TEACHING STRATEGIES Think Pair and Share Class discussion

TEACHING STRATEGIES Think Pair and Share: Class discussion: Students have to think individually, discuss the information in pairs , share it within the group, and then with the whole class. Stay and stray technique: Two or three group members leave the group and stray individually to other groups. The remaining group members, the stayers, explain what their group has done to the visiting strayers who ask questions and give feedback. Strayers return to their home group and report what they learned, while stayers report on the feedback they received.

Debate: Raising a topic and asking students to discuss it. Students’ arguments should be convincing. Cross Carrousel Technique: Also known as rotating review. It is a cooperative learning activity. Each group should rotate to the next station where they will read the new question or topic and what others have written about it, discuss it with their group , and add new information. Groups can also rotate a sheet of paper and each group has to add new information using different colours.

EXAMPLES OF CONCEPT CHECKING QUESTIONS Target sentence: He used to play football. Checking Questions Learners’ responses Does he play football now? No Did he play football in the past? Yes Did he play football often/ many times in the past? Yes Does he play football nowadays? No Is it a habit in the past? Yes