Conversation class (CV) requires more tasks in speaking, since the class is aimed to boost students' bravery to speak using English. Past tense topic can be boring if we don't manage it very well for CV students. From my experience, most of the students do not really like deductive learning. One of the benefits of teaching CV students in LIA is, basically they have understood the grammatical rules already. Past tense sentences must be uttered in the form of S+V2+O. I think it's not necessary to discuss about the rule anymore. Here, the focus is how to motivate them to speak past tense automatically when they are talking about past events. Of course a fun task or activity is needed here.
Jigsaw Video Showing
I am going to introduce "Jigsaw Video Showing". It's just like other jigsaws, but we focus more on observation. Let me give you the procedures on how to conduct this activity.
1. Teacher (T) prepare a movie (It's not really a long and complete movie, but the most important is the movie has opening, climax and resolution session. We can cut the middle part of the movie.)
2. T divides the class into 2 big group (half of them stay in the class, and the rest stay outside).
3. Let's say they are group A and B.
4. A will watch the movie but only half of it. They have to observe the plot or the happening in the movie. Let's say group A watch "X" part. If necessary they can make note on a small paper.
5. T pauses the movie (the "X" part). Then T call Group B in.
6. Group B will do the same thing like A, but B watches "Y" part of the movie. They can also make a note in a small paper.
7. After the movie finishes, now A and B can share what they see to their partner, using past tense.
8. During the sharing moment, T goes around the class to monitor whether they use past tense properly or not.
9. Now, both A and B get the overall story in the movie.
How to make it more challenging?
If the activity is not challenging, it doesn't come from me. I want to make this activity more challenging by giving assessment by the end of the task. This is the following procedure.
1. T asks all students in A group to stand up in front of the class.
2. T gives questions or quiz all about the movie part "Y" (on which students B have watched, it's not their own notes). The purpose of this assessment is to check, whether they are good listener of their friend's story or not, or whether their friend gave correct information or not.
3. If they can answer T gives them point, if they give wrong answer T gives powder on their face as punishment.
4. T does the same task to B group. They must answer quiz about "X" part (from A group).
Evaluation
I have done this activity in my CV2 class. They were very happy. Some of them were eager to speak in past tense, although I still found some mistakes in pronouncing V2. Therefore they needed to speak it out, so that I could correct their mistake, anyway. This activity involves fun moment, focus, and more student-student (S-S) interaction too.
Jigsaw Video Showing
I am going to introduce "Jigsaw Video Showing". It's just like other jigsaws, but we focus more on observation. Let me give you the procedures on how to conduct this activity.
1. Teacher (T) prepare a movie (It's not really a long and complete movie, but the most important is the movie has opening, climax and resolution session. We can cut the middle part of the movie.)
2. T divides the class into 2 big group (half of them stay in the class, and the rest stay outside).
3. Let's say they are group A and B.
4. A will watch the movie but only half of it. They have to observe the plot or the happening in the movie. Let's say group A watch "X" part. If necessary they can make note on a small paper.
5. T pauses the movie (the "X" part). Then T call Group B in.
6. Group B will do the same thing like A, but B watches "Y" part of the movie. They can also make a note in a small paper.
7. After the movie finishes, now A and B can share what they see to their partner, using past tense.
8. During the sharing moment, T goes around the class to monitor whether they use past tense properly or not.
9. Now, both A and B get the overall story in the movie.
How to make it more challenging?
If the activity is not challenging, it doesn't come from me. I want to make this activity more challenging by giving assessment by the end of the task. This is the following procedure.
1. T asks all students in A group to stand up in front of the class.
2. T gives questions or quiz all about the movie part "Y" (on which students B have watched, it's not their own notes). The purpose of this assessment is to check, whether they are good listener of their friend's story or not, or whether their friend gave correct information or not.
3. If they can answer T gives them point, if they give wrong answer T gives powder on their face as punishment.
4. T does the same task to B group. They must answer quiz about "X" part (from A group).
Evaluation
I have done this activity in my CV2 class. They were very happy. Some of them were eager to speak in past tense, although I still found some mistakes in pronouncing V2. Therefore they needed to speak it out, so that I could correct their mistake, anyway. This activity involves fun moment, focus, and more student-student (S-S) interaction too.
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