ELT Terms Tongue in Cheek

Hanna Kryszewska, Poland

Hanna Kryszewska is a teacher, teacher trainer, trainer of trainers. She is a senior lecturer at the University of Gdańsk, and EU Teacher Training College where she trains pre-service teachers. She is also Director of Studies at SWPS, Sopot, Poland. She is co-author of resource books: Learner Based Teaching, OUP, Towards Teaching, Heinemann, The Standby Book, CUP, Language Activities for Teenagers, CUP and a course book series for secondary schools: ForMat, Macmillan. She is also co-author of a video based teacher training course: Observing English Lessons. Hania is a Pilgrims trainer and editor of HLT Magazine. E-mail: hania.kryszewska@pilgrims.co.uk

"A mistake is a gift to the class"

Caleb Gattegno

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Introduction
Task 1
Task 2
PS

Introduction

"A mistake is a gift to a class" although some teachers are not happy when their students are too 'generous'. But it is also a very special gift to the class if it has a humourous angle. My pre-service teachers have been very generous this end of term when taking their written tests; have made me smile when I was marking their test, which is a rare sight when a teacher marks test. I would like to share these 'gifts' with you.

Task 1

First read the following terms and decide how you would define them; or just google them. Easy…

KISS
work in pairs
attention span
metalanguage

VAKOG
information gap
flash cards

lead in
gap filling

Task 2

What do you make of these new terms; 'courtesy' of creative or stressed students in exam time. Enjoy…

KISS - Keep it Short and Sound
work in peers
attention spam
metal language

VAKOG - Visual Auditory Kinaesthetic Obligatory Gustatory
information gab
fresh cards

lead out
gap feeling

PS

If your students are creative in a similar way please write up their contributions for HLT.

Please check the Skills of Teacher Training course at Pilgrims website.
Please check the Fun, Laughter and Learning course at Pilgrims website.