in defence of improvisation

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in defence of improvisation

• the trick is to keep trying

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previous considerations

• Reflecting on the reasons why we are in the
  business
• Taking into account our students characteristics
• Taking into account the law and the schools
  project
• but also our personal beliefs

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Reflecting on the reasons why we are in the
business

• sensitive raw material - young human beings
• fine line between
• cool and too cool
• enthusiasm is essential
• because its contagious

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Taking into account our students characteristics

• a language class outwardly a gathering of
  people
• with an assumed common purpose is an arena of
• subjective and intersubjective realities which
  are
• worked out, changed, and maintained
• Breen (1985 142)

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Taking into account the law and the schools
project but also our personal beliefs

• DECRET 142/2008, de 15 de juliol, pel qual
  s'estableix l'ordenació dels ensenyaments del
  batxillerat.
• 10 goals for the Foreign Language subject

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How improvisation works
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and it could go on

• You could
• ask them to edit the episode, and add Catalan
  subtitles to the excerpt
• show them Ibarretxe disguised as Spock
• ask them to find information about Star Trek
• tell them to write in their blogs their opinion
  of the serie

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How improvisation works (II)
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ADAPT FOR THE STAGE REHEARSE LINES AND PRACTISE
SPECIFIC WORDS SPEAK IN FRONT OF AN
AUDIENCE AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS 3-act
play NEXT FEW MONTHS WEBSITE WITH VIDEOS,
SUBTITLES, GAMES
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Two teaching styles

• Just the main goals in mind
• Textbooks and readers just extra material
• In the search for updated meaningful material

• Units and activities need to follow an order
• Textbooks and readers as main material
• Grammar and exercises more important

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THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES

• A good in which to invest
• But we shouldnt force it upon us
• Let them teach them to you, theyll love it