4 - Drills

Definition: Repetition drills concern a task or an exercise which aims to teach and/or perfect a skill by repetition. In the L2 learning process, the student repeats words, structures and chunks in order to practice and memorize them. 

 Comment: Since it does not involve communication skills, it is not a communicative activity, but it can be a very powerful memorizing tool for the things we do have to memorize. The teachers must be aware that the excess of repetition can make a class very boring. It is interesting to use it with games and make it funny.

 

References:

MUMFORD, S. Drilling can be fun. The internet TESL Journal, v. 8, n. 7, jul. 2002. Disponível em: http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Mumford-Drilling.html. Acesso em: 02 jul 2010

RUSSELL, A. Drilling - Judicious Use of Brute Force in the ESL Classroom. UsingEnglish.com.

Disponível em: http://www.usingenglish.com/weblog/archives/000414.html.

Acesso em: 02 jul 2010

 

More Sources:

 

Teaching English – Drilling 2

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/drilling-2