Target Audience
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Native and non-native teachers from secondary
to tertiary levels. |
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You will need an upper intermediate to advanced level of English to participate on this course. |
| • | Please note: This course is not designed for Primary Teachers |
Course Summary
The course will offer you a wide range of creative, humorous and stimulating techniques and activities to enliven your classroom, your teaching and your students.
Programme of the training activities
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Group dynamics: building and maintaining a fun
loving atmosphere. |
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Healthy fun and laughter: laughing with people
not at them. |
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Using jokes for listening and speaking practice. |
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Language play: puns, (word play) ambiguity and
nonsense. |
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Humour and literature: prose and poetry. |
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The "English Sense of Humour". |
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Laughter as a therapeutic channel. |
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Drama activities. |
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Culture and humour: different perspectives. |
Description of training content:
Preparation
Each applicant to send in action plan 4 weeks before the course outlining hopes
and objectives for achievement as a result of attending this course.
Objectives
This short, highly intensive methodology course aims to show you how fun and laughter can be two fundamental sources for effective and memorable learning.
Expected results
As a result of attending this course, the participants will be able to use a variety of techniques around humour and fun that will be motivating and highly effective.
Is this the right course for me?
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Yes - if you want to participate in a high energy, life-affirming one-week methodology course. |
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Yes - if you want to inject humour and vitality into your lessons. |
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Yes - if you want to motivate students tired of an overly academic syllabus. |
If this is not the course for you, please consider one of the following:
Programme of the training activities day by day:
Please note this is an example of a daily programme. Course content may often be usefully adapted to incorporate the needs of each specific group.
Week 1
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Friday |
| AM 9.30-10.30 |
Introductions and group bonding. Ice breakers and group formation activities |
Retelling urban myths. (Learnt from homework) Reordering texts through listening and movement |
Exploiting jokes and witticisms in the classroom in a productive manner |
Political correctness. What it is and how it is expressed |
The shadow side of humour. Epitaphs, graffiti and “Doctor doctor…” jokes |
| 11.00 - 12.30 |
Different types of humour and they can be exploited to build healthy group dynamics |
Homonyms, homographs and homophones as a source of humour |
11.00-12.30
Different types of humour and they can be exploited to build healthy group
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| Native speaker errors and correcting “howlers” in texts |
| PM 14.00 - 15.30 |
Listening and narrative building. Using humorous urban myths in the classroom |
Kinaesthetic activities for practicing grammar and vocabulary |
Humour and culture. Examining the quinte14.00-15.30 |
Listening and narrative building. Using humorous urban myths in the classroom |
Course review, including evaluation and farewells |
Recommended reading: Please note it is not necessary to buy or bring these books to the course.
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“Lessons with Laughter” G. Wollard (LTP) 1996 |
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“Laughing Matters” P.Medgyes (CUP) 2002 |
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“Language Play, Language Learning” G. Cook (OUP) 2000.
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