by Ms. Sari Karmina
Many teachers complain of doing
the same things to review the lesson; it’s either asking the students typical
questions like ‘What did you study in previous meeting?’ or ‘What did we
discuss last meeting?’ or giving them quiz. These activities result in minimum student-student
interaction and less interesting practices.
Involving the students in the
review stage through collaborative activities may give both the teacher chance to
figure out what his students have mastered
and the students chance to recall the lesson as well as share it with
their peers. Here are some of collaborative
activities that can be used to make your review stage interactive:
1. Rally
Coach
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Students are grouped in pairs.
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Student A shares what she studied from the
previous lesson.
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Student B
watches and listens, checks, coaches and praises.
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Pairs switch roles.
Note: Teacher
makes sure that the pairs sit face to face to maximize the interaction and if
possible put the high achiever with the low achiever so that the coaching runs
effectively. Another way is put the
absent student (from the previous meeting) with the present student in order to
share the information that the absent student’s missed during her absence.
2.
Paired-Heads-Together
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Students are in shoulder partner pairs.
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After teacher asks a question, pairs huddle to
improve the answers they have each written.
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Teacher then calls for either A or B to share
their best answer with their face partner.
Note: Teacher should prepare the
questions in advance related to the previous lesson.
3.
Inside-Outside Circle
(Students rotate in concentric circles to face new partners for sharing,
solving, quizzing.)
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Put 2 groups together (inside and outside
circles)
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Questions or problems (about previous lesson) on
flash cards and give to inside circle students
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Inside asks while outside responds, inside
listens, praises, or coaches (teacher can also ask the question and indicates
whether inside or outside responds.)
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Switch roles - outside asks while inside
responds, outside listens, praises or coaches
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Switch cards and inside or outside rotates (can
also rotate two ahead, three ahead, etc.)
The above
collaborative activities will make students interact more with their peers and at the same time reduce teacher’s
talking time and the review stage will be more lively and interactive.
Reference:
Brown, D.H. 1994. Teaching by Principles: An Interactive
Approach to Language
Pedagogy.
Prentice Hall Regents. Prentice Hall Inc.
Jacobs, E., L.Rottenber, S. Patrick, & E.Wheeler.1996.
Cooperative learning:
Context and opportunities for acquiring academic English. TESEOL Quarterly,
30:253–280.
Kagan, S. & M. Kagan. 2009. Cooperative
Learning. San Clemente: Kagan
Publishing.
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Sharing programs
I am agree with the post, this way can make the student not only have one or two friend but also have many friends, can do the socialization and remember about the last meeting or previous lesson with the game and i like the inside-outside circle
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