Textploitation: How to Get the Most from Your Texts
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Reflective Questions:
1. What texts do you use in the classroom? Why?
2. What are your go-to activities for using a text in the classroom? Why these activities?
3. How do you prepare your students to engage with texts outside the classroom?
4. Do your students know why they’re doing each activity? How do you know?1.-Do you ever use newspaper articles from newspapers all over the world?
2.- Do you ever make your students compare styles and the use of language with American,Australian, English Cnadian with British British or English newspapers.
3.-Have you ever used tabloids or gossip magazines? How have your students approached them?
4.- Which comics would you include in reading activities for the younger ones and how would you exploit them?Reflective Questions:
1. What texts do you use in the classroom? Why?
I usually use texts suggested by the coursebook or disucss a Graded Readers book my students are currently reading because the are a great chance to recycle and extend students’ vocabulary.
2. What are your go-to activities for using a text in the classroom? Why these activities?
We usually start either with reflecting on photos before reading or read the title first and discuss it/answer some related questions.
3. How do you prepare your students to engage with texts outside the classroom?
I provide a bunch of websites for learners of Englsih containing relatively short texts like non-pollitical news or amazing facts or suggest using a particular website that matches students’ interest(s). I also provide a list of readers to choose from. Another option is to follow a celebrity blog (for higher levels.)
4. Do your students know why they’re doing each activity? How do you know?
Yes, my students are aware of benefits of incidental learning, I tell them about that. I also explain the benefits of encountering language outside the classroom in their everyday lives. I also tell them about the emotional impact that the text or news they’ve read brings, so it’s easier to discuss the subject.
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