CREATING A REALIA PORTFOLIOCarleen Curley Velez, Ph.D.UCLA Center for World Langauges

1. Introductions2. Ice Breaker3. What is “realia”?4. Why is realia important?5. What can be done with realia?6. Group project

OVERVIEW

ICE BREAKERSTAND UP IF YOU…

1.…know more than 3 languages.2.…have children.3.…are an only child.4.…have more than 5 siblings.5.…visited the USA before this trip.6.…teach at a college or university.7.…play an instrument.8.…drive in your home country.9.…like pizza.10.…enjoy teaching English!

WHAT IS REALIA?• Newspapers• Magazine pictures• Advertisements• Schedules• Vacation fliers• Forms• Maps

WHY IS REALIA IMPORTANT?

Newspapers• Expand headlines

(adding articles and/or auxiliary verbs)

• Creating or locating passive sentences

• Using present perfect to present current events

WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH REALIA?

Magazine Pictures• Comparative/

superlative adjectives

• “going to” or “about to” to describe imminent action

• Past progressive to describe past situation

• Past tense (turn picture into story)

WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH REALIA?

Advertisements• Comparative/

superlative adjectives

• Comparative/superlative adjectives in questions

• a/an/some/any in shopping lists

• Yes/no questions• Verbs of sensing

+ adjective

WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH REALIA?

Schedule• “Going to” to

express future plans

WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH REALIA?

Vacation Flyer• “Going to” or

“will” to express future plans

• Giving and understanding directions

• Reading and using numbers

WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH REALIA?

Forms• Interrogative

s in the present

WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH REALIA?

Maps• Prepositio

ns of place or directions

WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH REALIA?

InstructionsUsing the assigned realia from your folder, create a way to use it for a beginning, intermediate, and advanced level ESL activity.

Groups1. Newspaper2. Advertisement3. Map4. Coupons5. Tourist information

GROUP PROJECT