Well, as Christmas draws near, it´s also time for most of us to start preparing tests and then, horrors!, marking them! But just how can we get our students involved in the whole testing and revision process? Here are two techniques I find useful as they also help develop our students´ autonomy, making them reflect on their learning more deeply.
1. Question Challenge Based on Textbook
Each student prepares two or three questions based on the last three units or so in their coursebook. Put ss in pairs or small groups in the next lesson to pool their questions. Then they challenge another team to answer the questions. You can direct the quiz by giving categories such as countries, food, school, geography, etc. (Good for cross curricular content and CLIL).
2. Revision Bubbles
A good way of doing student – generated revision of structures and vocab. Draw a bubble on the board and ask for suggestions from students to fill the bubble, eg. words from the previous 3 units. In groups. Students make as many sentences or questions as possible using their words. 10 minutes. One point for each correct sentence. Or students can use the words to write a dialogue and act it out
Each student prepares two or three questions based on the last three units or so in their coursebook. Put ss in pairs or small groups in the next lesson to pool their questions. Then they challenge another team to answer the questions. You can direct the quiz by giving categories such as countries, food, school, geography, etc. (Good for cross curricular content and CLIL).
2. Revision Bubbles
A good way of doing student – generated revision of structures and vocab. Draw a bubble on the board and ask for suggestions from students to fill the bubble, eg. words from the previous 3 units. In groups. Students make as many sentences or questions as possible using their words. 10 minutes. One point for each correct sentence. Or students can use the words to write a dialogue and act it out
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