Teaching with posters

Posters can play a key role in the English language lesson as they are such a powerful visual tool. They can be a valuable way to focus students’ attention, allowing students to really engage with the topic and also consolidate and extend the language already learned. Tips for working with posters

Stick the poster to the wall in a visible place. In this way, it will remind students of the material they have covered. Predicting In order to create an atmosphere of anticipation and to invoke curiosity in children, give students the title of the poster before you show it to them. Tell students that in a moment they will see a poster with, e.g., the course characters. Ask students to think about the vocabulary which may be presented in the poster. Encourage them to provide examples of particular words related to this thematic group. In the case of course characters, it will be clothing, descriptive words, body parts, etc. Then stick the poster to the wall and check together how many words the students predicted correctly. Asking questions Point to the objects, people, colors, etc. presented in the poster and ask questions: Who’s this? What’s he/she doing?, etc. Finding and pointing Ask individual students to come to the poster and fi nd and point to specifi c objects. You can also divide students into two teams and change the activity into an exciting competition. Ask one person from the team to come to the poster and fi nd a particular object. If he/she does it correctly, the team scores a point. If he/she makes a mistake, the other team takes a turn. Students can replace the teacher and give the commands. Quiz Tell students that you are thinking about a certain picture from the poster. The students’ task is to guess which picture you mean. You can describe the object you have in mind for more advanced students. Peeping through a keyhole Cut out a hole (5–7 cm wide) resembling a keyhole in the middle of a large sheet of paper. Place the sheet on the poster and ask students what they can see. Move the sheet on the poster so that each time students guess the name of a diff erent object. Placing words on the poster If students can recognize written words, you can ask them to place appropriate Picture Cards, showing the word side, below the pictures in the poster. One by one, students come to the poster and place a card with the corresponding word in the appropriate place. Then you can ask all students to read the words aloud together. Memory game Set a specifi c time limit, e.g., 30 seconds. Tell students to look at the poster carefully and remember as much as they can. Then cover the poster or take it off the wall and ask students one by one about the objects presented in the poster. You can also ask about the features of these objects, e.g., Is it big? How often do you use it?, etc. The students’ task is to answer from memory. You can also conduct this exercise as a team competition, observing the time limit. The team who can name the highest number of items from the poster wins. True or false? Point to various objects in the poster and make true or false sentences related to them.

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Progress Chart

Level5

Welcome

Listening

I can understand important details in short conversations. Unit 1 Unit 2

I can recognise familiar phrases in conversations.

Reading

I can understand key information in short texts. I can understand the sequence of events in stories.

Speaking

I can ask for and give information about my community. I can participate in social exchanges.

Writing

I can write sentences to describe pictures. I can link simple sentences and add detail to my writing. Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Unit 6

I can follow a conversation and the events in a story. I can understand conversations about past events and future plans.

I can understand the gist and overall themes of texts. I can recognise diff erent text types and their features.

I can make and respond to off ers, suggestions and requests for information.

I can write short texts on familiar topics. I can ask and answer questions about past events and future plans.

I can use the correct phrases for diff erent text types.

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Review 1

I can compare things and say how often I do something. I can read and write about animals and technology.

I can express surprise. I can give advice and make suggestions. Review 2

I can say what people have to do and describe events in the past. I can read and write about outdoor objects and festivals.

I can offer and accept help. I can check someone understands. Review 3

I can talk about past events and future plans. I can read and write about helping people and holiday activities.

I can give reasons. I can agree and disagree.

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