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 Based on Tony Buzan’s books, this note-taking technique stimulates the brain and increases retention. Idea maps actually resemble neuron connections in the brain!
 
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+The idea map style of note-taking puts the theme in the center of the page; main points branch out radially from the theme. More details and notes are added on further branches. Favor simple drawings over too much text whenever possible.
 
-Use this style of note-taking whenever you are learning something new, brainstorming ideas, preparing a lesson plan, or writing vocabulary on a whiteboard.
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+Use this style of note-taking whenever you are learning something new, brainstorming ideas, preparing a lesson plan, or writing vocabulary on a whiteboard.
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+Train your students to use this technique when they take notes during your lessons.
 
 [How to Mind Map](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Y4pIsXTV0)
 
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 Tip 1: This method will only work in a monolingual class (all the students speak the same native language). The teacher must also be proficient in the native language of the student, otherwise, it will be difficult to create meaningful associations that the students understand.
 
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 Tip 2: Begin training your students to use word association early on in your course. Task them to create their own associations. This is a technique that will prove invaluable to their long-term progress.
 
 [https://www.linkwordlanguages.com/](https://www.linkwordlanguages.com/)
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 Tip 1: This activity is better suited to intermediate and advanced students who have enough vocabulary to engage in meaningful "gossip."
 
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 Tip 2: This activity works well in the middle of a lesson when student concentration may be lagging. Getting the students up out of their seats and having them walk around will oxygenate their brains and help them concentrate during the rest of the lesson.
 
 ## Total Physical Response 
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 Tip 1: The TPR method is ideal for teaching beginner students; intermediate and advanced students will likely find it too easy.
 
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 Tip 2: Pay attention to all the students when you call out the commands. Make sure they are all performing the right action before you issue a new command.
 
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 Tip 3: If the students are performing well, have some fun and issue two or three commands at once, e.g. "Wash your face and drink your milk."
 
 [https://www.tpr-world.com/](https://www.tpr-world.com/)
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 "On a cool night lit only by the orange glow of fire, we rushed to my grandfather’s home as his decades-old barn burned to the ground. The firemen let us stand nearby as they pumped water from the creek a quarter mile away. We watched the barn go up in flames, which stirred memories of jumping off foot-wide wooden beams into the hay below. The real sadness came as my elderly grandfather, who did not get out of bed, quietly asked if his cows were safe. He hadn’t had dairy cows in a dozen years."
 
 
 
 Tip 1: Use a large font size when you prepare the piece of text as this will be easier for the students to work with.
 
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 Tip 2: This method works best with intermediate and advanced students; beginner students will likely find it too difficult. Use a piece of text that is suitable for the students' level.
 
 
 
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 "We rushed to grandfather’s home when his old barn caught fire. As the firemen fought the fire, we stood nearby and remembered playing in the barn. Sadly, grandfather, who was still in bed, asked if his cows were safe. He hadn’t had cows in a dozen years."
 
 
 
 REVERSE PRÉCIS EXAMPLE
 
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 Headline: "The Ducks Have Won"
 
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 Actual news article on which headline is based:
 
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 The ducks on a small French smallholding may carry on quacking, a French court ruled on Tuesday, rejecting a neighbor’s complaint that the birds’ racket was making their life a misery. The court ruled that the noise from the flock of around 60 ducks and geese kept by retired farmer Dominique Douthe was within acceptable limits. “The ducks have won,” Douthe told Reuters after the court decision.
 
 ## Color Inspiration 
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 Tip 1: This is an excellent method for practicing tenses. You can instruct your students to write each line of the story in a specific tense (simple past, simple present etc.)
 
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 Tip 2: This method is best suited to intermediate and advanced students. It can also be used with beginner students that are making good progress and have been learning for some time.
 
 **Instructions**
 
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 Create a humorous, eight-step good news bad news story using the present tense for each line.
 
 “The good news is, I found a great new dentist!” (Class cheers)
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 The teacher sends two or three students out of the classroom. He then performs a short exercise routine for the rest of the class. The students create instructions for performing the teacher's exercise. The other students are then invited back into the classroom and stand at the front. Selected students are called on to shout out the exercise instructions they have prepared, and the students at the front try to act it out. Finally, the teacher again performs his exercise so the students at the front can see how close they were to the original exercise.
 
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 Tip 1: This is a great follow-on activity after you have taught anatomy, directions, and/or movement.
 
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 Tip 2: This is an excellent method for oxygenating students' brains halfway through a lesson when concentration is lagging.
 
 ## Massive Muscle Memory