State of Kuwait Ministry Of Education ELT General

State of Kuwait Ministry Of Education ELT General Supervision Opening Workshop Mr. Hossam Tay’ee Presented By Revised By Senior Teacher Mr. Atef Ragheb

The title of the workshop Asking questions & Eliciting

Workshop Title What is ‘eliciting? 1. Students will often surprise you with what they know. This is a great way to increase their confidence! 2. If they can’t produce the language, you know where you need to start teaching. 3. Starting with what they know is a productive way to begin new work. Let them form connections; 4. Increased STT engages the Ss and let’s them practice more English.

Workshop Title How ? Instead of giving information, ask if anyone in the class can provide it. When a student asks "What does this mean? " or "What's the past of this verb? " etc. say something like "That's a good question - what do you think? " Can you guess? Can anyone help Jassem here? " If you want to teach some vocabulary, for instance, then rather than giving it to the students, try to get them to give it to you. For example: I want to teach the word "cow". I could draw a little picture on the board. I could explain what a cow is. Or I could elicit the word from the students along these lines: "What do we call/What's the word for an animal which makes milk and goes "mooo"? ! With any luck the students will say "cow".

Workshop Title Why ? If you don't elicit you run the risk of telling the Students everything they want to know and ending up spoon-feeding them.

Workshop Title Reminders & Tips Always break explanations down into small steps , pause a lot & let them absorb every small section at a time. If you have a good sense of humor use it positively. Thinking time. Asking the students to spend several minutes thinking about their questions and writing them down. Allow thinking time emphasizes the importance of the questions and gives all the students the chance to gather their thoughts. Generating questions in a limited time Group work. Divide students into groups. In smaller groups , more students can speak , shy students address less formidable audience-students can build relationships-

Asking questions & Eliciting A picture is worth a thousand words 1. Who are these people? where are they from? 2. Where are they going? 3. How do they feel? Why?

Workshop Title You can do this by asking questions and by encouraging and guiding contributions Asking questions is a natural feature of communication and an effective tool which teachers practise in their classes. Questioning is crucial to the way teachers manage the class, engage students with content, encourage participation and increase understanding. And it keeps teacher talking time to a minimum while maximising learner contributions.

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Asking questions & Eliciting • Holding such activities in class motivates learners especially those who are shy and reluctant to participate in open classroom discussion , where there will be no direct focus on them so , they will feel less pressured and they will have fun at the same time. • Achieves SS interaction. so it lessens TTT.

Asking questions & Eliciting How do you elicit the following words from your students ? Vote Disappear Tiger Skinny Wonderful Medicine Thatch August Handbag Ignorant Yell Genius

Asking questions & Eliciting No Words and Phrases Copy Right Reserved For British Counsel How can I elicit ? 1 To sip your coffee E Acting out ( miming ) 2 Angry L Use gestures with hands and fingers / facial expression 3 A cooker I Draw a picture on the board 4 A living room C Show a picture 5 Government I Give a definition / explanation 6 Hardworking T Say a word that means the opposite ( antonym ) 7 Would you mind if I opened the window ? A Describe a situation 8 A paper handkerchief T Use a real object 9 A pop star I Say famous names 10 Fantastic O Give an example 11 He met her ten years ago N Tell a story

Asking questions & Eliciting The advantages of eliciting in the EFL classroom Eliciting keeps the students alert Eliciting helps you realise if the students are listening and understanding or not Eliciting helps you find out what they already know Elicitation can mean more student talking time (STT)/ cut down on teacher talking time (TTT) Eliciting helps students learn how to guess

Asking questions & Eliciting Disadvantages of eliciting Eliciting can be time consuming One student can dominate answering your elicitation questions Eliciting can be met by silence Eliciting doesn't always lead to more STT

Asking questions & Eliciting Conclusion : Eliciting is when the teacher brings out student knowledge, suggestions and ideas. You can do this by asking questions and by encouraging and guiding contributions. By eliciting you can use a little ‘teacher talking time’ to increase ‘student talking time’. Finding out what the students already know and getting a few ideas from the students about a context or some vocabulary related to it is a useful way of setting up an activity, whether it be a role play, a game, a listening task, the introduction of a new language structure, etc.

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