Making It Real: Teaching Pre-Literate Adult Refugee Students
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Making It Real: Teaching Pre-literate Adult Refugee Students Tacoma Community House Training Project Making It Real: Teaching Pre-literate Adult Refugee Students Written by Alysan Croydon Illustrated by Jamie Treat With contributions from Anita Bell and Jamie Treat This project would not have been possible without the helpful insights and support of Marilyn Bentson and the technical expertise of Marla German Developed by Tacoma Community House Training Project Funded by the Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Section of the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services 2005 making it real: teaching pre-literate adult refugee students Table of Contents TEACHING SPEAKING AND LISTENING SKILLS ..................................................................... 1 Getting Started........................................................................................................................ 3 Controlled Practice Techniques ............................................................................................ 5 Oral drills ............................................................................................................................ 6 Visual substitution drills ..................................................................................................... 7 Picture stories ..................................................................................................................... 8 Grids ................................................................................................................................... 9 Line-up........................................................................................................................ 10 True / false .................................................................................................................. 10 Other grid activities .................................................................................................... 11 Information gap ................................................................................................................ 14 Lists ............................................................................................................................ 14 Pictures ....................................................................................................................... 15 Picture story or sequences .......................................................................................... 15 Maps ........................................................................................................................... 15 Board games .....................................................................................................................16 Dialogs and role plays ...................................................................................................... 17 Conversation Activities ........................................................................................................ 18 Bridge Activities ................................................................................................................... 21 Sorting and categorizing ................................................................................................... 21 Ordering and sequencing .................................................................................................. 21 Comparing ........................................................................................................................ 22 Matching........................................................................................................................... 22 Tools and Techniques for Conversation / Applied Practice ............................................. 23 Magazine pictures............................................................................................................. 23 Picture cards ..................................................................................................................... 23 Matching..................................................................................................................... 23 I like / dont like ......................................................................................................... 24 Sorting ........................................................................................................................ 24 Practicing present tense .............................................................................................. 24 Ordering ...................................................................................................................... 24 Realia ................................................................................................................................ 24 Drawing / maps................................................................................................................. 25 Brainstorming ...................................................................................................................25 Board games .....................................................................................................................27 Other games ...................................................................................................................... 28 Card games ................................................................................................................. 28 Childrens games ........................................................................................................ 28 Active games .............................................................................................................. 28 Guessing games .......................................................................................................... 28 Picture game ............................................................................................................... 28 Object game ................................................................................................................ 29 Ten things ......................................................................................................................... 29 Role plays ......................................................................................................................... 29 Working with visuals of situations: the stranger at the door ............................................ 30 Introduction activities ................................................................................................. 30 Listening activities...................................................................................................... 32 Speaking and literacy activities .................................................................................. 32 Listening Activities ............................................................................................................... 33 Total Physical Response (TPR) ........................................................................................ 33 TPR with a series of actions ....................................................................................... 33 TPR combined with common language areas ............................................................ 34 TPR with a sequence .................................................................................................. 35 TPR on paper .............................................................................................................. 35 TPR with a picture ...................................................................................................... 35 Exercise routine ................................................................................................................36 Demonstrated response ..................................................................................................... 36 Same or different ........................................................................................................ 36 True / false .................................................................................................................. 37 Personal information .................................................................................................. 37 Chalk talks ........................................................................................................................ 37 Identifying pictures ........................................................................................................... 38 Listening exercises ........................................................................................................... 39 Putting It All Together .........................................................................................................39 Introduce ........................................................................................................................... 40 Controlled practice ........................................................................................................... 41 Bridge activities ................................................................................................................ 42 Applied practice................................................................................................................43 Review and repetition ....................................................................................................... 44 Pre-literate level 1 ............................................................................................................