Learning to Teach Better

I keep commenting in Week 1 Discussions/Tips to share, but I can't see my comments once I've posted :(

I'd also like to share a few ideas on doing gap-fills. I've found them on the web, but my colleagues and I have already triedthese out. They work well and the SS love them! 1. Round the room Gapfill Divide the text into paragraphs / sentences and post round the room. Learners write the gap numbers (e.g. 1 – 10) on a piece of paper and walk around the room, doing the task as an open cloze, writing down the words they think should go in the gap – either in English or their own language. Partial feedback – dictate the answers out of order and learners write them down next to their original answers. Learners go back to the round the room text and check their ideas. Full feedback. 2.Shouting Banana Dictation Divide the target text into two halves, ideally on a sentence by sentence basis to ensure that learners take turns during the rest of the activity. Divide the class into two groups. Group A gets one half and group B gets the other. Ask each group stand / sit on opposite s...

I'd also like to share a few ideas on doing gap-fills. I came across these on the web, but many of my colleagues and I have already tried them. They work really well and the SS LOVE them ! 1.Round the room Gapfill Divide the text into paragraphs / sentences and post round the room. Learners write the gap numbers (e.g. 1 – 10) on a piece of paper and walk around the room, doing the task as an open cloze, writing down the words they think should go in the gap. Partial feedback – dictate the answers out of order and learners write them down next to their original answers. Learners go back to the round the room text and check their ideas. Full feedback. 2. Shouting Banana Dictation Divide the target text into two halves, ideally on a sentence by sentence basis to ensure that learners take turns during the rest of the activity. Divide the class into two groups. Group A gets one half and group B gets the other. Ask each group stand / sit on opposite sides of the room, so that each...

Dear colleagues, My name’s Ruslan and I come from Poltava, Ukraine. I work in a private language centre. I’ve been teaching for about 8 years now. I adore teaching English to different levels of learners, both young and adults. It’s simply amazing when your learners can express their ideas in English or achieve their goals with your help. In addition, I find my job rather interesting, motivating and quite challenging. Luckily, it’s never tedious or monotonous. All my free time is dedicated to improving my teaching skills and gaining more and more competence in this sphere. I used to be a member of Cambridge English Teacher professional development website and I’m also keen on following different teacher trainers’ blogs, e.g. for CELTA or DELTA. This year I’m looking forward to receiving another international certificate for teachers of English as a foreign language. I’m taking part in this course because I believe that the best teachers should never stop learning. This is a great o...