... Model for Teaching
Literature
According to Duff and Maley (1990), the main reasons for integrating these elements are
linguistic, methodological and motivational. Linguistically, by using a wide ...
Stage 6: Interpretation and Personal Response
The focus of this final step is on increasing understanding, enhancing enjoyment of the text
and enabling learners to come to their own personal interpretation ... used to
interpret literary discourse are essentially the same for interpreting any type of discourse.
Approaches to Teaching Literature
Having decided that integrating literature into the EFL...
... speakers,
remind them that in today's global society, the chances are that they will find
themselves conversing, doing business, or otherwise interacting in English with
other non-native ... Fun
• One of the best aspects of multi-lingual classrooms is that the widely varying
cultural, linguistic and personal backgrounds of the students provide a constant
source of interesting conversational ... Let the Students do the Work
• At the beginning or end of class or after a comprehension exercise, have students
ask each other questions about the material covered. That will get them used...
... both the teacher and the learner, yet much
classroom time is spent with eyes firmly fixed on the book, the board, the floor, the
window, or roaming randomly around theteaching and learning ... largely inthe context of providing clues to the nature of the learner rather than
in terms of a teaching tool. We have recently had the pleasure of observing English
language classes at the Izmir ... Establishing a management role intheclassroom involves eye contact from the
outset. Be in your classroom before your learners, and welcome them individually
with a combination of eye contact and their...
... of instruments, coupled with
insightfulness in deciding which instrument(s) to pick for the job in hand.
Feeling comfortable inthe presence of uncertainty and ambiguity (perhaps bearing
in ... 1.3 Through the window
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If all people were rich then there would be no need for them to work.
If the rich did not work then only the poor could ... something rather than noth-
ing? Putting that into Google by the way pulls up 21 million references!
Happy questioning.
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This book is underpinned...
... meaning or scanning it to pick out specific information. Other things to keep in
mind are:
1. When choosing texts consider not only their difficulty level, but also their interest
or their ... sure that the pupils understand the essential vocabulary they
need to complete the task before they begin to read.
3. While the children are reading the text, move around the class providing support ...
poem. Reading aloud inhibits most pupils and forces them to concentrate on what
they are saying as opposed to what they are reading and the meaning is very often
lost.
Writing
In primary schools,...
... is done in classes of different aims and
purposes : teaching speaking, teaching reading, teaching listening, teaching grammar and
teaching writing, the researcher has to design theClassroom ... 0
h. Other options 0 0
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were for teaching grammar, reading, writing, vocabulary and listening ; 5 for teaching
grammar, 5 for teaching reading, 4 for teaching writing, and only 1 for teaching ... group work in your classes ? Please indicate
your response by circling the number according to the following key.
Use the information given inthe textbook.
Use the same topics as inthe textbook...
... language teaching. The findings of the study demarcate that the
teachers were following both the traditional and CLT approach in their practice.
While addressing the issues regarding the Indonesian ... of the study
This research investigates the reality of theteaching oral skills to the first year students
in HaUI when the teachers are considered to be applying CLT approach in their teaching. ... finding problems when implementing CLT in their classroom. The
problems, as the table below indicates, are varied but mainly relate to the level of students, to
their responsibility and to their...
... students would enjoy doing research about a particular topic and then
sharing their findings with the rest of the class. For example, Give the students the topic of
Martin Luther King Jr. and some ... just the ones inthe
school tape library.
• The ability to integrate Real Audio with other HTML based materials
RA sound clips are intrinsically motivating as the materials themselves are of interest ... or watch is inherently motivating (Nunan, 1993).
Furthermore, allowing students to pick and choose increases their confidence in being
independent learners. Additionally, since the information...
... within the student
(Lumsden). An intrinsically motivated student studies because he/she wants to study. The
material is interesting, challenging and rewarding, and the student receives some kind ... all. The lessons must be very simple, yet fun and
interesting, with a lot of changes from a writing exercise, to a speaking, a listening, back to
writing, and so on, all inthe same class. The ... or credit for their efforts, and no feedback is
given to the student, then most students' intrinsic motivation would begin to decrease.
Becoming Intrinsically Motivated
There are many...
... of them: a) increasing
the learners' self-confidence; and b) creating learner autonomy.
Increasing the Learners' Self-confidence
In an inherently face-threatening context, as the ... important implications
for the study of theclassroom and the use of group activities during teaching.
get rid of their preconceived notions that are likely to hinder their attainment. To this end, ... share the belief of the
curriculum makers that what they are being taught will come in handy. In order to inspire
learners to concern themselves with most learning activities, we should find...
... chance. The rationale is that students
think about the possible combinations of words before they guess the whole sentence.
Begin inthe Middle
Write the middle word of the sentence on the board, ... choose correctly, write the words in their places on
either side, then give them the next pair, then another, and so on until the sentence is
complete. Thus, if the original sentence was 'Mary ... have been married since
October 2000.' The point is to make students think they are reading your mind, by finding
the sentences so quickly, so pretend to be surprised when they are successful....