TEAM PAIR SOLO

TEAM PAIR SOLO

It is designed to motivate students to tackle and
succeed at problems which initially are beyond their
ability.
It is based on a simple notion of mediated learning.
Students can do more things with help (mediation)
than they can do alone.
By allowing them to work on problems they could not
do alone, first as a team and then with a partner, they
progress to a point they can do alone that which at
first they could do only with help.
 Steps
1. Students do problems first as a team,
2. then with a partner,
3. and finally on their own.
LET’S PRACTICE!
 TEAM PAIR SOLO
TEAM
How to make jelly

You will need one pocket of jelly crystals, a 500 ml jug, 250 ml of boiling
water, 200 ml of cold water, a bowl

1. Empty contents of a packet of jelly crystals into the jug.

2. Add boiling water
3. Stir well until crystals dissolve
4. Add the cold water and stir
5. Pour mixture into a bowl
6. Refrigerate until firm

Adapted from Text Types in English (Anderson & Anderson, 1997: 53)
 TEAM
activities
1. Students read the model text (procedure text)
entitled “How to make jelly” adapted from
Text Types 2 (Anderson & Anderson,1997: 53)
2. Discuss with the group members the generic
structure and the language features of
procedure text
 PROCEDURE TEXT
Social Function:
To describe how something is accomplished
through a sequence of actions or steps
 PROCEDURE TEXT
Schematic/Generic Structure

Goal  name of procedure to be carried out

Materials  list of materials needed

Procedure  list of steps to be followed

 PROCEDURE TEXT
Significant Grammatical Patterns/Linguistic
Features:
Focus on generalized human agents (implicit)
Sequence of events marked either explicitly by
temporal connectives, or numbering of points,
or implicitly by the ordering of steps on the
page.
Use of the imperatives and verbs of action
 PAIR
activities
1. Students in pairs, study the diagrams of a
recipe for a banana cake (Anderson &
Anderson, 1997: 61)
2. Make a list of materials and instructions
 SOLO
activities
• Students individually write a procedure text
based on the diagrams discussed before.