We hear this sort of thing everyday ...
- Drilling vocabulary can be so boring
- How do I get my students to talk in the target
language?
- I need quick and easy games for practicing French,
German, Spanish etc.
- My classes are mixed ability
Simple example, teaching body parts in French
Let's say you're teaching body parts in French. You've probably got the words on the
whiteboard (blackboard for traditionalists), on
handouts, or perhaps you've drawn a dodgy picture of a
French person sporting a beret, stripy shirt, and a
string of onions (aren't stereotypes great!). Now
what?
OK. What if I gave you a set
of dice with pictures of body
parts on them?, Then I told you to give the
dice to the students, tell them to roll the dice, and
practice saying the body part that they have just rolled
...
Mon pied
Mes yeux
Mes oreilles ... etc.
Isn't that more fun than drilling? By the way, the
dice are just pictures, so you could use them to teach any first or second language!
Now, what if I gave you dice with pictures in 25 different
curriculum topics. Imagine the combinations and
applications for language practice. Actually, you don't
have to because we've already done a lot of imagining
ourselves and come up with loads of free
lesson ideas, and Teacher's Notes and Student Worksheets with 40
weeks of lesson plans.
The teaching ideas and teacher resources you'll find
on this website will show you how to use Talking Dice to
teach any first or second language, quickly and easily,
with no extra planning, and minimal teacher input.
Talking Dice fit into your current lessons in
minutes. You've already done the hard work - planning
your lessons - so you just need to give them the dice
and let their imagination roll.
OK, I want to get started?
To get started , you just need some dice topics and a
bit of imagination.
Single
dice topics in packs of six
Full classroom
set (up to 36 pupils)
Half classroom
set (up to 18 pupils)
Starter pack of 25 dice (small
groups, 1 on 1, SEN)
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