Penny, I thank you so muuuch for your ideas.

Penny, I thank you so muuuch for your ideas. I have just followed your teaching method, and the whole class was so amazed. This morning, I gave them a sort of group competition. Each group took the turn to answer the questions. If they succeeded they got points.

I asked them to say the list of words I showed in my power point slide. Of course, before they did that, I had switched the slide so that the students no longer read them. I asked them to mention the words in five to ten seconds. All of the students were thrilled when they got their turn to answer the question.

Also, I asked the group to make up present perfect sentences based on certain responses.
I asked," What would you say if someone else gave you the following responses: congratulations, oh no, it is relieved, etc.

At last, I challenged them to memorize phrases little by little. Finally, they had to memorize the whole.
Come here at once.
Who? Me?
Yes, you. Come here at once...

Once again, thanks Penny. I have attached some students' comments below.


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  1. ABDELHADY HANDOUSANovember 22, 2017 at 9:48 PM

    Great job , sir.
    You not just copied the ex. , but you had your touch..
    But was that a free practice session on an ESP course for example , or something related to the content and procedures of an official school day ?
    How far are you allowed to modify the syllabus schedule ?
    Appreciating your kind interest high sense , and wishing you all the best

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  2. Penny UrNovember 23, 2017 at 12:28 AM

    Nice to hear, thanks!

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  3. Daniel GintingNovember 24, 2017 at 2:14 AM

    ABDELHADY HANDOUSA​​​ thanks a lot. What I did with my students is a part of a review session. I did it because the students had already completed learning all grammar lessons. I then tried to combine this session with the teaching approach Penny has shared with us. To my surprise, this approach was successful at creating a meaningful engagement with the students. At the end of the session, I asked my students, about 45 students, to write a short essay: "what did you feel and think about today's session? I got all of their essays, and I just shared three of them. I told them to be sincere.

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  4. Juliana MastroeniNovember 24, 2017 at 5:14 AM

    WOW! It sounds like you had a great lesson! I wish I had larger groups so I could try these tips. They sound effective and fun! I am really happy that you shared this experience with us and feel very motivated to try and adapt these exercises to smaller and one-to-one lessons. Thanks !!

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  5. Daniel GintingNovember 24, 2017 at 5:29 AM

    Thank you Juliana...yeah it works! For that reason, I can't wait to tell Penny about the result of her teaching method I used in my class.

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