Teaching Speaking
What are the three ‘while reading’ tasks that we do in building reading strategies?
Skimming
Scanning
Comprehension
What is classroom management?
Effective discipline
Being prepared for class
Motivating your students
Providing a safe, comfortable learning environment
Building your students’ self-esteem
Being creative and imaginative in daily lessons
What are the benefits of Teacher Talk Time?
Presenting, Checking, Modeling
Providing language input
Giving instructions/setting up activities
Establishing rapport
DAILY DOUBLE!
What is the purpose of skimming and what might you ask students after skimming?
To confirm the prediction and get an overall idea of the story
E.g. “What do you think the story is about?”
Name at least 3 features of listening
A receptive skill
A problem-solving activity
Listener draws inferences to come to a conclusion
A few understood items can create global understanding
The discourse is often unplanned
Only one opportunity to receive the message
What are 4 reasons students might misbehave and how can you deal with it?
Power (student feels important when they are in control): give the student a different task.
Revenge (student feels disliked): Avoid retaliation, and help the child.
Inadequacy (student feels they cannot do it): Encourage the student.
Attention (student wants to be noticed): Don’t feed into it.
How often should the teacher talk during the independent work phase?
Students do most of the talking
Teacher 10%, Students 90%
What information is sought after with scanning questions?
Give TWO example questions.
A very specific piece of information like names, places, times, and dates
DAILY DOUBLE!
What is a call-and-response technique? Give 3 examples.
Excellent!
Explain what a comprehension question is and give two examples
Comprehension requires learners to understand the text more deeply – they must synthesize facts based on the text.
Compare the characteristics of young learners with adolescents.
Young Learners
Naturally curious
View teachers as authority
Seek teacher approval
Short attention span
Need lots of encouragement
Adolescents
Value peer approval
Peer pressure can affect students
Build on prior experiences
How do we advise incorporating grammar into a lesson and what is an example of a grammar point that is suitable for beginners?
We incorporate grammar indirectly as opposed to making it the primary topic. We incorporate grammar subtly so students can learn & pick up on the subtle nuances of grammar and model our speech.
Beginners – tenses (past/present/future)
What are the benefits and challenges of teaching reading?
Name at least two of each.
Benefits
A good model for language
Students can mirror sentence structure
Students learn punctuation & tonality
Learned vocabulary is put into context
New vocabulary is learned through context
Students can work at their own pace
Challenges
Reading is normally something we do alone
Tough for students to concentrate
Might have a wide spectrum of skills in one class
Name at least three ways to find out what your students are interested in.
Introductory lessons (likes/don’t likes)
Observe the types of things they bring to school
Student interest survey
What are 3 examples of proactive and 3 examples of reactive classroom management?
Proactive
Learn student names
Make connections
Establish rules
Attainable goals
Interesting lessons
Understand school policies
Reactive
Call out students' names
Walk towards student
Give student a choice
Stop talking & make eye contact (aka “The Stare”)