Playful activities to motivate and support recall

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CELTA & Delta Course Tutors at CELT AthensCELTA & Delta Course Tutors at CELT Athens
International Teacher Development CentreInternational Teacher Development Centre

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Challenge
Infinitive of purpose or gerund

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Guess!
1 Your brother always phones you on your birthday.
Yesterday was your birthday but he didn’t phone you.
He can’t have ______________________________.
He must have ______________________________.
Try to guess how your teacher has completed these sentences.
You get a point for every answer which is the same as or similar to
your teacher’s answer.

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Play!
A. Your cousin told you she was going to marry a Hollywood actor.
She can’t have ______________________________.
She must have ______________________________.
B. Yesterday you ate seafood in a restaurant. You’ve been sick all night and you feel
terrible.
I must have _________________________________.
They might not have _________________ .
Deductions / speculations via past modals

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Keep Talking!
Used to + infinitive

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Improvise
-ed vs –ing adjectives

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Prrrrrrrrrr.
Ring ring…
Hello?
Bzzzzzz!!!!
Ouch!!
Look at the pictures & cluesLook at the pictures & clues
Guess the story by askingGuess the story by asking
Questions; the Teacher canQuestions; the Teacher can
only answer with a YES or NO!only answer with a YES or NO!
YOU HAVE 4 MINUTES ONLY!YOU HAVE 4 MINUTES ONLY!
Use the answers to WRITE orUse the answers to WRITE or
TELL storyTELL story
Read story on next page & voteRead story on next page & vote
for one closest to original!for one closest to original!
Look at the pictures & cluesLook at the pictures & clues
Guess the story by askingGuess the story by asking
Questions; the Teacher canQuestions; the Teacher can
only answer with a YES or NO!only answer with a YES or NO!
YOU HAVE 4 MINUTES ONLY!YOU HAVE 4 MINUTES ONLY!
Use the answers to WRITE orUse the answers to WRITE or
TELL storyTELL story
Read story on next page & voteRead story on next page & vote
for one closest to original!for one closest to original!
Tell a story

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It was my birthday and at 8 o’clock I started getting ready for my birthday
party. I had already laid the table and put out all the food and drinks. Then,
I got in the bathtub and relaxed. I was singing happily when the phone rang.
I stepped out of the tub quickly to run to the phone but unfortunately I
slipped on a water puddle and fell down. Ouch! That hurt! I got up and
picked up the phone, but by the time I had picked it up it was dead. I was
going back to the bathroom, when the doorbell rang. I went to the door
and opened it. A young man from the flower shop was there with a
beautiful bunch of roses. I read the note. My friends at school had
remembered my birthday! How wonderful! I ran back inside to put them in
a vase but as I was unwrapping the flowers my cat got in the way, I tripped
over it, fell down again and then a bee flew out of the flowers and stung me
on the nose! By the time my friends arrived, I had already left for hospital!
Tell a story
Past simple, past progressive, past perfect simple

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Get yourself out of trouble
The final exam papers are gone!!!! The police say it happened between 6 andThe final exam papers are gone!!!! The police say it happened between 6 and
8 last night.8 last night.
Everyone thinks you and your friend are guilty. Leave the room and decide onEveryone thinks you and your friend are guilty. Leave the room and decide on
ALL your actions between 6 and 8.ALL your actions between 6 and 8.
Then come back.Then come back.
Questions – Answers in Past Simple & Progressive

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Act it out
morning
explain
doing
typing
reading
stupid
came
letters
finished
sir
three
which
A
minute

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Act it out
Present Perfect Simple & Continuous

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Most coursebooks and grammar materials….

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Tickle my funny boneTickle my funny bone fill
take
enlarge
manicure
cut
check
dry clean
pull out
wash
measure
test
style
clean
perm
•hairdresser’s
•dentist’s
•optician’s
•photographer’s
•dry cleaner’s
Describing services - have something done

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The crazier the betterThe crazier the better
You can have
your ______
_________ at the

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Mingle
Find someone who can… Name
1 … touch their nose with their tongue
2 … wink with both eyes (not blink!)
3 … name 20 colours
4 … sing a Beatles song by heart
5 … touch their knees with their nose
can you – yes I can/no, I can’t expressing ability

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What does grammar learningWhat does grammar learning
involve?involve?
• Noticing
Input  Intake
• Structuring
Hypothesis formation and testing
• Synthesis
Integrating new language within a system
• Fluency
Spontaneous production

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Fostering grammatical
development
•Making the forms stand out in the input material
•Making the input memorable
•Encouraging playfulness
•Contextualising and personalising
•Creating affordances
•Going beyond discrete forms / beyond the sentence

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• thrives within constraints
• benefits from the paradox
• is triggered by what is unusual
• dies when things get too normal
• is sparked off by humour
• is revived by exaggeration
CreativityCreativity

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ContextualisedContextualised
paradoxicalparadoxicalparadoxicalparadoxical MemorableMemorableMemorableMemorable
EmotionalEmotional
Beyond sentence levelBeyond sentence levelPersonalPersonalPersonalPersonal
humoroushumoroushumoroushumorous exaggeratedexaggeratedexaggeratedexaggerated

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ContextualisedContextualised
paradoxicalparadoxicalparadoxicalparadoxical MemorableMemorableMemorableMemorable
EmotionalEmotional
Beyond sentence levelBeyond sentence levelPersonalPersonalPersonalPersonal
humoroushumoroushumoroushumorous exaggeratedexaggeratedexaggeratedexaggerated

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