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3. Dialogues

  • Introduce dialogues.
  • Show overhead, Dialogues and demonstrate how dialogues could be used.
  • Read the complete dialogue once for the trainees. Use normal speed and rhythm.
  • Break the dialogue into sentences. Say the first sentence and ask a trainee to repeat it.
  • Repeat this process for each line.
  • Repeat the entire dialogue with appropriate body language.
  • Repeat the entire dialogue with a trainee. (You and the trainee will read the dialogue together at the same time.) You may also want to let the trainees know that this is a good way to get an apprehensive learner to read.
  • Take a role! You can read the dialogue for person 1 and a trainee can do the same for person 2.
  • Reverse roles.
  • Refer to some of the follow-up activities provided in the tutor training manual.
  • Introduce role-plays and brainstorm possible role-play topics with the trainees.
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C: Teaching Grammar to Intermediate and Advanced Learners

  • Highlight some of the material cited in the tutor training manual under the sub-heading "some considerations."
  • Tell the trainees that they do not need to be apprehensive about teaching grammar. They know a lot more grammar than they might think.
  • Review parts of speech on overhead, Grammar (Parts of Speech).
  • Show overhead, Grammar (Example 1). Let trainees know that this is an early sample of Hyun-Chu's work. They were introduced to her in Session 3.
  • Ask trainees, "How would you correct these two sentences? What type of word is causing the problem (noun, verb, adjective, adverb)? What rule can be applied?"
    • Possible answers include: the verb ("action word") is always used in the present tense. The learner should use "went" " ate" and "danced" to discuss things in the past.
  • n Give tutors the Reference Sheet for Tutors: Looking at Common Verb Tenses to file for future use.