Distance Learning Foundation With support from the U.S. Embassy RELO Office Bangkok, Thailand.

Distance Learning

Foundation

With support from theU.S. Embassy RELO Office

Bangkok, Thailand

Using Media for

English LanguageTeaching

Quick General Review

Session 3: Other Radio SourcesWhat was it about?

Review of Session 3

What activities did you do?What new things did you learn as a

participant in the session?

Implications for Teaching: Session 3

What did you try in your classes (or if you haven’t had a class yet –

what do you hope to try)?

WHAT WORKED?WHAT DIDN’T?

Print & Online News

Session 4: 23 June 2010

Guiding Question

How can the news help studentswith their critical thinking?

“Guess What I’m About”Part 1

Look at the following picturesfrom different newspapers.

Talk with your partner.

What is this news story going to be about?

(up to one minute per picture)

How do you know?

What is this news story going to be about?

How do you know?

What is this news story going to be about?

How do you know?

What is this news story going to be about?

How do you know?

“Guess What I’m About”Part 2

Match the pictures with theirappropriate news headlines.

(sheet)

How do you know they match?

What clues are in the headlinesand the pictures?

(1) Rubble of a Broken City Strains Haitians’ Patience

(2) Plus-size Revelation: Big Women Have Cash, Too

(3) Missing from the World Cup? China

Be prepared to explain and share.

Learning Chinese in Mexico: Children prepare for the future

What do you think this news storywill be about?

How do you know?

Putting the Puzzle Together

Part 1

For each group read and discuss ONLY YOUR part.Then summarize it in your

own words.

7 minutes

Putting the Puzzle Together

Part 2

ONE or TWO representatives from each groupmake a new group and share your summaries.

Part 1 Rep. + Part 2 Rep. + Part 3 Rep. = New Group

7 minutes

Putting the Puzzle Together

Part 3

What was the entire news story about?

Please briefly share your summarywith the rest of the class.

Highlighting Aspectsof the Story

Who?

What?

Where?

When?

Why?

How?

In your new groups, prepare a question for each aspect & ask the rest of the

classto answer it.

5 minutes

Debate

Side A“Pro” or Agree

Side B“Con” or Disagree

Learning more than one language mustbe required in school.

5 minute prep

Implications for Teaching

What kinds of activities did you do in the session or ‘class’?

What skills did these activities focus on?

How can these activities be adapted/changed for your language

classroom?

How was critical thinking included in the lesson?

Assignments

Assignment from the lesson or ‘class’

Assignment to apply in your classroom

Korp Khun Mak KaThank you very much and

See you in the next session!

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