Webinar 4 PDF
Webinar 4 PDF
Webinar 4 PDF
approaches in ELT:
Say one thing you are grateful for. Use the chat to write your ideas.
✓It is based on the idea that learning language successfully comes through
having to communicate real meaning.
new language.
focus on form by asking the students focus on meaning by asking the students
questions. questions to check that they have
understood the concept.
E.g. "What do we use after 'if’?”
E.g. "Do I have lots of money?" No.
"What am I doing?" Imagining
PPP - Planning a grammar lesson
Practice
gap fill exercises
• There are numerous
activities which can be sentence
substitution drills
used for this stage. transformations
class questionnaires
• When teaching the 2nd conditional, you would use split sentences
as a controlled practice activity. Give students lots of sentence
halves and in pairs they try and match the beginnings and ends of
the sentences.
"I’d do my homework."
Example:
"I'd travel around the world."
"If I won the lottery," …
"I’d cook ceviche."
"I’d do the laundry."
PPP - Planning a grammar lesson
Production
Choose one person in your group to share your findings with the whole class.
How can I use it in class?
TPR - Advantages and Challenges
Advantages Challenges
❖ Students enjoy it and it can be a real stirrer ❖ Students who are not used to such things
in the class. It lifts the pace and the mood. might find it embarrassing.
❖ It is very memorable. It really helps students
to remember phrases or words. ❖ It is only really suitable for beginner levels.
❖ It is good for kinesthetic learners who need You need to adapt the language accordingly.
to be active in the class.
❖ It can be used in large or small classes. It ❖ You can't teach everything with it and if used
doesn't really matter how many students a lot it would become repetitive.
you have as long as you are prepared to take
the lead, the students will follow.
❖ It is very effective with teenagers and young
learners.
❖ It involves both left- and right-brained
learning.
PBL
a learner-centred approach.
1. A central topic
2. Access to
means of
investigation
3. Opportunities
for sharing ideas
4 A final product
PBL - The role of the teacher
Monitor Facilitator
PBL - Advantages and Challenges
Advantages Challenges
Communicate ❖ It allows students to focus on real ❖ Classroom management changes
approach communication (authentic use of the radically.
L2)
❖ Fostering motivation and ❖ Students and teachers need to
engagement. undertake different roles and they
Cross Curricular
❖ Enhancing learners’ autonomy. might probably feel uncomfortable
Competency 29 with that change.
❖ Developing language learning and
skills.
❖ Developing problem-solving skills ❖ Students without experience in group
Cross Curricular ❖ Enhancing cooperative learning work may have difficulties
Competency 28 (technology use). negotiating compromise.
❖ Integrating content and language
learning.
PBL – Task
1. A central topic
2. Access to means
of investigation
Answer these questions and use the chat to write your answers.
3. Opportunities
for sharing ideas
✓ What central topics can you apply in your school?
4 A final product
✓ Will your students be able to access to means of investigation?
✓ How can you create opportunities for sharing ideas among them?
✓ When would it be the most appropriate moment for them to show the educational community their
final product?
Reflection