Wednesday, July 7, 2010

TEXTBOOK APPROACH

LEVEL 3:


READING APPROACH: approximately 5 minutes

Teacher role: The teacher is the coach ; the students are clients.
Direct Method: Stresses pronunciation

Situational language teaching:
Teacher role: context setter and error corrector

How to teach idioms:
Use the Free writing approach: It's a strategy for encouraging students to express ideas in writing.

CONTEMPORARY TOPIC-English language learners want to share experiences and insights on contemporary topics and expand their practical and academic vocabulary.

These are based on current topics and contain assorted jargon or controversial subjects to
promote discussion.

CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS- It encourages discussions , model excellent communication, and develop critical thinking skills.

CORRECTION APPROACH- Teachers should identify them and try to negotiate with their students.
For instance, some people like to be corrected on the spot , others after the exercises.

ORAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS-Students who are practicing their oral communication skills in English
will benefit from this book.
This conversation lessons can also be combined with vocabulary lessons.

RELEVANCE-The most important thing to remember when choosing ESL speaking activities is relevance.
Make sure that the student has the necessary language skills to talk about a particular subject , as well as find the topic interesting.

AMERICAN IDIOMATIC LANGUAGE-This book focus on giving students a hand when learning American idiomatic language.
There are also a number of exercises designed to help students put their new found idiomatic understanding into use.


GRO METHOD For helping students improve. It's more student focused.

G- for GROWING students knowledge by getting new information
R- Is the portion of the lesson for student reaction.
O -Is for the students to OPTIMIZE their use of the language by making it more personal and relevant.

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