Masterclass Series
Checking Understanding
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Introduction
A common area of difficulty for newly qualified teachers (and those with lots of experience!) is making sure that students really understand what they are supposed to be doing and really understand new language points.
The tendency is to rely on questions like “Is that clear?” or “Do you understand?”, which may seem effective but in fact tell us nothing of use at all.
This session reviews the use of ICQs (instruction checking questions) and CCQs (concept checking questions) and offers insights into how to craft these successfully. It also looks at some of the other ways we can use to check student understanding such as timelines and gesture so that by the session end, participants feel much more confident in this area and have a clear point of reference to optimise learner clarity.
This Workshop is included with PRO Membership.
Preparing for the Workshop
Our Masterclass workshops are typically delivered in 90 mins.
At Gallery Teachers, we endorse the philosophy of building on your previous knowledge and experience as opposed to just imparting knowledge on you.
Therefore, in order to prepare you for the webinar and help you activate what you already know about the topic, we will suggest two to four reflective questions for you to consider before you join the event.
You will also be given the opportunity to post your reflections, along with any questions you may already have at the pre-watching stage, to the discussion forum.
The reflective questions, as well as ideas and shared experiences posted to the forum by attendees, will be used in the real-time Q&A session in order to generate an engaging and meaningful discussion, involving the presenter and teachers from around the world.
After the event, the forum discussion will take on a life of its own and teachers will be encouraged to continue posting their experiences, reflections and questions related to the topic of the webinar. So, if you feel strongly about the topic, we will make it possible for you to take the discussion beyond the scheduled workshop and continue sharing your ideas with like-minded teachers and teacher trainers from other countries
Sessions
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Checking Understanding
Fantastic! A really excellent workshop, brilliantly delivered, providing great understanding and relevant ideas on how to address and implement the use of ICQ and CCQ in class. I highly recommend it. Thank you ever so much Neil!!
Good tips on how to develop useful ICQs and CCQs and how to use them
I’m one of those people who find creating ICQs and CCQs difficult. I try to come up with them as part of the lesson plan, but sometimes after the lesson I recall that instead I’ve used those unhelpful phrases like, “Is that clear?” Neil gave some good tips about how ICQs and CCQs are supposed to work and how to develop them. As a new teacher, I also found it very helpful to hear veteran teachers say how important and useful both ICQs and CCQs are. Things got a little esoteric for me at the end but still the discussion was interesting.