. song that reminds you of someone

8. a song that reminds you of somewhere

9. a song that reminds you of a certain event

10. a song that you know all the words to

11. a song that you can dance to

12. a song that makes you fall asleep http://www.facebook.com/pages/30-Day-Song-Challenge/120874111270003?sk=app_4949752878

13. 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?

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

15. 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?

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

17. 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

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

19. 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

20. What can we set as homework?

22. Google Maps Google maps and google street view

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

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

41. http://my.englishclub.com/

42. Erika’s blog

47. Thanks for listening shaunwilden@gmail.com