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| Title | More Ideas for Lessons on Directions |
| Body | Here are some more activities for practicing directions and locations in class. These involve students planning routes and explaining them orally to the instructor. ---- I have my students brainstorm together to send me somewhere locally. I go outside of the room while they plan. When I return, they give me the directions orally, and I have to figure out where they have sent me. They enjoy this because they really try to stump me. They have me turning around in circles sometimes and stopping at landmarks along the way, but it really helps them to think in the language. It is a very simple activity. Sometimes I end up at the local Blockbuster, or a local restaurant... When I "arrive", I make them tell me what I will be doing there as well. Kozlan, D. Re: Asking/Giving Directions Activities. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (24 Apr. 2005). ---- I have students draw a map of our town including the school, but with only the major streets to get to the beach, the hospital or their home from school. They bring their map up to my desk, sit down and draw for one of the three locations. They have to verbally give me directions to one of the three places. They do not know ahead of time which one it is. They have a fixed time limit of 2 minutes to arrive at their destination. While they are speaking, I move a "matchbook" car along the map, so when they say the wrong thing they say, "oh no!" Moir, C. teaching directions. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (27 Apr. 2006). |
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| Inputdate | 2006-05-03 18:22:00 |
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| Publishdate | 2006-05-08 00:00:00 |
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