Workstation
This activity is intended for students who are learning to be a language teacher.
Procedures:
1. The teacher prepares a number of activities printed on a specific theme/topic.
2. She then sticks them around the classroom to create a workstation.
3. Students form groups of 4-5.
4. Students are asked to go around the station and pick up some copies of the activities they think their group might be interested (they can pick up all if they have enough time to look at all the activities)
5. The groups look at and explore the activities together. They may illustrate or model them to see how it works in the class
6. Group reflection on what activities they are interested and would like to use in their future classes.
This activity is greatly enjoyable because it enables learner exposure to many different activities on the same theme at a time. They can try to make some basic illustration or workshop themselves to visualize the activities and share ideas with their team mates. The activity was organised for Punctuation use and meaning, but it can be employed for other themes like teaching speaking, listening, writing, vocabulary, applications for big class size, etc.
Minh, Kathy, Brienna, & Annabelle
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Nice summary. I would note the option of having student groups rotate around the stations – especially in a smaller class, this provides a more kinaesthetic feel to the activity. I would also underscore the importance of varying the required learning styles and strategies required at each station (hence the kinaesthetic punctuation task, for example).