THE BRIDGE-HELPFUL READING LITERACY STRATEGIES

appreciation – for learners aged 13 to 17
WORKSHOP PROCEDURE
Pre-preparation:
- the teacher finds several new English words from the book, Matilda,
- types them on small pieces of paper, and puts them into hats or small
boxes for group work. (The same words are prepared for each group.)
- a blank piece of paper containing only the names of the L1 languages of
the student participants at the top
Step 1: Forming groups:
- students stand in a line and each calls out a number going from one to six in
chronological order. (If there are fewer students, the numbers called out will also be
fewer).
- students make up groups according to the numbers they called out (i.e. those who
called out # 1 make up a group, those who called out # 2 make up a group, and so on.
- The students in each group sit together in a circle with their English to L1 dictionaries
in hand. (They can also use their mobile phone dictionaries.)
Step 2: Dictionary work
- Each student is given a piece of blank A4 paper with only the L1 languages of the
student participants written at the top (pre-prepared by the teacher),
- Each student in the group picks an English word from the hat or box which has been
placed in the middle of the table.
- Each student writes his/her English word down on the left side of the paper, finds its
meaning in their L1 and writes it down in the column under his/her L1.
Step 3: Rotating
- Each student gives their piece of paper to the neighbour on their left (in a clockwise
direction), and gets a new piece of paper from the neighbour on their right, on which
the first English word has already been written and an L1 meaning already found
- The student must now find the meaning of that same English word in his/her L1. If
the word has already been translated into their L1, the student picks another word
from the hat to translate into his/her L1
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