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		Relative Clause Crosswords: Teaching Relative Clauses through Massive Comprehensible Input by Chris Gunn
		I've always felt that relative clauses were an extremely important structure of language for learners to acquire for several good reasons. The most obvious is that they allow students to make complex sentences like the following: The thing that bugs me is he took it without asking. I need to find a place where I can study in peace. Relative clauses also give students valuable tools for talking about language. They allow students define things that they don't know the word for and understand definitions when they don't recognize or know a word as in the following: I need that thing that is used to cut wood. What do you call it? What is an architect? An architect is a person who designs buildings? These kinds of word skills are extremely important for creating independent learners who can negotiate meaning when communication breakdowns occur. Thus, I wondered if it is possible to help students acquire these structures by providing massive comprehensible input. And so, I created a large database of crossword clues all posed in the form of relative clauses (except for one which snuck in there and wasn't discovered until after the crosswords were finished). My hope is that continued exposure over a 4-10 week period will help solidify the structure for my students. The real measure of success here is whether or not students begin using them in natural contexts. So far, I offer as anecdotal evidence that the students do show significant improvements in performance when I elicit the structure from them.	Relative Clause Crosswords Relative Clause Crossword 1 Relative Clause Crossword 2 Relative Clause Crossword 3 Relative Clause Crossword 4 Relative Clause Crossword 5 Relative Clause Crossword 6 Relative Clause Crossword 7 Relative Clause Crossword 8 Relative Clause Crossword 9 Relative Clause Crossword 10 Relative Clause Crossword 11 Relative Clause Crossword 12 Relative Clause Crossword 13 Relative Clause Crossword 14 Relative Clause Crossword 15 Relative Clause Crossword 16 Relative Clause Crossword 17 Relative Clause Crossword 18 Relative Clause Crossword 19 Relative Clause Crossword 20 Relative Clause Crossword 21 Relative Clause Crossword 22 Relative Clause Crossword 23 Relative Clause Crossword 24 Relative Clause Crossword 25 Relative Clause Crossword 26 Relative Clause Crossword 27 Relative Clause Crossword 28 Relative Clause Crossword 29 Relative Clause Crossword 30 New: Word Skills Crosswords
		And that improvement seems to be related to the frequency with which they come back to class with their homework completed. And a few have even started using this structure without elicitation on my part. However, this has not been tested under clinical conditions. And I should also note that a variety of resources were used before this program of massive comprehensible input was embarked upon so that all of the students had exposure to relative clauses of various forms. These other resources included the following: Guess What Relative Clause Board Game
		Young Learners: A Person Who Describing Jobs I Describing Jobs II Describing Jobs III Describing People Reading Packet Puzzle Young Learners: A Place Where Describing Places I Describing Places II Describing Places Reading Packet Puzzle Young Learners: A Time When Describing Seasons Describing Holidays Describing Seasons Reading Packet Puzzle Young Learners: A Thing That Describing Tools Describing Things II Describing Things Reading packet Puzzle Word skills cloze worksheet generators (click to refresh and get a new worksheet): People Places Times Things Mixed For older Learners: Describing Places Describing Jobs Describing People Describing Scientific Tools Describing Ordinary Things Dictionary of Culture Special Days

Relative Clause Crosswords: Teaching Relative Clauses through Massive Comprehensible Input