Resources and Teaching Ideas

“Treball per racons”

ZER Ports-Algars

Why to work with corners?

• To treat the variety of levels in 3rd
cycle.
• To work in an active way.
• To take advantage of different
materials.

Objectives
• To improve the oral comprehension and production.
• To use English as much as possible in and out the classroom.
• To accept mistakes as a way of learning.
• To create different situations to use English, giving tools
and materials to use it.
• To value the knowledge of foreign languages as a tool to
communicate among people.
• To enjoy English and the English classroom.
 English Corners
Use your brain, use your pen!
. Grammar activities
. Phonetics and spelling

Listen and play, what a funny game!

. Speaking games
. Vocabulary

Computer’s corner!
. On-line games
. CD Rom

Books, books and more books!

. Reading
. Writing books

How to select the activities

in each corner
The activities must:
. Work the four skills: listening, speaking, reading and
writing.
. Allow the child to be autonomous.
. Self-correction.
. Take into account the pupils’ level.
. Motivating.
. Related with the contents worked in class.
. Work in group and couples.
 Experience assessment
. Allows to attend the variety: adapting strategies
and sources to the characteristics, rhythms and
necessities of the pupils.
. Allows to take advantage of materials, routines
and linguistic skills related with games.
. Allows the autonomy: organisation, opinion, time
distribution, responsibility, self-correction.
. Allows the interaction.
. Motivating attitude.

Bibliography
. Holderness,J. and Hughes,A. “100 Ideas for Children”. Heinemann.
. Toth,M. “Children’s games”. Heinemann.
. Many authors. “Non-stop fun collection”. Ladybird books.
. Bryant,N. and Summers,R.”Spot what”.Hinkler books.
. Many authors. “I love English Junior”. Magazine. Bayard Revistas.
. Many authors. “The teacher’s magazine” Editorial Ediba.
. Jeffery,P. and McBeth, C. “Spotlight 1 and 2”. Oxford.
 Date:
Name:
Opinion: very easy, easy, not very easy, difficult
Level:

1 or 2 
Corner Activity Opinion
(Right answers)
Use your 1. Grammar
brain, use 2. Phonetics
your pen!
Listen and 1. Speaking
play what a games
funny game! 2.Vocabulary
Computer’s 1. On line
corner games
2. CD Rom
Books, books 1. Reading
and more 2. Writing
books! books