Practice activities and tasks for language and skills development

Activities and tasks designed to give learners opportunities to practice and extend their use of language.

Practice activities differ in several ways:

What Skill or sub skill do they focus on?
The aims of the activity and their Interaction pattern…
What do they focus on? Accuracy or communication
Controlled practice or freer practice?

This influences on the Type of
Activity the teacher chooses.



Lessons usually consist on a series of linked activities. Here are two ways in which you can link activities in your lesson:
PPP
Presentation




Controlled Practice
Freer Practice
Discussion


Focus on form
The purpose of practice activities is to go from verbalization to autonomy.

Verbalization
Teacher describes and demonstrates the skilled behavior to be learned; learners perceive and understand.
Automatization
Teacher suggests exercises; learners practice skill in order to acquire facility; teacher monitors.
Autonomy
Learners continue to use skill on their own, becoming more proficient and creative.