ESL conversation - videogames
This was an experimental class created on mentimeter.com . We wanted to have a more interactive discussion with our Year 8s and 9s (13-15 years old). On this occasion, I can't take any credit for the slides, as my partner Dylan set up the entire thing, but he is kindly allowing me to share it here. The class took 45 minutes, and was a success with each year group. We conducted it online, but in a classroom you could split students into groups and hold real debates. It is very easy to host a presentation on mentimeter. All you need to do is click present, and have students follow the code at the top of the screen to access it at the start of class. I have shared the screenshots below from Dylan's presentation, but you would have to create your own on mentimeter to hold this class in an interactive manner. To start with, we had students give a 'thumbs up' or 'thumbs down' to represent yes or no answers. We explained that the question mark was to anonymously state...