NAME

FUNCTIONAL AREA

TASK-TYPE

LEARNING STRATEGY

TENSE/ ASPECT

GRAMMAT. FEATURES

GROUPING

REFERENCE

NOTES

what am I doing? charades

actions in progress

charades

guessing

pres. continuous

Location, other circ

groups

Also useful for other tenses.

picture dif - pres. continuous

actions in progress

find dif.- pictures

comparing

pres. continuous

existential location

pairs

Play Games with English 1

is there a man getting off a bus?

what are they doing? tape

actions in progress

listen - interpret

interpreting

pres. continuous

Location, other circ.

groups

Interchange 1, unit 9

interpreting situations on tape

what are they doing quiz

actions in progress

picture interpret

interpreting

pres. continuous

Location, other circ.

pairs

Play Games with English 1

cf. charades

silhouettes

actions in progress

picture interpret

interpreting

pres. continuous

Location, other circ.

pairs/ groups

Grammar Practice Activities

what are they doing?

what is he doing wrong?

actions in progress

picture prompt

describing

pres. continuous

Third person

pairs/ groups

Play Games with English 1 (adapted)

he's walking on the grass. He shouldn't walk on the grass - Permission

what's happening in the lobby?

actions in progress

picture prompt

role play

pres. continuous

location

pairs

On target

there's a security guard watching the lobby.

what does he do/is he doing?

actions in progress

question drill

Finding Gr. pattern

Pres. Contin.

class

What does he do? Is he __ing now? What is he doing?

what is your sister doing now

actions in progress

question list

Personalizing

Pres. Contin.

Location, third person

pairs

Communicate1

It's 8:00 - what is she doing/wearing? Does she always?

what do you know about Mark?

actions in progress

question list

Personalizing

Pres. Contin.

Projecting cl.

pairs/ groups

cf./what is your best friend doing NOW?

guess who it is

appearance

20 questions

deductive questioning

Pres. Contin.

y/n q's

groups

use pictures or people in the class, e.g. NEF p.20

is that your brother

appearance

dialogue

substituting personal info

Pres. Contin.

pairs

New English Firsthand unit 2

start with pairs, then group mingle with personal photo

how tall is Louis Garcia?

appearance

info gap - sheets

drill

pres. simple

pairs

New English Firsthand unit 2

height, weight, hair, age

describing people quiz

appearance

matching text to picture

matching

Pres. Contin.

Complex nominals

pairs

Play Games with English 1. (P.45)

pairs matching ex, then class drill w/ y/n-questions

back to back-wearing/look like

appearance

memory game

describing/ personalizing

pres. simple/contin.

pairs

Drama Techniques in Language Learning. (P.88)

back to back memory game