We know that group work can be a useful tool in the language classroom but how should groups be chosen? Here are some strategies for forming groups in the language classroom:
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Index Cards |
Put matching stickers on every set of two index cards. When it is time to choose partners or groups, put cards face down on a table and have students come up and pick a card. Students then find their sticker match. |
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Numbered Sticks
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Use tongue depressors and put a number on one end of each one - up to the number of kids in the class. Number the students in the beginning of the year as well. Keep the "sticks" in a cup, number down. When it's time for partner work, pull 2, or 3, or 4 (whatever size groups you need) at a time and those numbered kids work together. The "sticks" are also good for choosing who answers a question during a discussion. |
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Puzzle Pieces
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Cut the pictures from an old calendar, and have them laminated, then cut them into puzzle shaped pieces. Have the kids each pull a puzzle piece from a basket and then tell them to go find the other pieces to their puzzle and when their puzzle is complete to sit at a group of desks and raise their hands. |
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