CREATING COMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR TECHNICAL ENGLISH LEARNERS

IATET Webinar 27.06.2012 – Claire Hart

Communicative activities

The Cinderella of technical English?

Five Steps

1. Communicative event analysis

2. Communicative event selection

3. Language

input

4. Student-driven simulation

5. Feedback/ post-task

1. Communicative event analysis

What do you...? Who do you...? How often do you...? Why do you...? What´s your role...?

What...? Explain how to process a contractWho...? Colleagues from home & abroadHow often...? About once a monthWhy...? Processing is always done in EnglishYour role...? Trainer/ guide

Manfred the milling shop manager Has contact with: other managers in his department colleagues in other countries suppliers from other countries customers in other countries

2. Prioritising communicative events What factor should impact the most

when we prioritise communicative events?

3. Language input

Making a phone call to a supplier

1. Asking for information

2. Making requests

3. Negotiating

3. Language Input

Taking part in an international meeting

Active listening

Making suggestions

Talking about the future

4. Student-driven simulation

RELEVANT

ALERTAWARE

5. Feedback / post-task

How do you do feedback? Have you tried?• Recording the learners or having them

record themselves?• Using Jing to give video feedback?http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html

Please stay in touch: clairehart@gmail.combusinessenglishlessonplans.wordpress.com

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