Checklists/ ​Materiales y Recursos para la enseñanza del inglés

Prof.ª. Gloria Luque Agulló

A. Alejandro Jesús Sánchez López

Dear Gloria, here you are all my checklists gathered. I think it is handier and better to get
them together for you to be able to correct them. They are set in chronological order.
Thank you for all of this useful information. I will be using it in a few years with my students
and I will remember it.

Best regards,

Alejandro Sánchez.

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COMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITIES
Name of activity WEEKEND TRIP
Skills practised Listening, speaking, reading.
Level of activity Mid/High intermediate.
Communication:
-Information gap Yes.
-Choice Yes.
Feedback Yes.
Preparation time Around 15 minutes (you
have to distribute the pieces
of paper to the students,
explain the activity, etc).
Comments Magnificent activity. It offers
a very wide range of
changes and creativity; you
may transform the activity
into one in which students
have to guess who is the
murderer, for instance. And it
allows them to have
interaction in a more relaxed
way.
Realisation time It is preferably a
whole-session activity to let
the students practise and
unleash creativity, so around
50 minutes would be nice.
‘learnt’/’revised’ things It depends on the level, but
you may, for example, instill
your students to use the
present perfect. Probably it
would revise vocabulary and
expressions concerning
place, time, hours, prices,
directions...
Appropriate (Would you use Definitely yes. It is an
it?) appropriate activity easily
Prof.ª. Gloria Luque Agulló
A. Alejandro Jesús Sánchez López
NASA GAME
Listening, speaking, reading.
Mid/High intermediate.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Around 15 minutes to learn
the activity, explain it,
translate some vocabulary
that students may not
know...
I really like communicative
activities. I think they are
quite learner-based and very
complete in all the aspects.
I would expand it to get the
most out of this activity. I will
use it for half a session or an
entire one, including some
ice-breaker session relating
to NASA itself or something
like that.
Language functions
(expressing opinions,
language of agreement…),
useful language chunks,
vocabulary related to
measure, universe,
provisioning...
Yes, with no doubt. For all
the reasons already
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Prof.ª. Gloria Luque Agulló
A. Alejandro Jesús Sánchez López

adaptable to every level. It mentioned. I am craving to

involves the three be able to use it as a
communication sections teacher.
(information gap, choice and
feedback), so it is a
complete and balanced
activity.

STORYTELLING

Name of activity Mr PIG PLAYS GOLF THE DRAGON

Skills practised Listening, speaking, reading. Reading, listening, speaking

Level of activity Beginners. High beginning.

Communication:

-Information gap No. Yes. The students have to

complete the story by taking
into account each others’
ideas, etc. They need
information about what the
others are going to say to
complete the dialogue. So, I
think that there is an indirect
information gap aspect.

-Choice No. No.

Feedback Yes. Yes.

Preparation time Medium-high. It is an activity You will have to print the

which needs to be carried out material, also to explain the
consciously. You have to get activity and different roles… I
involved and to get deep into think that probably around 15
it. minutes in total.

Comments It is fun, motivating. Normally, I would like to let students

in L1 very young learners create their own stories. To
respond physically to parents’ make it freer for them to
commands, just like in this imagine.
activity, and probably learnt
things here will remain in
Long Term Memory.

Realisation time I think it needs a full session. Almost an entire session is

recommendable.

‘learnt’/’revised’ things Actions, commands (put the Past tenses, vocabulary,

ball on the ground, give a suggestions, language for

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Prof.ª. Gloria Luque Agulló
A. Alejandro Jesús Sánchez López

strong blow to the ball…), help...

imperative, classroom
vocabulary… (T.P.R).

Appropriate (Would you use Yes, in beginners. It is a good Yes, I would use it in lower
it?) way to elicit new vocabulary, levels with some changes,
to have a good atmosphere in probably, but I like the
class, it is also a good way to proposal.
make students be attentive in
class,to receive
pronunciation...

DICTATION

Name of activity THE TEACHER IS A SONGS

CASSETTE-PLAYER

Skills practised Listening, writing, and then Listening and writing.

reading (when they have to
read their own texts to
check the errors and
mistakes). It may also
involve speaking if you, for
example, ask students to
re-dictate the text to you (as
a variation).

Level of activity Low/Mid intermediate. Low/Mid intermediate.

Communication:

-Information gap No Not exactly, because they

do not need to talk to each
other in order to complete
the information missing, but
to listen to a song. We have
gaps to be filled but it is not
the sense of
communicating.

-Choice No. No.

-Feedback Yes (by the teacher when No.

correcting and giving the
sample text). There is no
direct feedback among the
students.

Preparation Time Low, just think about what Low. Just to choose a song

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you are going to dictate, or
picking an appropriate text.
It does not require any
material apart from sheets
of papers and pens or
pencils.
Comments I think that this activity is
suitable for younger
learners. I wish I were doing
this at school. I surely would
have felt totally immersed in
this activity. It is nice to be
involved in an activity in
which the teacher is a direct
part of the game-like
activity.
Realisation time It depends on the situation,
but medium.
‘learnt’/’revised’ things It has to do with the text that
is chosen. Specific
vocabulary for one given
topic, verb tenses,
describing, telling a story,
etc.
Appropriate (Would you use it?) Probably I would use it with
younger learners. I think that
although it can seem
teacher-centered you can
adapt it and change the
rules.
LEARNER-BASED ACTIVITIES
Name of activity DESPERATE DECISION
Skills practised Reading, listening (the
others’ group decisions)
and speaking (when
communicating to the rest
the own decision).
Level of activity Mid/High intermediate.
Communication:
-Information gap You do not really need to fill
Prof.ª. Gloria Luque Agulló
A. Alejandro Jesús Sánchez López
and bring it to the class, or
just playing it or whatever.
This is an activity that I think
that almost everybody has
done in their academic life,
mostly when we are
younger learners. It is ok for
changing the dynamics of
the classes and to get a
more relaxed environment.
Not that much. Around 20
minutes.
Vocabulary, tenses...
Yes. I will use it as a
warm-up activity or
something like that. But I will
not spend much time on
this.
GROUP HOLIDAY
Reading, in a sense
(learners may read the
different trip options),
listening (the others’
opinions), speaking,
Low/Mid intermediate.
No.
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any gap, or you do not need
some information that is
held by other students so as
to be able to fulfill the
activity or whatever. It is
rather deciding what to do
with the information that all
the students are given at the
same time, by means of little
groups.
-Choice Yes, since students have to
choose what to do by
observing the map and
reading the text.
-Feedback Yes. At the end of the
activity learners will share
their conclusions and
decisions., as well as during
the activity: students will
debate to reach a
conclusion.
Preparation Time Low.
Comments
Realisation Time Middle. Half a session or
one session if the teacher
wants to extend it.
‘learnt’/’revised’ things Conditionals, vocabulary
concerning directions,
advise, modal verbs,
language of advice...
Appropriate (Would you use Yes, of course. I think it is
it?) not only a good way to fix
the knowledge and/or
Prof.ª. Gloria Luque Agulló
A. Alejandro Jesús Sánchez López
Yes.
Possible. It depends on how
the activity is oriented.
Low.
I would probably urge my
students to create their own
trip, each per student, letting
some of them share their
perspectives and setting a
deadline for them to send it
to me to correct and help
them structure, use
appropriate language for
desires, etc.
It depends, but not that
much. It may be useful as
an ice-breaker activity to
start with, for example when
we want to explain desires,
trips-vocabulary, future
tenses...
Future tenses, the language
of holidays, likes and
dislikes...
Yes. I think it is useful to
make students feel involved
at the beginning of the
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Prof.ª. Gloria Luque Agulló
A. Alejandro Jesús Sánchez López

introduce some new, but class, by making them feel

also for going beyond
linguistics and make
students think independently
and let their decisions to be
taken into account.
that their opinions really
matter. I am fond of these
kinds of activities. I like to
create a relaxed and good
environment of work.