Using the Board in the Language Classroom

This book provides tips and suggestions to help language teachers use their classroom boards more effectively and efficiently. It provides more than 130 activities for the board to help teachers both teach and assess their ESL, EFL, or foreign language students. These activities will also provide opportunities for students, whatever their age or level of competency, to: ? learn and practice specific lexical, phonetic, or grammatical items ? attain increased fluency in their writing, reading, listening, and speaking skills ? teach and learn from their peers ? benefit from visual and kinesthetic learning strategies ? practice self-assessment ? get to know each other and other cultures better ? have fun during the learning process.
Contents:
Introduction; Reminders, tips and suggestions: Using the board efficiently and effectively A. Language-Based Activities 1 Vocabulary; 2 Pronunciation; 3 Grammar; 4 Writing; 5 Reading comprehension; 6 Listening and/or speaking; 7 General Reviewing and assessing B. Content-based Activities 1 Getting acquainted and building community; 2 Setting agendas; 3 Sharing information, feelings and opinions Appendices: A. Electronic whiteboards; B. Providing alternative public writing surfaces References Index
READERSHIP: [E] ELT