Scrambled sentences

 Students are asked to unscramble the sentences so that

the sentences are restored to their original order.
 Learning about the cohesion and coherence properties of
language.
Ex: soccer? / you / Do / play
 Do you play soccer?
kicks / She / her / the / mother. / ball / to
 She kicks the ball to her mother.
 To unscramble the lines of a mixed-up dialog.
Ex: Put the lines of the dialogue below in the correct order.
Yeah. Things have changed. Oh, the most important thing
6
before we forget … What will we see?
Ha ha. Look at this. I think this new animation is
7 interesting. Read these comments: ‘hilarious', ‘exciting'
and ‘worth seeing' …
1 Mai, let's go to the cinema this Saturday.

4 That's fine. How far is it from your house to the Cinemax?

It's only two kilometres. You can cycle to my house, and
5 then we can walk there. Remember? Two years ago there
didn't use to be any cinemas near our house.
2 Great idea, Mi. Which cinema shall we go to?

8 OK. That's a good idea. I'll be at your house at 5 and we'll

 walk there. Remember to buy the tickets beforehand.
3 How about the Cinemax? It's the newest one in Ha Noi.

 To put the pictures of a picture strip story in order and

write lines to accompany the pictures.
Ex: Planting tree process

Dig the planting hole

Place the tree in the center of the hole
Water the tree thoroughly
Whitewash on tree
Language game
 Games are used frequently in CLT.
The main purpose of using games in English classes is to
practise students' different skills, especially
their communicative ability
Game playing is effective in developing students
communicative ability in that it is a dynamic process of
communication in which students as thinking beings,
emotional beings and communicators instead of knowledge
receptacles, try to get their ideas, concepts, thoughts,
emotions and feelings expressed, based on their own life
experiences.
Some types of games:
 Sound games: Students have to guess at the object
described by sound, or make dialogue or a story.
Ex: Apple: A type of fruit is red and sweet
 Picture games: Most of picture games involve the
learners in the relatively free use of all the language at
their command and at the same time give them the
opportunity to practise their speaking and listening.
Comparing and contrasting pictures.
Making a story according to the given picture.
 Debates: In this activity, a topic is given and two sides
are set up, one supporting the idea and the other
opposing it. Then they argue giving their evidence. The
aim of this activity is to get the students to talk and
stimulate their interest and competitive spirit. There is
no doubt that this activity will improve students
conversation and eloquence.