ESL Jigsaws
5 minutes prep—2 hour interactive lesson!
Why Use These Books?
These photocopiable group stories and exercises transform the classroom into a hub of communicative, cooperative activity. Stories focus on vocabulary building along common themes and stimulate discussion either through controversial questions in the areas of relationships and ethics or through cross-cultural comparisons.
- each student has an essential role in the group
- peer teaching lowers affective filter
- stories improve listening skills
- memorization trains the ear in the syntax patterns of English
- stimulating discussions bridge the gap between advanced level cognitive skills & low level linguistic skills
- clear illustrations make stories accessible to lower students
- group questions practice writing skills
- cloze exercises reinforce vocabulary, idioms & syntax patterns
