Learning Outside the Classroom: Teacher Training Day, Dominion, Auckland October 19 2013
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This presentation was given by Justine Ritchie and Martin McMorrow at the Teacher Training Day held at Dominion School, Auckland on October 19th 2013. It focuses on practical ideas for English Language learning activities outside the classroom.
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Learning Outside the Classroom: Teacher Training Day, Dominion, Auckland October 19 2013
- 1. • What is LOTC? LOTC: Learning that is literally ‘out there’! • LOTC environments • LOTC preparation • LOTC activities • LOTC follow-up Presented at Dominion Auckland Teacher Training Day, November 2013 by Martin McMorrow & Justine Ritchie
- 2. What is Learning Outside the Classroom (LOTC)? • Learning in any environment (including buildings or open spaces) outside the four classroom walls • Involves real-world experiences and authentic language • Can create memorable experiences • Can enhance classroom learning – either as preparation or follow-up activities
- 3. What different kinds of LOTC environment are there? Natural • • • • • Beaches Domains Bush walks Gardens etc
- 5. Functional • • • • • • • Libraries Post Offices Supermarkets Malls Tourist Information Open Homes etc
- 6. How can we help learners prepare for LOTC? Resources Activities • Realia • Practicalities • Texts • Language Study • Images • Simulations • Research
- 7. What activities can be included in LOTC? Games & Challenges • Challenge cards • Alphabet / Colour Trails • Treasure hunt • Story-telling • Research tasks • Evaluation forms • • Secret Shoppers
- 8. Functional Dialogues Paired practice – one student participates, the other observes and gives feedback Recording Students making audio, video or image recordings on their phones to use in follow-up activities
- 9. How can we exploit LOTC in follow-up lessons? Language • Past tenses • Question forms • Superlatives / Relative Clauses • Modal verbs • Vocabulary
- 10. Skills • Descriptions • Narratives • Informative texts • Reworking functional dialogues • Quiz questions
- 11. LOTC Task In pairs or groups, brainstorm an LOTC activity you could use with your students, including the: • Location • Language and Cultural Learning goals • Tasks for Preparation, the Activity itself and the follow-up lesson