Cutting to the chase – maximising learning time and reducing ELT fluff
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Have a quick think about the reflective questions below in order to get the most out of the workshop:
1. Is it time for me to review some of the activities I use as ELT becomes more aware of evidence-based teaching?
2. What is the best approach to the pre-teaching of vocabulary?
3. (How) can I become more focused in the way I organise feedback after activities?The teacher will need to prepare a set of teaching materials where this material has very tight relationship with activities done in class
https://journal.unnes.ac.id/nju/index.php/LC/article/download/4157/3691While not all questions about the science of multiple intelligence have been answered, it can be extremely helpful in the classroom.
https://www.teachhub.com/teaching-strategies/2010/05/12-ways-to-teach-using-multiple-intelligences/A myth that irritates me is that people place my intelligences on the same footing as learning styles. Learning styles say something about how people approach everything they do. If you are good at planning, people expect you to have a plan for everything you do. My own research and observations lead me to suspect that this is a wrong assumption.
Checkley, K. (1997) ‘The first seven…and the eighth: a conversation with Howard Gardner’, Educational Leadership 55 (1) pp. 8–13 in https://researched.org.uk/2018/09/26/myth-busting-gardners-multiple-intelligences/
Sometimes we do need to pre-teach…
https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/unicorn/390060Teaching respective skills
https://www.elt-training.com/blog/teaching-receptive-skillsFor many years, teachers were recommended to pre-teach vocabulary before working on texts. Nowadays, though, some question this, suggesting that contexts that teachers are able to set up for pre-teaching and rarely meaninnful and that pre-teaching in fact prevents learners from developing the attack strategies they need for dealing with challenging texts.
ELT Nile Glossary in Kerr, P. (2020). ‘Questions about pre-teaching vocabulary. Adaptive Learning in ELT Blog. Available at https://adaptivelearninginelt.wordpress.com/2020/10/09/questions-about-pre-teaching-vocabulary-ptv/Reading sample test
https://www.occupationalenglishtest.org/preparation-portal/free-sample-tests/reading-sample-test-1/Amazing information especially when talking about teachers being humans and making mistakes like everyone else! And also when pointing out that students may have other personal qualities that we should appreciate even if they may not have the highest grades in English.
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