effective elt-practices
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A Farewell to the Traditional Authoritative EFL Instructors: New ELT Practices
Grammar
Production skills
The communication box
Students were very enthusiastic and happy to be given the opportunity to be decision
makers.
At the end of the session, they were able to communicate
freely. They felt that they were members of a comprehensive
and tolerant family.
Reading and Speaking Integrated
Instructions:
1. Choose amongst you a group leader who will be the spokesperson.2. Read the texts about tobacco, sugar, and cotton discuss in you group the
bad effects and the positive ones of the plant of your group.
3. Make use of the text and your own background knowledge.4. A small discussion will be held between group 1a and group 1b where the
leader of group 1a will report their findings to group 1b.5. Members of group 1b will discuss together for few seconds, then their
leader will report the findings of group 1a to the class and will report also the point of view of his/her group ( if they agree or not with the other group).
6. Group 1a can take notes while the leader of group 1b is presenting.7. The leader of group 1a will comment on and clear up any
misunderstanding (to see if the leader of the other group has really got his/her point).
Writing
Types of writing
1. Narrative Essays: Telling a Story
2. Descriptive Essays: Painting a Picture
3. Expository Essays: Just the Facts
4. Persuasive Essays: Convince Me
Reading and Writing Integrated
Story web and Plot diagram
Theme
prblem
setting
solution
Character
s
The writing phase
Brainstorm about your own stories: Types of the stories i.e. adventure story, moral story, horror story, love story, etc.
Complete your story web Each student in the group should be assigned one part to
write. (Homework) Next session, each group will present their story in an
unordered way. Their classmates should be able to order the story and guess its theme, its problem, and its solution.
Then, the groups will exchange their drafts, edit them in terms of punctuation, grammar (sequencing of tenses), and sentence fragments.
Finally, the students will vote for the best story. All the stories will be published (i.e. redrafted and written in a storybook format) and put in the class library. The best story will be distinguished by a star.
ICT Integration
Online dictionaries
http://www.merriam-webster.comhttp://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com
Videos
Takeaway Messages● A teacher’s job does not start when his/her teaching hours begin.
Teaching is a 24/7 job.
● What I have learnt so far is to put myself in the shoes of my learners while
I am planning my lessons to design enjoyable tasks and to let my students feel that they are members of the same
family; we learn from each other and through helping each other.
Thank you for your attentionAny comments?