Masterclass Series
Using Cuisenaire Rods in the Language Classroom
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Introduction
I have been training for over 20 years and this is one of the most popular sessions I deliver. I am excited to get to share it with more people and for you to be able to add some more exciting ideas to your own teaching repertoire. Rods can be a revelation – an amazing resource that can illustrate so much more than just sentence structure. Make your modelling clearer and more interactive, provide stress-free opportunities for guided practice and have fun using these simple tools to bring the classroom to life. Everything covered is fully transferable to the teaching of any language, not just ESOL.
So the question is, not what will we cover, but what won’t we?! In the first session we will see how rods can be used for, among other things: breaking the ice; describing places; comparing things – colour, size; assessing level, with examples for IELTS; working on error; helping with grammar – patterns, modality, question formation; telling the time and talking about habits, past events, future plans; functional English practice – requests, deductions; exam practice First Certificate and IELTS suggestions for writing and speaking.
Using rods is like learning to ride a bike, you may wobble a few times and start with stabilisers, but once you have had a few goes you’ll be off. If you’re in a school, go in the resources cupboard, find those weird coloured sticks and dust off the box and then guard them jealousy, you won’t want to share! And if you do find a box, great, bring them to the webinar, if not, don’t worry a box of coloured pens or pencils will do and/or some lego!
This webinar is underpinned with a tiny bit of theory, but basically brims with practical tips. I really can’t wait to convert you to the power of rods!
Presented by Anna Cuccia – CELTA & DELTA Trainer School Governor @United Learning Trust.
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Preparing for the Workshop
Our Masterclass workshops are typically delivered in 90 mins.
At Gallery Teachers, we endorse the philosophy of building on your previous knowledge and experience as opposed to just imparting knowledge on you.
Therefore, in order to prepare you for the webinar and help you activate what you already know about the topic, we will suggest two to four reflective questions for you to consider before you join the event.
You will also be given the opportunity to post your reflections, along with any questions you may already have at the pre-watching stage, to the discussion forum.
The reflective questions, as well as ideas and shared experiences posted to the forum by attendees, will be used in the real-time Q&A session in order to generate an engaging and meaningful discussion, involving the presenter and teachers from around the world.
After the event, the forum discussion will take on a life of its own and teachers will be encouraged to continue posting their experiences, reflections and questions related to the topic of the webinar. So, if you feel strongly about the topic, we will make it possible for you to take the discussion beyond the scheduled workshop and continue sharing your ideas with like-minded teachers and teacher trainers from other countries
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Using Cuisinaire Rods in the language classroom
Excellent enthusiastic and practical introduction for those not familiar with the rods. Plenty of ideas and interesting theoretical discussion for those already familiar with them. A good balance. I very much look forward to Part 2. Wonderful to hear someone else describe the joy of finding a second-hand set, mine at a car boot sale! A couple of points that have occurred to me since the workshop: one concerns synesthetic and partial synesthetic responses to ‘red for nouns’ etc – a surprising number of my students have associated different colours to the ones I choose, and the second concerns the value of having objects to handle available and the need of some students to fidget, move or doodle to concentrate. Being one of those myself, I love having rods and other objects in the classroom and some students clearly do too. I wonder if anyone else has any thoughts or experiences on these points?
Using Cuisenaire Rods in the Language Classroom
A real eye opener Anna and excellent discussion. I intend to watch the entire session next week and get into the details I missed. Thank you very much!