Speaking Volleyball game

I want to share an game-like activity that I made. The school where I am working at is Gimhae Language Foreign High School, so students are really interested in studying languages and their English is really great.




1. Name : Speaking Volleyball game


2. Use : To practice reading aloud and develop dictation skills


3. General procedures :


 A. Big picture : As the name tells, it is a volleyball-like game activity. Students will be in pairs. One person will be a server and the other a receiver. Reading a paragraph or some part of a paragraph is the way of attacking. The receiver should fill in the blanks in the given worksheet. When they can write all the words proper in the blanks after listening just one time, they win one point. But whenever they ask 'Please read one more time', they lose a point. Students, however, must be told that they should read the sentences with a loud enough voice and clear pronunciation.

Rough but Simple drawing by myself. : )

B. Procedures : It is pair work and needs two types of worksheets.

1. A teacher should prepare worksheets that have the exact same content but blanks in different paragraphs. That is, student A's worksheet will have blanks in the 1st, 3rd and 5th paragraphs and student B's worksheet will have blanks in the 2nd, 4th, and 6th paragraphs. (Be sure to make the same number of blanks in each side's paragraph).
2. One player starts serving(attacking), if a receiver complete the paragraph, they move on to the next paragraph and this time the former receiver becomes the attacker.
3. The teacher can either give students a time limit or wait until all the pairs finish all the paragraphs, helping students having difficulties.

Note. To make this activity successful, the teacher should consider the level of English of each member in each pair in advance. And the teacher should make sure that all the students can read the given text. And the teacher can give them a small reward, such as candy. I used to give the winners two jelly beans, so the winner can share their prize with their pair.




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My first blog posting in English

I'm a Korean English teacher and really intrested in many kinds of Web 2.0 tools.

For the next year, (not the next semster) I'm thinking about ways to use Blogging to boost my students' English learning. I already have several blogs but those are in Korean and are not blogs that I share with students. I'm not that engaged in many EFL teachers' PLN but really learning a lot from them via their blog posts, videos, free webinar speeches. So I decided to start blogging as a way to record my practice in class, be a diligent writer, and contribute to the world of teachers. So this post is my small step towards that world.

I'll share my thoughts about English education especially in Korea and write about activities that I did in my lessons. : )