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THE BOB WILSON HOLISTIC METHOD

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL & PRIMARY SCHOOL

Gamification, Project-based Learning,

 Role plays and Songs

for curricular English in Primary Education

TANDEM METHODOLOGIES

Bob Wilson uses TWO types of class structure which he mixes according to circumstances and to where they are in the curriculum.

Gamification, Role plays & Songs

Project-based Learning

The  ideal class size is 15, so you will probably have to find some way of splitting the class. This can be done, for example if the school has student teachers or language volunteers working with you. For example, you can have half a class of 30 working on their project while the other half goes to another space for gamification and role play activities.

CLASS STRUCTURE

ACTIVITY DURATION
WARM-UP 5 mins

Song for learning English

 
or  

Language games

 
or  
Audio-lingual drills  
LANGUAGE FOCUS 5 mins

Sentence building

 
VOCAB FOCUS 10 mins

The Hot Seat

 

This game, apart from dealing with new lexicon, is one of the best games ever for generating natural emergent speech, especially if the teacher participates so that the students can pick up key snippets of language.

or  

Flashcard Games

 
SPELLING  FOCUS 5 mins

The Spelling Challenge

 
CREATIVE SPEAKING 20 mins

Role plays with key phrases

 
  45 mins

ASSESSMENT SPREADSHEET

I use a point system in class for encouraging students. In my experience, rewarding with points is highly motivating providing things don't get overly competitive. By using a spreadsheet, you can also detect shy students who may be very keen to participate but find it too embarrassing. You can then give them opportunities to shine.
The points can also be used for assessment too. My students lose points for speaking in L1 and being naughty. Sometimes I give them the opportunity to recover lost points. Anyway, please find below a generic assessment spreadsheet for gamification, role play and song classes which you can edit according to your needs and circumstances.

I now actually upload excel spreadsheets to google drive as they convert well to google sheets, are very convenient and  they occupy zero memory
Project-based activities work fine with 30 students in the room.
Rules of thumb for collaborative learning
Team size: 3-4
Mixed sexes
Mixed abilities
Mixed personality types (extro- and introvert style learners.
For more information on collaborative learning theory click here.

PROJECTS READY TO USE

 

ASPECTS IN DEVELOPMENT

I am currently working on the role of two things to enhance non-native language acquisition. These are the use of drama and reading for pleasure.
 

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