CHAPTER 5: FROM TOPIC TO

TASKS: MATCHING,
COMPARING, PROBLEM-
SOLVING, PROJECTS AND
STORYTELLING.
 MATCHING

LISTENING AND MATCHING.

 LISTEN AND DO
ACTIVITIES.
FOR EXAMPLE: SIMON SAYS.
 IDENTITY PARADE.
 MATCHING

READING AND MATCHING.

 'GIVING DIRECTIONS' TASK SEQUENCE
 'SUMMER HOLIDAY' TASK SEQUENCE
 COMPARING AND CONTRASTING: FINDING SIMILARITIES
AND DIFFERENCES

SOME EXAMPLES:
COMPARE THEIR MORNING ROUTINES.
COMPARE THEIR FAVOURITE HOLIDAY PLACES.
COMPARE THEIR DIFFERENT LEARNING STRATEGIES.
 GAMES: FIND THE SIMILARITIES AND THE DIFFERENCES

 THINGS IN COMMON
 FIND SOMEONE WHO HAS THE
SAME BIRTHDAY
 SPOT THE DIFFERENCES
 SHARING PERSONAL EXPERIENCES: STORYTELLING,
ANECDOTES, REMINISCENCES

SOME EXAMPLES:

*YOUR MOST MEMORABLE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE

*YOUR MOST FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE
*THE FUNNIEST PERSON YOU KNOW
'TASK GENERATOR' MATCHING.
Eg. Words and
phrases to
pictures
directions to COMPARING
street map Finding
LISTING differences or
Brainstorming similarities
Fact-finding

YOUR TOPIC

SHARING
PROBLEM- PERSONAL
PROJECTS EXPERIENCES
SOLVING AND Storytelling
Eg. Puzzles, CREATIVE Anecdotes
logic TASKS reminiscences
problems, Class newspaper
prediction poster, survey
fantasy, etc.