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'English dollars' to reward the kids

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KDKeirle:
This is just an idea I got from another teacher I live with. To make fake money which can be given out during normal lessons, then to have the students use it to bid for real things at an auction or whatnot, seemed to work well at my winter camp and works well for my flatmate's normal school lessons.

The things I used were bought by my school, just cheap things like heat packs and snacks.

Attached is a word document with some money I made, just print and cut.

dapto1:
They're called "pounds".  :P

KDKeirle:
trololololl

glewis:
That's a great idea.  Maybe you could include some target vocabulary for them when they bid at the auction?

Jrong:
The teacher before me had a similar idea that carried over into my time here. However, I'm currently at a low-level school and I didn't like the fact that the only students who got the "money" were the rich kids who could afford to go to Hagwon and in turn, knew all the answers. They were the ones who got to redeem their 'dollars' for sweets, hotdogs, notebooks, pencils (at the end of the school year English party), when they really didn't need those things as much as the other kids.

Anyways, we worked it out to where every group (groups of four people) has at least 1 or 2 people in it that is "high level" and I give out "group dollars" so if one person in the group answers the question, they all benefit. Seems to make the kids feel better about themselves. I don't give out "dollars" to groups who are misbehaving so it at least gives the students some motivation to at least pretend that they're paying attention.

Another thing I'm changing (this year) is having more "English Cafes" than just one at the end of the year. Students need a constant reminder that their work (attention, assertiveness in class) pays off so I'm trying to get my new Cot to have monthly or bi-weekly "mini-English Cafes" where they can redeem 'dollars' for stuff...

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