Foreign teacher Matt knows that kids need to practice English in as real an environment as possible. What better way to make it real than to take his kids out into the real world? Our kids were going with Matt to the supermarket!
Students on the way to supermarket
As one could probably imagine the students were happy to be out of the classroom as the group explored the supermarket while being guided through a lesson.
¡°The idea behind the exercise is to get children using full sentences,¡± said Matt. ¡°I would teach a word like ¡®pineapple¡¯ and then explain that it was a fruit. The sentence eventually ended up going along the lines of, ¡®this is a pineapple, it is a fruit.¡¯¡±
Leaning about fruits.
The vocabulary was not limited to fruits, as students learned about fish, vegetables, baked goods and talking about using a shopping cart to acquire various items. A major benefit in this type of real-world teaching is that it encourages students to make real-life visual connections between a given object and the vocabulary being taught. This can often be difficult to re-create in the classroom.
Exploring the vegetable area.
A great day both for teacher and students, Matt has set the table for future outings.
Matt
Students are learning about refrigerated vegetable.
Happy students eager to explore .
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