Using Worksheets

Remember this?

...and this?

What about this?

…and remember this?

TASK 1.Copy out the words

that are the names of animals.

pencil horse

Head dog cow table

TASK 2.Which words go

together? Copy out the words in pairs.

Table man hand

down chair up

foot woman

WORKSHEETSANDWORKCARDS

Presenter: Esther Yaneth Rodriguez Lozano

WORKSHEETS

Created by professor Giovany Mosquera

Worksheets are:

Pages of tasks, distributed to each student in class, intended to be written on, and usually taken in by the teacher to be checked.

WORKCARDS

Workcards are:

• made in sets.• each card offers a different fairly short task. •They are not written on.•Answers are placed on a separate piece of paper.•They are permanent and reusable.•They take more effort and time to produce.

Guidelines for teacher-made materials

Worksheets and workcards should: Be neat. Begin with short and clear instructions. Be clear and attractive to look at. Be clearly do-able by learners. (optionally) include a self-check facility.

Implications and considerations

Worksheets and workcards are occasional and supplementary material.

They provide what learners need in a specific point.

Variety. Relevant and personalized. Answers to learners´ needs in a way no

other materials can.

References

UR, Penny. A course in language teaching. Cambridge University Press. 1996.

http://www.joma.org/ http://www.school.discoveryeducation.co

m/teachingtools/ http://www.loo.com/dli/workcards.htmlw

orkcards/

Acknowledgments

To Edgar Alirio Insuasty and Giovanny Mosquera, professors from Universidad Surcolombiana who let me use their worksheets as samples for this presentation.