ACTIVITIES

Activities designed to teach English throughout:

•  LINGUISTIC INTELLIGENCE

TEAM BUILDING (29/10/12)

...is the process of building teams; not merely putting students together, but turning them into a cooperative and caring team.

The members of the group have to respect each other. Nobody is better than anyone because the purpose is to create a good atmosphere within the group. It is better to maintain the same groups all over the month (for example), instead of changing the members in each activity. Children have to know each other and to get used to work with the other members.

The activity in group has to be designed in order to reach a goal. It is important to make them think about what they are doing, and to create bounds between them. What we want is to compensate the lack of abilities from others.

5 Specific aims of team building:

1. Getting acquainted (possitive team atmosphere)
2. Team Identity (sense of ownership, affiliation and solidarity)
3. Mutual support
4. Valuing differences (tolerance diversity)
5. Developing Synergy (together, everyone achieves more)

Why do team building?

To promote a positive tea and a classroom climate, and provide the student the skills to work with others.

Activities for Cooperative Learning:

• Find the Fib
• Formations
• Pairs compare
• RoundRobin
• Same-Different
• Team Projects (roles)