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Same or different? (Nation 1988, 1995)
Pairs of students talk in Māori to work out if their information is the same or different.
Goal
Can be any of the following (depending on materials used):
- to learn new language items
- to build fluency with previously studied language items
- to practise communication strategies
Materials
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He rite he rerekē (words only) (Word, 43 kB)
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He rite he rerekē (words only) (PDF, 96 kB)
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He rite he rerekē (pictures and words) (Word, 127 kB)
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He rite he rerekē (pictures and words) (PDF, 162 kB)
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He rite he rerekē (pictures only) (Word, 293 kB)
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He rite he rerekē (pictures only) (PDF, 257 kB)
Procedure
Prepare materials where two worksheets are similar but have some differences. If in lists, use an X to indicate which student should start speaking first so that they take turns, that is, one sheet has the 1st, 3rd, 5th items marked with an X and the other has the 2nd, 4th and 6th items marked.
Give each student in each pair a different worksheet.
Students describe what they have on their sheet (without showing it to their partner) to work out where their sheets are the same and where they are different.
Examples
Vocabulary using simple pictures (similar sheets to pp. 89–90 Nation 1988: Communication Activities – use clip art or draw simple pictures of everyday objects, and add labels in Māori for words that your students might need while completing the task).
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Vocabulary using words and sentences (similar to pp. 123–124, Nation’s Teaching Listening and Speaking)
Level 1 – classroom language or objects around the home
Level 2 – marae, weather, seasons
For example:
| 1. X it usually has 4 legs | 1. a chair |
| 2. a boat | 2. X it flies through the air |
| 3. X it has one eye | 3. a needle |
| 4. a book | 4. X we can read it |
| 5. X it's cold | 5. winter |
Example in Māori: View He rite he rerekē (words only) (Word, 43 kB)
Pictures to describe – slightly different (eg pp. 112-113, Nation’s Communication Activities)
Examples in Māori: View He rite he rerekē (pictures only) (Word, 293 kB)and He rite he rerekē (pictures and words) (Word, 127 kB)
Evaluation of the task
See evaluation on main page of Combining tasks.
References
- Nation, I. S. P. (1995). Teaching Listening and Speaking. English Language Institute Occasional Publication No. 14 (p. 21).
- Nation, I. S. P. (1988). Communication Activities. English Language Institute Occasional Publication No. 13 (pp. 112–113).