1. The document discusses creating communicative activities for technical English learners. It outlines a five step process: communicative event analysis, prioritizing events, providing language input, student simulation, and feedback. 2. Communicative event analysis involves understanding who learners communicate with, how often, why, and their role. Prioritizing considers which factors like frequency should impact activity selection. Language input provides vocabulary for selected events. 3. Student simulation allows practicing selected events to become more relevant, aware and alert in communication. Feedback incorporates recording learners or using video software to provide feedback on their simulations.

1. CREATING
COMMUNICATIVE
ACTIVITIES FOR
TECHNICAL ENGLISH
LEARNERS
IATET Webinar 27.06.2012 – Claire Hart

2. Communicative activities
 The Cinderella of technical English?

3. Five Steps
1.
Communicative
event analysis
2.
5. Feedback/
Communicative
post-task
event selection
4. Student-
3. Language
driven
input
simulation

4. 1. Communicative event
analysis
 What do you...?
 Who do you...?
 How often do you...?
 Why do you...?
 What´s your role...?

5. What...? Explain how to process a
contract
Who...? Colleagues from home & abroad
How often...? About once a month
Why...? Processing is always done in
English
Your role...? Trainer/ guide

6. Manfred the milling shop
manager
Has contact with:
 other managers in his department
 colleagues in other countries
 suppliers from other countries
 customers in other countries

7. 2. Prioritising communicative
events
 What factor should impact the most when we
prioritise communicative events?

8. 3. Language input
Making a phone call to a
supplier
1. Asking for information
2. Making requests
3. Negotiating

9. 3. Language Input
Taking part in an
international meeting
Active listening
Making suggestions
Talking about the future

10. 4. Student-driven simulation
RELEVANT
AWARE ALERT

11. 5. Feedback / post-task
 How do you do feedback?
 Have you tried?
• Recording the learners or having them record
themselves?
• Using Jing to give video feedback?
http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html

12. Thanks for coming along...
Please stay in touch:
clairehart@gmail.com
businessenglishlessonplans.wordpress.com