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Productive and Receptive Skills in the ESL Classroom - Game Example 'Tic Tac Toe'

 

So, let's take a common game that's been played over the years, which is called Noughts and Crosses or Tic-Tac-Toe. What we're going to do is to adapt this game for classroom use. So, we've taken the normal Tic-Tac-Toe or Noughts and Crosses grid and we've just numbered out each of the particular squares. What we can then do is to form teams and those teams can then be asked a series of questions and they get to choose which question they want from 1 to 9. So, let's say, for example, they choose question 1. That could be on anything that they have studied ,the grammar or vocabulary. If they get that question correct and say they are the Noughts or the zeros then they get to put their mark here. What the next group will probably do is to try to block them in some way by choosing this one, this one or this one and again their choice relates to some grammar or vocabulary point. So, here is a very simple use of Noughts and Crosses for teaching language.


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unit 5 was based on something that every teacher needs to have in order to be successful in the classroom. Classroom management skills are pivotal to the learning environment. there were some excellent strategies on building rapport and building confidence with students. and strategies to set up a classroom and how to conduct a lesson using methods of tried and true practice.This unit looked at some of the common problem situations that a teacher can encounter in the classroom and some best ways of dealing with such issues. As a teacher, I have been dealing with large classes over the years. I was thus very enthused with this unit, because of the literature on this section. I am now equipped with several techniques to deal with this situation.



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