STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS
- Ask tutors to come up with an adjective to describe themselves that starts
with the same letter as their first name. Some tutors will find that a bit
difficult, depending on the letter they need to use, so be prepared to help
brainstorm. The adjectives can be common or exotic.
- Hand out coloured paper, markers and glitter, and let tutors make a jazzed up version of the adjective and name. They could take these adjective/name posters home or you could post them in the room if you are having another session with them.
- In a circle, share the adjective/name posters and names. Not everyone has to share the artwork or the adjective but they have to share their names.
- State that learners need to know lots of adjectives to improve their ability to describe the world around them.
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Activity B
The four language skill areas
There are four main components of communication: listening, speaking, reading and writing. They are introduced here and used together in a learning activity.
The four skills communication charts
The following charts come from I Speak English by Ruth J. Colvin (1997), published by New Readers Press, a division of ProLiteracy Worldwide, and used with permission.
How we spend our time when communicating
How the components of our communication work together
| INPUT |
OUTPUT |
| Listening |
Speaking |
| Reading |
Writing |
