Humanising Language Teaching
Year 3; Issue 2; March 2001
Dear Mario,
Thank you very much for your update on HLT: it's really great and I hope it'll expand the way it's going now.
Best wishes,
Marian Zamorski
Director, English Language Centre,
University of Wroclaw
Poland.
Dear Editor,
I thank you a lot for sending me recent news of the methodology of teaching English.
I am an English teacher and I also give courses for different levels. I'd like to co-operate with you if I am able to do it. I'd like to know basically your advice
about improving conversations.
Thank you very much for reading this e-mail.
Editorial response: Well, which "talking" techniques you can sensibly use will depend a lot on the age of your students and their level of English.
An excellent discussion activity for an intermediate level is to divide your class into these four categories:
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only child
first child
middle-born child
last born
Get the students working in twos or threes, with other people from the same birth-order category as them. Ask them to tell each other what it was like being in this position.
Now get the students into groups of six, with two only children or first borns, two middle borns and two last borns. Ask them to compare experiences.
Mario.
Dear Mr Rinvolucri,
I have subscribed to your 'zine on the Internet and have already read and printed a few articles. The whole magazine looks very interesting and relevant to my teaching.
I read all the information about your training courses while drooling with envy. " Oh to be in England………". I would love to attend your
training sessions but it's impossible. Our Rand is so weak I don't think we'll ever get to the UK again.
Sincerely,
Georgie Tasseron ( Mrs )
Paulpietersburg, South Africa.
