ERIC Number: EJ1156434
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 3
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-1559-663X
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Rapport-Building Activity
Huzieff, Nicholas
English Teaching Forum, v55 n3 p35-37 2017
This article defines rapport in a teaching context as knowing your students, their different learning styles, and using that relationship with them to teach on a personal level. The author describes an activity using playdough. While giving learners opportunities to interact with others it naturally appeals to a variety of learning styles, including visual, kinesthetic, linguistic, logical, and social. Activating students' different learning styles motivates them to be more engaged in the task at hand and serves as a means for them to naturally build rapport with one another and with the teacher. The activity is meant for English language learners with at least a pre-intermediate level of proficiency in English. The time required to carry out the activity is between 40 minutes and an hour, and includes a list of supplies needed, as well as a recipe for hand made play dough.
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Cognitive Style, Teacher Student Relationship, Manipulative Materials, Learning Activities, Interaction, Teaching Methods, Learner Engagement
US Department of State. Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of English Language Programs, SA-5, 2200 C Street NW 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20037. e-mail: etforum@state.gov; Web site: http://americanenglish.state.gov/english-teaching-forum-0
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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