Episode 007: The Ball is Pretty

The Minimal Pair: Episode 007
Show Notes: The Minimal Pair Title: The Ball is Pretty Episode no: 007 Date: 4/21/14
Topics in Language Learning Student attendance & making up work

1. Importance of coming to class, especially in a second-language classroom
2. Reasons for absences; where do we draw the line?
3. Attendance policy
4. Homework that’s due on the day that class is missed
5. Making up what was missed (including assessments)

[20:18]
Methodology On the lighter side: fun things we’ve done and would like to do!

1. Games
   1. Ice-breaker
   2. Mad libs
   3. The Minimal Pair game
   4. Taboo
   5. Simon Says…
   6. “Speed” vocabulary
   7. BINGO
2. Music
   1. “School House Rocks”
   2. Conditionals & modals, YouTube compilations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBIawQGe-88

1. Azar song lessons: http://www.azargrammar.com/materials/uueg/UUEG_SongLessons.html
   1. Count & non-count nouns (My Favorite Things)
   2. Conditionals (If I Had a Hammer or Octupus’ Garden)
2. Vocabulary cloze
1. Role play/dramatizations
   1. Lower Academic English
   2. Point-of-View
   3. Pronunciation

[38:28]
Adjunct Antics/Culturally speaking… When worlds collide: varied perspectives in the classroom

1. Modals: “should/shouldn’t” discussion
2. “Food for thought”: how sharing food opened a discussion on cultural differences
3. “Diversity theme” in a diverse classroom
4. Culturally informed opinions about lecture topics

Keep it minimal!