ENGLISH LANGUAGE

TEACHING METHODOLOGY
AND LEARNING STRATEGIES

UNIT 3
Profesora: Luca balos lvarez

INDEX
1.

TEACHING STRATEGIES AND EVALUATION

2.

SUBJECT GUIDANCE

3.

TEACHING STRATEGIES AND EVALUATION

3.1. TEACHING STRATEGIES
3.2 EVALUATION

4. BIBLIOGRAPHY
5. USEFUL WEBSITES

ESL RESOURCES AND

TEACHING THE FOUR SKILLS
3.1. TEACHING STRATEGIES
- Teaching strategies: roles of the teacher, grouping techniques,
classroom arrangement.
3.2. EVALUATION

- Evaluation activities, techniques and instruments

- Grading

2. SUBJECT GUIDANCE
The teacher will:
make oral presentations in class;
propose questions for debate or discussion;
carry out online tutorials to answer students questions, doubts,
etc.
The students are expected to participate:
in class: answering questions, participating in debates or
discussions,
working in groups, join in the activities
at home: preparing the activities assigned by the teacher and
study.

3.1. TEACHING STRATEGIES

ROLES OF THE TEACHER

Organizer (activities and interactions)

Model (show an example about an activity)
Controller (behaviour, volume...)
Participant (they are one more resource)
Encourager (everyone must be involved)
Language consultant (source of information of vocabulary,
structures...)
Monitor (observe and correct)
Assessor (assess the students interactions)

3.1. TEACHING STRATEGIES

GROUPING TECHNIQUES

3.1. TEACHING STRATEGIES

WHOLE CLASS
Also called lockstep because all the students are locked into the
same rhythm and pace.
It is useful in:

Imitation stage (repetition)

Listening activities
Speaking activities (all together)
Dynamic activities
Motivational activities

3.1. TEACHING STRATEGIES

PAIR WORK
In the practice and production stages it allows students to practice
in a lively way what has been learnt and to talk about their
opinion, ideas, interests...
It is good for:

Practising
Personal relationships
Similarity with real life
Self confidence
Real communication

3.1. TEACHING STRATEGIES

GROUP WORK
In the practice and production stages it allows students to improve
their fluency. It is ideal for activities of freer production.
It is good for:

More talking time

Real communication
More relaxing
More dynamic
More self confidence

3.1. TEACHING STRATEGIES

INDIVIDUAL WORK
It is used in reading and writing activities, because it helps
students work at their own pace.
It is good for:

Break from oral work

Internalize what has been learnt
Relax
Find out who didnt understand

3.1. TEACHING STRATEGIES

CLASSROOM ARRANGEMENT
Rows
This is the traditional layout
of chairs and desks.
The students are facing the
teacher and the
blackboard.
Pairs
The students can sit down
in pair facing the teacher.

U shape

In this layout, the students

are facing the teacher, but
they are also facing each
other.
Groups
Students can sit in groups of
four, five or six.
They are facing each other and
can easily face the teacher.

3.1. TEACHING STRATEGIES

To help our students learn English and to create an English
atmosphere, we only have to speak in English to our students!!

Listening

Speaking
English

Reading

Writing

3.1. TEACHING STRATEGIES

Oral language is easier to acquire than written language, so it
should be introduced earlier.
1st: listening and speaking
(in an integrated way, to encourage communication).

2nd: reading to practice the recognition of words

3rd: writing. Its the slowest skill to acquire.

3.2 EVALUATION
Evaluation is used to check the efficiency of the planning.

It should be:

1. Global: it includes all the learning aspects, not only the cognitive
ones
2. Formative: it should be a tool to improve

3. Continuous: it takes place during the whole process

3.2 EVALUATION
EVALUATION ACTIVITIES

Oral and written production activities

Answering questions

Tasks and projects

Completing their diaries

Group discussions

Pair work...

3.2 EVALUATION
EVALUATION TECHNIQUES

Direct questions

Task analysis (how they did)

Final exams (Written and oral)

Direct observation

Self assessment

Audio or video recordings...

3.2 EVALUATION
EVALUATION INSTRUMENTS

3.2 EVALUATION
EVALUATION INSTRUMENTS

3.2 EVALUATION
EVALUATION INSTRUMENTS

3.2 EVALUATION
EVALUATION INSTRUMENTS

3.2 EVALUATION
EVALUATION INSTRUMENTS

3.2 EVALUATION
EVALUATION INSTRUMENTS

3.2 EVALUATION
EVALUATION INSTRUMENTS

4. BIBLIOGRAPHY

Wiley, T. (2012). Writing 2.0: Creative Writing Through Creative Use of Technology. In P. Resta
(Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International
Conference 2012 (pp. 4317-4321). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of
Computing in Education (AACE).
Smith, K.L. (1990). Collaborative and Interactive Writing for Increasing Communication Skills.
Hispania, 73(1), 77-87.
Strehlow, U., Haffner, J., Bischof, J., Gratzka, V., Parzer, P., & Resch, F. (2006). Does
successful training of temporal processing of sound and phoneme stimuli improve reading and
spelling?. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 15, 1929.
Kehus, M. J. (2000). Opportunites for teenagers to share their writing online. Journal Of
Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 44(2), 130.
Harmer, J. (2007). The practice of English language teaching (4th ed.). Essex, England:
Pearson Longman ELT.
Brewster, J., G. Ellis y D. Girard (1992). The Primary English Teachers guide. Harmondsworth:
Penguin.

5. USEFUL WEBSITES
Resources
http://luciaabalos.weebly.com/
http://www.lakeshorelearning.com
http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/
http://www.mes-english.com/
http://www.mrthornedoesphonics.com/
http://voki.com/
http://www.tagxedo.com/

Video
www.youtube.com
http://dotsub.com
http://overstream.net
http://www.eslvideo.com
Audio
www.breakingnewsenglish.com
http://podcastsinenglish.com
http://www.listen-to-english.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts

Creating ICT resources to show

http://classtools.net
http://quizlet.com
http://www.jigsawplanet.com
http://www.propofs.com/games/
http://schoolexpress.com
Web 2.0
http://www.wikispaces.com/
http://www.blogger.com
http://www.gliffy.com/
http://voki.com/
http://www.wordle.net/
http://www.tagxedo.com/
http://wallwisher.com/
http://phpwebquest.org/my/
CLIL resources
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/
http://www.isabelperez.com/clil.htm