Anglistics Study Programme WEEK 13 FOCUSING ON LANGUAGE

Anglistics Study Programme WEEK 13 FOCUSING ON LANGUAGE Methods and Approaches in Language Teaching Jovana Bošković, MA Anglistics Study Programme www. singidunum. ac. rs/admission

Anglistics Study Programme WEEK 13 v Quote v Jim Scrivener – Teaching learning: Chapter 12 (pp. 285 - 309 )

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Anglistics Study Programme ERRORS AND CORRECTIONS v“What you tell me, I forget; What I discover for myself, I remember. ” v. Alice like this school. v. Where you did go yesterday? v. I eat shocolate every day. v. I’m going to heat you.

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Anglistics Study Programme ERRORS AND CORRECTIONS v. What kind of error has been made? v. Is it useful to correct it? v. When to deal with it? Now, End of activity? Later? v. Who will correct? Teacher, peer, self-correction? v. How to point out an error has been made?

Anglistics Study Programme ERRORS AND CORRECTIONS v. When to correct? o Immediately o After a few minutes o At the end of the activity o Later in the lesson o At the end of the lesson o In the next lesson o Later in the course o Never

Anglistics Study Programme ERRORS AND CORRECTIONS v. When fluency is the aim of the lesson then …. v. Teacher listens carefully and collects a list of errors. v. Later on you discuss it with the class.

Anglistics Study Programme INDICATING/CORRECTING ERRORS v. Ex. “There is an error in that sentence” v. Surprise, frown, raised eyebrow, interest, etc. v. Worried look and hand outstretched showing “hold” the sentence – - No one is allowed to move until the sentence is corrected v. Finger correction – count the words in the sentence and point to the word/finger which is the error. v. Repeat the sentence up till the error. v. Echo the sentence with the purpose of correction.

Anglistics Study Programme INDICATING/CORRECTING ERRORS v. Ask a question. v. Tense? Past? v. Draw a timeline on the board. v. Write the problem sentence and open discussion on where exactly is the error. v. Exploit the humor in the error: “The doctor gave her the recipe”; “So she made a delicious cake” … prescription. v. Use phonemic chart to deal with pronunciation. v. Say the correct answer yourself.

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Anglistics Study Programme CRITERIA OF A GOOD TEST v. A good test is fair and appropriate to the students. v. Traditional “pen-and-paper” tests are made up of 2 types of questions. o Discrete items tasks – testing specific individual language points. o Integrative tasks – a number of skills or items tested in the same question.

Anglistics Study Programme CRITERIA OF A GOOD TEST v. Tests can be marked in two ways: o Objectively (there is a clear correct answer, and every marker would give the same marks to the same question) o Subjectively (the marking largely depends on the criteria set by the individual marker)

Anglistics Study Programme CATEGORISING TEST QUESTIONS v. Book – page 292, 293, 294, 295, 296.

Anglistics Study Programme CRITERIA RATHER THE MARKS v. The candidate meets and surpasses the criteria. v. The candidate meets all main aspects of the criteria. v. The candidate meets the criteria in some respects, but with significant problems. v. The candidate is unable to meet the criteria in any respect.

Anglistics Study Programme L 1 v. Using the learners first language? Yes or no? When? v. Because it’s easier to speak my own language! v. Because the teacher always corrects me if I speak English. v. Because I don’t want to get it wrong in front of others. v. I can’t say what I want in English so I have to… v. The teacher can’t hear me so why should I bother. v. They always talk in their first language. I can’t get them to speak English. – Now what?

Anglistics Study Programme USING ENGLISH IN CLASS v. CREATE A CLIMATE WHERE IT IS OK TO USE ENGLISH. v. A climate where using English is normal and natural, not special or frightening. v. There is no easy way to get to this but here are some ideas: q. Use lots of listening materials to surround the with English. q. Put English-language posters on the walls. – English speaking zone. q. Have short clearly marked sections of the lesson when English is the first language; at other times other languages are possible.

Anglistics Study Programme USING ENGLISH IN CLASS v. Set the ground rules with your students. v. Discuss the point of the activity, lesson, course with your students. Point out why using English is important. v. Respond in a positive manner to all efforts at using English. v. Don’t tell learners off for not using English but keep using it yourself. v. Only “hear” English. v. Spend a lot of time on fluency without correcting.

Anglistics Study Programme USING ENGLISH IN CLASS v. Pair/group work to enable better speaking. v. Stop the activity and check with the class if the agreement is being followed. Are we speaking in English? v. Be prepared for English use to grow gradually.

Anglistics Study Programme ACTIVITIES THAT MAKE USE OF L 1 v. After reading an article to check what was understood/misunderstood. v. When a new grammatical item is learned. Compare it to L 1. v. When working on pronunciation. Making clear distinction between English and L 1. v. Watching a video – with English and L 1 subtitles. v. Comparing options of sentence translation in L 1. v. If you feel that the best, most effective way to explain something would be to use L 1 go for it. You know your students. Always have their best interest in mind.

Anglistics Study Programme ACTIVITIES THAT MAKE USE OF L 1 v. Mediation v. English whisperers v. Diplomatic affairs v. Diplomatic incident v. Translation role plays

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