Talk-A-Tivities Blm

by Richard Yorkey

Book Overview

A creative resource to aid students in their speaking English. Each activity includes directions for the teacher and an answer key.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 020109911X
• ISBN13: 9780201099119
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Great for Second Language Learners

This book was recommended to me by one of my lecturers in my MATESL classes. She was taught by Prof. Yorkey and saw this book in action during the initial development by Prof. Yorkey. I used it in Thailand with Assumption University students and had great fun with it. The students enjoyed it and were not timid in playing the games in the book. I can't think of a better book for teaching students to speak regardless of their previous language ability. If you can purchase this book, either new or used, it is worth just about any price. A great teaching tool.

Activities for English Language Learners

As a 6th grade teacher of a Bilingual/Transitional classroom I highly reccommend this book for students who are learning English as a second language. The activities in this book are geared towards helping students develop conversational English skills. A sample activity from the book might be locating items in a library. Students usually work in pairs. Each student will have similar maps of a library in front of them, the only difference is that some items are missing on one map where as the other map has those items and vice-versa. Each student takes turns asking questions and giving directions to locate items or to fill in the missing parts of the map. This of course is done in English. This helps students practice their conversational skills which they will need not only in an academic setting, but in the world at large as well. The author is extremely creative in developing activities that will not only engage the student to practice their fluency in English, but they will have fun as well! This book is appropriate for any age and any setting, academic or personal.