Objective: Prepare my advanced listening/speaking students for mainstream classes where they will may have to lead a group discussion- either a study group or an in-class assignment.
Skills Practiced:
- Presentation skills
- Formulation of discussion questions
- Eliciting comments
- Responding to comments
- Asking follow-up questions
- Summarizing the discussion
- Synthesizing ideas from multiple groups
This semester, topics my students have chosen so far were engaging: Domestic abuse, environmental issues, robotics, to name a few. Below is the most recent video clip my students used (last week).
