o Prioritieso Conversationo Watchingo Argumentso Lieso Rumorso Something personalo De Bono’s and call for hatso Dice

Presenting the Code Priorities: green /mint ( groups) Kagan’s cookies: pink / strawberry ( groups) Discussion: red / apple ( large groups) Watching: orange ( large group) Rumors: black / coke ( groups of 5-6) Something personal: blue / smurfs ( up to 15) De Bono’s and call for hats: brown/ chocolate

( up to 6)

Teachers ROLE

To low stress

“Aha” moments.Facial expression.Ask questions or helping with terms the

student is looking for.

Why is conversation so important?

Creation.

Fluency.

Personal relationships in class. The group.

Priorities B1/B2

Students need to order several statements according to their personal criteria.

How to develope the session:

1. 2-3 min to reflect.

2. For higher levels ask them to justify their choice.

3. As a large group, comment on the first options of each student.

HANDOUT: what is worst

Conversation A1/A2

Feed the conversation

Topics provided

DiscussionA2-B2

Beginners to be able to talk about general topics.

Visual aids: cards.

The fact of talking among 3 lowers the impact of talking to larger groups.

How to develope the session:

1. Each student gets a bunch of cards: A/ B/ C

2. Explain text.

3. They can use the cards to have a cohesive speech.

• Take it as a contest, the winner is the first one getting rid of their cards.

• Vocabulary should be distributed.

Watching

I’m so handsome C1/C2

HANDOUT

Rumors: B2/C1

• It’s all about imagination.

• They need to bring up rumors about given characters or fictional facts.

1. One card per student so that they can hold dialogues in pairs within their group:

¿ Sabes una cosa?

¿ Me han dicho que….?

2. After that, we share the comments and how they ended up. We can ask them questions in relation to the concepts we need to tackle.

Something personal C1/C2

How to develope the session:

1. We distribute a short text to present a topic and recall student’s early memories.

2. Text will be analysed through questions.

Reccomended topics:

• Beauty moments.

• Time for myself.

HANDOUT

De Bono’s Hat

• Multiple Intelligences in action.

• Bloom’s Taxonomy.

• Fosters critical thinking and use of connectors within speech.

Dice: Story promptsA1/A2/B1/B2/C1/C2

Being practical

If you do it regularly do use smarties.

If you do it from time to time do bring cookies to class to make it special. Different approaches:

One student takes a cookie and the lesson takes place… One student takes a cookie. Homework based on color code.

Bibliography

Bono, E. d. (2000). Six thinking hats. London: Penguin Books.Llebot, M. R. (2003). Conversamos en clase. Madrid: Edinumen.