Humanising Language Teaching
Year 5; Issue 2; March 03

Before Class: No preparation required
Aim: pooling student corpus, revision or recycling language
Time: 15 minutes

Procedure:

1. 1. Write one word the blackboard: at the top in the middle, e.g.:
   at

2. Tell the students to think about expressions with the word "at". Show them how to write the expressions
   at home
   look at
   at five o'clock
   looking at me

3. Students work in pairs and then bigger groups and compare their chunks.

4. Students produce a class corpus in poster form and display in class.

5. Repeat with another word, a noun or verb for a change.

Variations:

1. Instead of producing a poster, students can write their chunks on the blackboard, each student contributes one.
2. Students look through the course book and look for chunks with the word given by the teacher.