52: A Year of Subversive Activity for the ELT Classroom

by Luke Meddings, Lindsay Clandfield

This is an activity book for language teachers unlike any you have ever seen. 52 asks the question: can one new teaching idea per week make a difference? The authors use radical texts, subversive images and lateral thinking to suggest new ways of doing things inside the classroom and to prompt teachers and learners to think differently about the world outside the classroom.

The book contains 52 activities that fit loosely into the following categories.

• Disruptions – ways of subtly disrupting the class dynamic to challenge existing power structures and explore alternatives
• Discussions – prompts and stimuli for conversations with a difference
• Images – subversive spoof ads from the media foundation Adbusters
• Language – activities critically exploring prejudice in language, slogans, social media and even English for protest signs
• Action – activities to prompt and empower your students to take action outside the classroom
• Scenarios – tired of the same old business English situations? Here we explore real-life functional language with a twist!

85 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[NATALIA GUERREIRO · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is more than yet another activity book for TESOLers. As the introduction clearly states, "this book is not for everyone." It's meant for subversive teachers who can't stand working 24/7 in the sanitized bubble of corporate ELT. It's a quick fun read, which gave me nice ideas to escape the McDonaldization of language education.

Luke Meddings co-authored the book "Teaching Unplugged" (with Scott Thornbury), about Dogme. Lindsay Clandfield is the blogger behind "6 things".