Chapter 3 (“Curiosity. . . & Knowledge”) of the New Scenario Book One: Beginning to Use English Grammar in Context, pages 37-60
24 pages
Who It’s For: (Teachers & Helpers of) Beginning to Intermediate Learners, Especially Those in Content Courses
Why It’s Useful: Question & Answer Formats are most engaging when they address interesting content areas that almost everyone has knowledge and/or curiosity about. These (self-) teaching conversations, pedagogical points, colorful exercises, and guesswork tasks will motivate learning in both English and other school subjects.
What You’ll Do:
[1] Enjoy the back-&-forth (+ competition) of wide-ranging factual question & answer exchanges about any or all topics of interest—and do it all with only the elemental grammar of be-sentences! Get info, do and check exercises, and move on to fluency.
[2] Get in the habit of improving language abilities in the context of any interesting topics. Work together to create durable Question-&Answer Quiz Game Formats to use again and again in teaching/learning progress.
