Aspects of a Language Classroom

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Student – Student Interaction – S-S

Given that language primarily exists to facilitate communication, interaction in that language must have an important role to play in developing a learner’s ability in that language. Read more

Teacher Talking Time – TTT

Talking in classroom to carry out teaching and learning process successfully is a required fact and cannot be ignored. But the excess of talking at the cost of students’ learning is one of the negative factors and should be got rid of. Read more

Homework

‘I like doing homework!’ ‘We get too much homework.’ ‘Homework is really boring.’ ‘The teacher doesn’t always check my homework.’ What would your students say about homework? How can you make it a bit more fun? Read more

Controlled Practice

Vocabulary is a great big disorganised muddle. Functions, can-do lists, skills and strategies are all messy. Pronunciation is tidy but very hard to teach. That leaves grammar: a limited and comforting set of (relatively) neat and to some extent teachable rules and examples. And some grammar, even in English, can be laid out in tables, which often appeals to the pedagogic mind. Read More

Recycling

Recycling is practising language that learners have seen previously. The recycled language will be re-introduced in a different context, or through a different skill. This helps the student extend their range of use of the new item. Read More

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