tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911608.post116286303923738720..comments2023-10-27T00:40:33.652+09:00Comments on Jimbo's English Teaching in Japan Blog: Using Jeopardy to Teach Relative PronounsJHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01179353111986149963noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911608.post-48974402489161139392016-01-03T16:49:47.400+09:002016-01-03T16:49:47.400+09:00Stephanie,
Sorry, I get so many spam comments on t...Stephanie,<br />Sorry, I get so many spam comments on this blog that I often miss the authentic ones. I am still in Iwate. Understanding relative clauses are essential for being able to read English. I think at first, it is important for students to understand them. Learning to use them will take significant time. Were you able to use this activity?<br />JimJHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01179353111986149963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911608.post-75080910213195190292015-11-06T10:01:50.494+09:002015-11-06T10:01:50.494+09:00Hey!
This was the first hit when i googled `Relati...Hey!<br />This was the first hit when i googled `Relative clause activities`.<br />I might use this provided my JTE approves.<br />I am assuming you lived in Iwate? I am a current JET ALT living in Sendai. <br />I teach Japanese to high school students in Australia and we teach relative clauses but fun activities are hard to find (let`s face it, relative clauses are not fun). Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16424721183979115002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911608.post-49350330938865590862012-11-22T14:25:59.555+09:002012-11-22T14:25:59.555+09:00Hi, wow, I can't believe it has been six years...Hi, wow, I can't believe it has been six years since I wrote this post. Yes, I am still doing the same thing but I work primarily at a university teaching people how to teach. Jeopardy has been popular in the Japanese EFL classroom for perhaps decades. In the case of relative pronouns, it is a great way to supply students with a lot of input. The powerpoint file attached to this post will actually make your job a lot easier if you can get the projector and computer set up. Making the jeopardy game the old-fashioned way is incredibly time consuming and also difficult to store. <br /><br />Regarding this:<br /><br />"Educators here are going to be forced to take advantage of 60 years of linguistic research instead of clinging to the old "Japanese (X) is different.""<br /><br />I did not quite understand what you were trying to argue.JHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01179353111986149963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911608.post-67231450826002027962012-11-22T09:42:12.560+09:002012-11-22T09:42:12.560+09:00Hi,
It is now 2012 here in Japan and the newest M...Hi,<br /><br />It is now 2012 here in Japan and the newest MEXT guidelines state that "in principle" English classes should be conducted in English at H.S. in Japan. I imagine that J.H.S. will not be far behind. Educators here are going to be forced to take advantage of 60 years of linguistic research instead of clinging to the old "Japanese (X) is different."<br /><br />I see that Jeopardy has become very popular recently. In fact, just the other day a guest lecturer at a big conference used a jeopardy game by way of an example of "making English classes more communicative."<br /><br />I have avoided doing jeopardy because multimedia is still difficult to accomplish where I am in Japan, but I am encouraged by your blog and think I will give it a try.<br /><br />Six years on, are you still teaching?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911608.post-83343651621301410102011-01-28T10:22:58.008+09:002011-01-28T10:22:58.008+09:00AWESOME idea. I`m definitely using this with my b...AWESOME idea. I`m definitely using this with my business students next week. Thanks!Perdido Sin Visenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14167028472987344529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911608.post-58970635650330397332010-11-01T15:07:10.815+09:002010-11-01T15:07:10.815+09:00Dear Anonymous,
Thanks for the question and sorry ...Dear Anonymous,<br />Thanks for the question and sorry to respond 7 months late. The sentence I wrote is OK. In the case teacher functions as a predicate noun (a noun following the be verb is called a predicate noun) and predicate nouns can be modified by a relative clause. For example, "Mr. Carey is a teacher who loves to tease his students" is an acceptable sentence. <br />By the way, the sentence you wrote is fine too.JHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01179353111986149963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911608.post-62633466898982836572010-04-23T12:49:30.253+09:002010-04-23T12:49:30.253+09:00Hey I have a question
you put "Mr Hall is an ...Hey I have a question<br />you put "Mr Hall is an Iwate university teacher who is nice" is that right man?<br />I guess the right answer is "Mr Hall who is an Iwate unversity teacher is nice"<br />Please confirmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911608.post-32655805090977800162009-11-06T09:12:02.570+09:002009-11-06T09:12:02.570+09:00Dear JH
I went through your blog and found it int...Dear JH<br /><br />I went through your blog and found it interesting and helpful, I wish I could have attended the class. I have to teach this lesson to my JHS kids and so thanks for sharing some insight into it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911608.post-66180023709421831602009-05-19T20:03:00.000+09:002009-05-19T20:03:00.000+09:00Googling Relative Clauses games, and this is the b...Googling Relative Clauses games, and this is the best one I've found so far. Might well use it with my class, even though very different to yours (Upper Int adults in Korea)Alex Casehttp://www.tefl.net/alexcasenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911608.post-35319002865770190012009-02-11T12:09:00.000+09:002009-02-11T12:09:00.000+09:00You have done a great job! Practicing TBLT is dema...You have done a great job! Practicing TBLT is demanding for teachers! But it pays off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911608.post-33152067655485662802008-07-19T02:42:00.000+09:002008-07-19T02:42:00.000+09:00I enjoyed reading your post. I found the details r...I enjoyed reading your post. I found the details regarding how your students responded and how you anticipated their responses to be most interesting. I have worked with a number of English instructors here in Japan who had a clear command of the English language. However, the more successful instructors were those who also had a clear understanding of how Japanese kids (and adults) think. I hope your students appreciate how fortunate they are to have such an instructor.アンミ英会話教室https://www.blogger.com/profile/16461955127869563364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911608.post-88211443405882728612007-10-13T00:56:00.000+09:002007-10-13T00:56:00.000+09:00thanks for telling your experience, I had some pro...thanks for telling your experience, I had some problems planing my class (I'm teaching also relative pronouns) but now with this I got the idea to make another game, a competition game. again thank youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911608.post-63568094090528378132007-06-07T22:53:00.000+09:002007-06-07T22:53:00.000+09:00hi im a year 10 highschool student in perth. i was...hi im a year 10 highschool student in perth. i was wondering how many years you need to study to be come an english teacher in japan. to teach in japan is a dream i have had for a while. do you need any work experience in the contry you came from? thanks hope u can reply soon <BR/>thank you<BR/>martin <BR/>golden_sword7@hotmail.comsinloihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04622808695859203068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911608.post-81118228066647021422007-04-14T09:34:00.000+09:002007-04-14T09:34:00.000+09:00Hi Turtle Little,I am glad that the game worked fo...Hi Turtle Little,<BR/>I am glad that the game worked for you and thanks for telling me how I went. The original file came from <A HREF="http://feeds.feedburner.com/EflGeekEslampEflInKorea?m=106" REL="nofollow">EFL Geek</A>. <BR/>By the way, which country are you teaching in?<BR/>JHJHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01179353111986149963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911608.post-29011644031036148542007-04-13T21:31:00.000+09:002007-04-13T21:31:00.000+09:00Hi JH! I tried your game with my class (with amend...Hi JH! <BR/><BR/>I tried your game with my class (with amendments) and my students loved it. I played a gameshow host and they were all very tickled by it. Thanks to you for your idea.TurtLe LitTlEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09014327758028104597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911608.post-60314177394707404782007-04-08T10:15:00.000+09:002007-04-08T10:15:00.000+09:00Hi JH, I was surfing the Internet for ideas to tea...Hi JH, <BR/><BR/>I was surfing the Internet for ideas to teach relative pronouns and found your lesson very engaging. I will be duplicating your lesson in my class and will let you know all about it.TurtLe LitTlEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09014327758028104597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911608.post-24708195609478323322007-03-03T02:15:00.000+09:002007-03-03T02:15:00.000+09:00This looks like a great post. I wonder if you have...This looks like a great post. I wonder if you have read Cathy Doughty's (1991) paper in Studies in Second Language Acquisition, or perhaps read of it elsewhere. Lightbown and Spada give a fair description of Doughty's research:<BR/><BR/>http://www.tesl-ej.org/ej03/r19.html<BR/><BR/>Good luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911608.post-1165240672091463772006-12-04T22:57:00.000+09:002006-12-04T22:57:00.000+09:00Hello JH, I foudn your class idea very intersting....Hello JH, I foudn your class idea very intersting. Making that grammar intersting is challenging to say the least. Is this a private Junior High School? My school is public and they barel have working computers/printers. Do you use Japanese when you explain your games? You sound very dedicated, your students are lucky to have you. Deidicated teachers here are becoming a rare breed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911608.post-1163831023157635172006-11-18T15:23:00.000+09:002006-11-18T15:23:00.000+09:00Candace,Thank you for the kind words. You are more...Candace,<BR/>Thank you for the kind words. You are more than welcome to read my blog and any advice from you would be appreciated!<BR/>JHJHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01179353111986149963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911608.post-1163811280791547492006-11-18T09:54:00.000+09:002006-11-18T09:54:00.000+09:00JH,I am a teacher here in the US that has previous...JH,<BR/>I am a teacher here in the US that has previously traveled & worked in schools in Asia. Japan is my favorite and will be forever. I loved reading this entry. I wish I was in your class. What you are doing is very difficult and I am impressed because I see you are also fluent in Japanese. During my time abroad I would say I was at an intermediate level and to have a better control of the language would only have served to help me assist my students better. I started reading through your blog & I find it so engaging. What an exciting Career. I Hope you don't mind if I keep following it and your posts! Keep up the great job.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211367245469113691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911608.post-1163753542476682132006-11-17T17:52:00.000+09:002006-11-17T17:52:00.000+09:00This is great stuff!This is great stuff!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18140351565598255227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911608.post-1163569536633499772006-11-15T14:45:00.000+09:002006-11-15T14:45:00.000+09:00Hi Rintaro,Thanks for your comment! I am glad that...Hi Rintaro,<BR/>Thanks for your comment! I am glad that somebody is reading my blog!<BR/>In the class I blogged about I presented the rule to the students and then attempted to give them "enhanced input" through the jeopardy game. <BR/>I agree with both your points. Because time is limited in the jr high school and high school English classes and class sizes are large, short and to the point explicit grammatical explanations are necessary to be able to accomplish the learning goal in the limited time that you have. However, I think that students sometimes need to practice learning a rule by themselves or learning how to use a new word by themselves through communicative activities. After that, the teacher can give a form-focused explanation and the learners can know whether their guesses were right or not. The problem with a lot of English classes I have seen is that students are spoon fed everything and do not know how to learn by themselves. <BR/>JamieJHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01179353111986149963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13911608.post-1163566108040128262006-11-15T13:48:00.000+09:002006-11-15T13:48:00.000+09:00I think learning grammatical rules only through ta...I think learning grammatical rules only through tasks or communicative activities can be very difficult for Japanese learners. As they are not exposed to English in this EFL situation, we may first have to provide them with explicit explanations about grammatical rules. After they have acquired what we call declarative knowledge we had better use tasks to develop their declarative knowledge into procedural knowledge. But, I think that we can use tasks before form-focused explicit explanations to stimulate or motivate them to find rules. <BR/>What do you think?<BR/><BR/>RintaroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com