Week 1,2,3
Roles of teachers in modern and traditional classrooms
Students:active participants,responsible for learning
Types of Reading
Scimming, Scanning, Intensive, Extensive
What are the two main focuses in speaking skills?
Fluency and accuracy.
Types of educational technologies:
What is TPD?
Teacher Professional Development (TPD) is the continuous process of improving teaching skills, knowledge, and effectiveness.
How does a teacher support student learning beyond delivering content
By motivating students, providing feedback, and creating a supportive environment.
Name the stage sof learning and give examples
What is accuracy in speaking?
Speaking correctly with proper grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary.
Name the tools:
This tool allows teachers to create interactive boards where students can post ideas.
This platform is commonly used for live quizzes in class.
Padlet
Kahoot
What is Inclusive Education and what icludes in it?
What is the difference between an approach and a method?
An approach is a general theory of teaching; a method is a specific way of teaching.
Give explanation and examples about Bottom-up and Top-down strategies in teaching listening.
Bottom-up: Focus on language forms
Learners listen for:sounds,words,grammar,specific details
Examples of tasks:gap-fill,identifying numbers, names, dates,listening for key words
Top-down: Focus on meaning and context
Examples of tasks:predicting the topic,choosing the main idea,matching speakers and situations
Why is planning important?
This is a key factor teachers must consider when selecting digital tools.
Alignment with learning objectives
What is Mixed-Ability Classes and what includes Mixed-Ability Classes?
Mixed-ability class includes students with:
Explain how teacher effectiveness can influence student achievement.
Effective teachers improve understanding, motivation, and outcomes through better methods, interaction, and classroom management.
What are the two main approaches to teaching writing and give examples
✍️ Product Approach
Focuses on the final written text.
Students copy models and the teacher checks grammar, spelling, and structure. Usually only one final draft is written.
Example: Writing an essay and being graded only on the final version.
✍️ Process Approach
Focuses on the steps of writing.
Students improve their work through planning, drafting, revising, and editing. Multiple drafts are used.
Example: Writing a story, getting feedback, and improving it step by step.
What is the main goal of classroom management?
To create a safe and productive learning environment.
The Role of Visual Learning in Modern Education
Visual learning has become very important in modern education. Teachers now use videos, images, and digital tools to support different learning styles. These visual methods help students understand difficult ideas more easily, remember information better, and stay more engaged in class. Overall, using visuals improves learning and helps students achieve better results.
What is Lifelong Learning and give examples
Lifelong learning means continuously learning throughout life.
Examples:
Name 3 Teaching Approaches, 3 Methods and 3 Educational Technologies and explain about them.
The Communicative Approach focuses on developing learners’ ability to communicate meaningfully in real-life situations.
The Learner-centred Approach places students’ needs, interests, abilities and learning styles at the centre of the teaching process.
The Constructivist Approach is based on the idea that learners actively construct knowledge rather than receive it passively.
Project-Based Learning is a method in which students work over an extended period of time to investigate and respond to a complex question or challenge.
Problem-Based Learning starts with a real or simulated problem that students must analyse and solve.
In the Flipped Classroom model, students study theoretical material at home and use classroom time for practice and interaction.
Blended Learning combines face-to-face instruction with online learning.
Digital Learning Technology involves the systematic use of digital tools and online resources for teaching and learning.
Game-Based Learning uses digital or non-digital games to support educational objectives.
Name the typical stages of the writing process and give examples
1. 🧠 Pre-writing (Planning):This is when ideas are generated and organized before writing.
Example:
Brainstorming ideas about “My Favorite Holiday”
Making a mind map or outline
Listing vocabulary related to the topic (beach, travel, family)
2. ✍️ Drafting:This is writing the first version without worrying too much about mistakes.
Example:
Writing a paragraph about your holiday experience
Focusing on ideas rather than grammar or spelling
3. 🔍 Revising:This stage improves the content, ideas, and structure.
Example:
Adding more details about the place you visited
Changing sentence order to make the text clearer
Removing repeated ideas
4. 🛠️ Editing:This focuses on correcting language accuracy.
Example:
Fixing grammar mistakes (tense, articles)
Correcting spelling (“beach” not “beech”)
Improving punctuation
5. 📄 Publishing (Final version):The final clean version is shared or submitted.
Example:
Writing the final essay and submitting it to the teacher
Posting a blog entry or presenting a written story
Why is classroom management considered more about prevention than punishment?
Because good planning, rules, and routines reduce behavior problems before they happen.
What is Differentiated Instruction?
Differentiated Instruction is a teaching approach where teachers adapt lessons to meet students’ needs.
What is Reflective teaching?
Name cycles of reflection
Reflective teaching is when teachers think about their lessons to improve future teaching.
Cycle of Reflection: