Elt Activity
Case study 2:
Teacher A is teaching a class of about 45 students. They are between 16 and 18 years old, lively and active. Some can sing very well; and some are very good at drawing. However, their English language proficiency is not very good; so they are afraid of English lessons, especially “discuss and present” activity. Teacher A wants to make the language learning tasks more enjoyable and motivating. She also wants to lower affective barriers in class by including artistic areas such as music, drawing, drama, etc. in the lesson. She has chosen the song “As long as you love me” by Backstreet Boys to use in a lesson about Love. Could you suggest two different activities that she can use with the students? For each activity, please specify also the language and skills required to complete the activity and which group of learners would enjoy each activity most.
Activity 1: Listening to a song: “As long as you love me” – Backstreet Boys
1. Listen to the song and then fill the given words into the blanks been, crazy, glance, hands, head, blind, although, care, here
(1) ................loneliness has always (2) ...........a friend of mine, I’m leaving my life in your (3)............. People say I’m (4)............. and that I’m (5)............., risking it all in a (6)............. How you got me blind is still a mystery. I can’t get you out of my (7)............. Don’t (8)............. what is written. In your history: As long as you’re (9)..............with me.
2. Find some examples of the following grammar structures.
Present simple tense Present perfect tense Modal verbs Conditional sentence type 1
Activity 2: Role-play
DIALOGUES
GROUP 1 (Agreement)
GROUP 2 (Disagreement)
John: Hey girl, what I am going to say is awkward, but just listen. I have been thinking about us and I have made up my mind to tell you this: “Can you give me directions to your heart? I seem to have lost myself in your eyes…
Sam: Yeah, but how?
John: Easy, just answer the
Teacher A is teaching a class of about 45 students. They are between 16 and 18 years old, lively and active. Some can sing very well; and some are very good at drawing. However, their English language proficiency is not very good; so they are afraid of English lessons, especially “discuss and present” activity. Teacher A wants to make the language learning tasks more enjoyable and motivating. She also wants to lower affective barriers in class by including artistic areas such as music, drawing, drama, etc. in the lesson. She has chosen the song “As long as you love me” by Backstreet Boys to use in a lesson about Love. Could you suggest two different activities that she can use with the students? For each activity, please specify also the language and skills required to complete the activity and which group of learners would enjoy each activity most.
Activity 1: Listening to a song: “As long as you love me” – Backstreet Boys
1. Listen to the song and then fill the given words into the blanks been, crazy, glance, hands, head, blind, although, care, here
(1) ................loneliness has always (2) ...........a friend of mine, I’m leaving my life in your (3)............. People say I’m (4)............. and that I’m (5)............., risking it all in a (6)............. How you got me blind is still a mystery. I can’t get you out of my (7)............. Don’t (8)............. what is written. In your history: As long as you’re (9)..............with me.
2. Find some examples of the following grammar structures.
Present simple tense Present perfect tense Modal verbs Conditional sentence type 1
Activity 2: Role-play
DIALOGUES
GROUP 1 (Agreement)
GROUP 2 (Disagreement)
John: Hey girl, what I am going to say is awkward, but just listen. I have been thinking about us and I have made up my mind to tell you this: “Can you give me directions to your heart? I seem to have lost myself in your eyes…
Sam: Yeah, but how?
John: Easy, just answer the