Five warm-up and game-based speaking activities used in the ABL treatment

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Description

The article describes five speaking activities drawn from Holmes (2003) and the British Council's E.T.T.E project: a pair interview ("Getting to Know You Interview"), the command game "Simon Says", a tactile guessing game ("It's in the Bag"), an impromptu one-minute team speaking game, and a lie-detecting question game ("Detective"). Warm-up activities "help the students get to know each other in a comfortable atmosphere" and come in two types: pair interviews with little teacher supervision, and fun games.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• Activities require pairs or teams of students speaking English with limited teacher supervision
• A guideline sheet, a bag of about twenty everyday items, or impromptu topics as materials

Constraints

• Context-appropriate topics were suggested for the Pakistani classroom, such as the electric power shortage crisis

Target Learners

• 6th-grade elementary students learning English as a second/foreign language

Learning Goals

• English speaking skill development, including fluency, accuracy, vocabulary and description

Claims

Related Designs

• Drama sessions structured in three stages: warm-up, impersonation, and assessment
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Examples

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Key Sources

• Zahoor-UL-HAQ, Khurram, B. A., & Bangash, A. K. (2017). Development of Speaking Skills through Activity Based Learning at the Elementary Level. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 69, 241-252. http://dx.doi.org/10.14689/ejer.2017.69.13

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title	Five warm-up and game-based speaking activities used in the ABL treatment
description	The article describes five speaking activities drawn from Holmes (2003) and the British Council's E.T.T.E project: a pair interview ("Getting to Know You Interview"), the command game "Simon Says", a tactile guessing...
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