ELT Workshop Correction Techniques Mistakes and errors are
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ELT Workshop
Correction Techniques • Mistakes and errors are bound to occur in any learning environment. • Learners should be made aware of their mistakes in order to progress. • There are different methods of correction which aim to ensure that the student’s confidence is not affected. • For example one can model correct forms or give individual feedback forms to students. -
Teaching Talking Time • One key point in teacher training is to keep teacher talking time down. • One has to ensure that students are engaged in all stages of the lesson. • The teacher has to be both creative and innovative in creating tasks which require learners to engage with other students. • A lesson plan should therefore be composed of mostly group/pair work in order to ensure this is the case.
Eliciting information • Eliciting information is a key technique that every teacher/trainer must be able to do. • Asking questions ( or CCQ’s) is an easy way to do this. • An important part is not to give away key parts of information in your questions. • You may assist the learner if you feel as if things are too challenging for him/her.
Dialogue • It is very important for teachers to facilitate dialogue between different students. • Dialogue gives learners confidence in speaking in English and allows them to experiment with new lexical items they may have learnt. • It also gives the teacher a chance to assess the level of the student. • It is important for a context to be set so that the learner is not confused about what he/she should be talking about.
Skimming and Scanning • Skimming and scanning are effective ways to read information in a short space of time. • So what is the difference between skimming and scanning? • Put your hand up for the answer. • When would skimming be more appropriate than scanning ? • When would scanning be more appropriate than skimming?
Using drama in class. • Body language is a very powerful way of communicating with people. • Using body language – through drama and miming is therefore both enjoyable and effective way of teaching language. • Can you think of ideas of how we could do this? • Put your hands up for the answer.
Summary • Today we have touched upon some main techniques that teachers/trainers must be acquainted with. • This was merely a brief summary, but it should have given you an idea of what kind of teaching techniques are expected of teachers/trainers in class. • Thank you for watching.
