Lexical Lab: Training for language teachers

A little bit of housekeeping

Teaching the alphabet and choices

Choices in teaching and learning

Supporting learning or not. Traditional v Spiral syllabus

Class management and adapting material

Task and points for discussion

Working from dialogues: intro and outline

Russian two ways: grammar to conversation or conversation with grammar

Dialogue building in action

Integrating dialogue building with a coursebook

Messaging: from dialogues to chunking and individualised practice

Task and points for discussion

Words are more important than grammar: intro and outline

How vocabulary choices and examples can better enable communication.

What do I do with mixed levels and what if I can't translate?

Presenting vocabulary up front

Collocation and grammaticalised lexis

Putting it all together: presenting words with grammar

Task and points for discussion

Feel my pain: intro and outline

Getting students to repeat and making sounds visible

Phonics and reading

Helping students hear outside a listening lesson

Focus on hearing in the listening lesson

Task and points for discussion

Elementary is not beginner: intro and outline

Making the most of grammar exercises

Making the most of a vocabulary exercise

Giving the students a voice: individualised portfolios

Giving students a voice; Single word answers to whole class. one-to-one

Whole class one-to-one in action: reformulating and noticing

Giving students a voice: other vocabulary choices

Task and points for discussion

Thanks and further study

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