Learner Autonomy: Homework - Dam 1995

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IDEAS FOR HOMEWORK

  

 

It was me who decided what you should do at home for today. What else could one do at home in order to learn English? Please write down in your diary any ideas you might have under the heading "Ideas for homework".

  

 

IDEAS FOR HOMEWORK
Write a story
Read a book
Practise words
Make word cards
English traditions
Talk English

  
 

Criteria for choice of homework:

  

 

Learn English
Not too easy and not too difficult because then it gets boring
Something you are really interested in and want to do.
Something you can manage on your own - parents might not be able to help.

  

Later on

  

 

Today it is up to you to decide what to do when working with English. I would like, though, to make a list of things you find interesting, similar to the list of "homework" we have got already. Let me hear your ideas.

  

 

WHAT TO DO!
play our games / wordcards
share homework
find a picture / write a story
make small books
read small books
make dominoes and other games
write a letter
find new words in the Picture Dictionary
talk English

  

 

You can now choose what to do from this list. Within your group yon can work individually or in pairs or as a whole group. Remember to enter into your diary what you are doing and new words you might come across when working with your activity. If there is time for more than one activity then give them numbers.

  

Focus on evaluation

  

good GOOD THINGS

worked on our own
we decided ourselves what to do
had a good time
worked well together
helped each other
worked together AND individually
good with a new group
learned many new words

  

bad BAD THINGS

nothing
didn't work well together
want to work on my own

Literatur

Dam, Leni (1995) Learner Autonomy 3: From Theory to Practice. Dublin: Authentik; weitere Literatur