PYRAMID DISCUSSION
A pyramid discussion is a speaking activity where learners form progressively larger groups as they carry out a speaking task, which normally requires each grouping to reach agreement before joining another group.
Example
In small groups, the learners have to agree on the most important of the five senses. They then join with another group and have to agree again, and so on, until the whole class is involved in one discussion.
In the classroom
Pyramid discussions are useful for practising a range of functions, including agreeing and disagreeing, negotiating, summarising, and putting forward an argument.
Conversation: Desert Island Objects
The topic of “ONE WEEK 0N A DESERT ISLAND” was chosen for this lesson, and a handout was prepared to show a list of 16 items as follows:
Table 1: List of Items 1 Compass 5 Shovel 9 Rope 13 Axe 2 Bow and arrow 6 Tin opener 10 Backpack 14 Tent 3 Matches 7 Knife 11 Can of fish 15 Water canteen 4 Sleeping bag 8 Hand saw 12 Hammer 16 Blanket
ACTIVITY 1A: RANKING A RANGE OF ISSUES
L INTERESTING YOU FIND IT (1= VERY INTERESTING; 2 = QUITE INTERESTING; 3 = NOT AT ALL INTERESTING).
1Abolition of the Arms Trade
2 Adult Literacy 3 Alternative Forms o 4 Animal Rights 5 Anti-Capital Pun 6 Anti-Corruption 7 Better Child Care 8 Clean Beaches 9 Cycling 10 Democracy 11 Electric Cars 12 Euthanasia 13 Fathers' Rights 14 Free Education 15 Free Trade 16 Freedom of Sp 17 Greater Equality 18 Greener Homes 19 Helping the Aged
Example
In small groups, the learners have to agree on the most important of the five senses. They then join with another group and have to agree again, and so on, until the whole class is involved in one discussion.
In the classroom
Pyramid discussions are useful for practising a range of functions, including agreeing and disagreeing, negotiating, summarising, and putting forward an argument.
Conversation: Desert Island Objects
The topic of “ONE WEEK 0N A DESERT ISLAND” was chosen for this lesson, and a handout was prepared to show a list of 16 items as follows:
Table 1: List of Items 1 Compass 5 Shovel 9 Rope 13 Axe 2 Bow and arrow 6 Tin opener 10 Backpack 14 Tent 3 Matches 7 Knife 11 Can of fish 15 Water canteen 4 Sleeping bag 8 Hand saw 12 Hammer 16 Blanket
ACTIVITY 1A: RANKING A RANGE OF ISSUES
L INTERESTING YOU FIND IT (1= VERY INTERESTING; 2 = QUITE INTERESTING; 3 = NOT AT ALL INTERESTING).
1Abolition of the Arms Trade
2 Adult Literacy 3 Alternative Forms o 4 Animal Rights 5 Anti-Capital Pun 6 Anti-Corruption 7 Better Child Care 8 Clean Beaches 9 Cycling 10 Democracy 11 Electric Cars 12 Euthanasia 13 Fathers' Rights 14 Free Education 15 Free Trade 16 Freedom of Sp 17 Greater Equality 18 Greener Homes 19 Helping the Aged
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