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

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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?