Unit 2 - Step 4c - Brainstorm Learning Activities & Select Promising Idea (adapting a current prototype for more effective use by EFL students) (Imgaine)

Need to narrow the focus of the design thinking problem for students .. so that it could realize something tangible in one period

Goal? 

to invite students to design a typical vocabulary lesson so that it meets their needs and stimulates them to want to learn

Method 

• empathize with what is difficult about designing vocabulary learning / why is it difficult to learn vocabulary 
• research / discover 
• list methods used by various teachers
• which methods work for you and why?  
• examine why some methods are used (provide access to a few key articles on vocabulary teaching research (youtube videos) 
• brainstorm, ideate in small groups which methods to use 
• prototype a lesson plan on vocabulary (what should it look like?)
• invite them to share / critique their findings 
• collectively negotiate what they believe to be the most effective format for learning vocabulary
• implement with the help of the instructor 
• reflect / collect peer feedback 
• return to / repeat the process