Published on 08. September 2015
Ideas for staging high-quality lessons with maximum variety and minimum
preparation.
Tim Howe's activities are
- short
- competitive
- interactive
and fun
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2. Our Aims
Motivate pupils – fire them
up and cool 'em down.
Fill gaps
Save ourselves time
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3. (also good as fillers!):
- to introduce a theme
- to relax S after a hard day's work
- to wake S up after a hard night
- to wait for late arrivals
- to provide a break in the lesson
- to provide humour
- to provide oral fluency practice
- to finish the lesson on a light note
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13. Remember Motiboosters, fillers (and coolers!)
should always be
short
competitive
Interactive
fun
and get Ss to think in English!
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15. More Motis and Fillers @
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& Fillers on Facebook.
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Editor's Notes
SUM UP
Get students to write down three words they find difficult to pronounce. They then pick one or two everyday items from their bags and imagine a cartoon-style conversation between them. Sole proviso: include the three chosen words.Pupils love this role play because they don't have to feel embarassed about making mistakes in front of the class. After all, it's not them mispronouncing the difficult words - it's the coffee mugs
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