Hello everybody!
Today there was a special 'Best of Series 2 Teaching English Radio programme! which kicked off with Tina Turner's big hit 'Simply the Best!' ; the programme looked back at the best extracts from the 6 programmes of series 2;the topics that were discussed were:
'Teachers supporting each other' , 'Finding, Creating and Sharing Resources', 'Using group work in Large Classes' , ' Pair and Group work in Practice ' , ' Teaching Listening Skills ' ,
' Developing Teachers 'English '.
'Teachers supporting each other' , 'Finding, Creating and Sharing Resources', 'Using group work in Large Classes' , ' Pair and Group work in Practice ' , ' Teaching Listening Skills ' ,
' Developing Teachers 'English '.
In the studio today the special guests were Olfa Hmili a translator,Sonia Zaier ,an university teacher from the University of Tunis and Patric Fawcett Teacher Trainer at British Council Tunis.
Sonia mentioned that when she first started teaching she appreciated the support from her colleagues;Hayet the presenter emphasised the fact that the support from experienced teachers is especially beneficial for new teachers. Olfa,who is currently doing a TKT Preparation course and has recently obtained a teaching position in Turkey,said that 'sharing with your colleagues' would be important in her new future career of teaching.
Re the topic of teachers supporting each other the importance of peer observation is useful in getting constructive feedback on the material that you create and not ending up ' like a blind person' .
Feedback is extremely useful to know you're heading in the right direction!
As Nigel Bellingham pointed out in the programme broadcasted from Gafsa it's not always good to over rely on resources and students themselves can create resources such as in the case of Sonia's medical students who wrote a song based on the parts of the body as part of their presentation on the human body!
Patric said his Upper Intermediate students did presentations and one of them did one on the topic of body language and got her classmates to do a miming game as a lead-in to the topic;the students felt involved and the class was learner centred rather than teacher centred. The students can be very creative in creating their own resources!
Assigning roles for each student helps to make sure that each student participates;also having a time limit on speaking lets all the students speak rather than just one student dominating.On the topic of group work where the stronger students finish quickly they can give support to the weaker ones or be given extra activities while the weaker students have more time to finish the activity. In addition the activity could be extended to make the activity more challenging for the stronger students in which they can come up with definitions for some of the vocabulary.
For a pre listening activity Patric mentioned that focusing on the difficult words can help the students with their comprehension. He also mentioned the MP3 Player in recording the students;with one of his Upper Intermediate students he interviewed him on the topic of motivation and in the interview the student said he uses the British Council Podcasts to keep up his English.
Olfa said the TKT course she is doing at the British Council has helped her with ideas in creating listening resources which will be useful with her teaching in Turkey.
On the topic of developing teachers' English Sonia has found that attending teacher training sessions is beneficial for her teacher skills as well as the aspect of developing her English.
Remember the British Council Teaching English web site is useful for developing teachers' English:
check out the section on publications,written by teaching experts,
and the CPD (Continuing Professional Development ).
Re the topic of teachers supporting each other the importance of peer observation is useful in getting constructive feedback on the material that you create and not ending up ' like a blind person' .
Feedback is extremely useful to know you're heading in the right direction!
As Nigel Bellingham pointed out in the programme broadcasted from Gafsa it's not always good to over rely on resources and students themselves can create resources such as in the case of Sonia's medical students who wrote a song based on the parts of the body as part of their presentation on the human body!
Patric said his Upper Intermediate students did presentations and one of them did one on the topic of body language and got her classmates to do a miming game as a lead-in to the topic;the students felt involved and the class was learner centred rather than teacher centred. The students can be very creative in creating their own resources!
Assigning roles for each student helps to make sure that each student participates;also having a time limit on speaking lets all the students speak rather than just one student dominating.On the topic of group work where the stronger students finish quickly they can give support to the weaker ones or be given extra activities while the weaker students have more time to finish the activity. In addition the activity could be extended to make the activity more challenging for the stronger students in which they can come up with definitions for some of the vocabulary.
For a pre listening activity Patric mentioned that focusing on the difficult words can help the students with their comprehension. He also mentioned the MP3 Player in recording the students;with one of his Upper Intermediate students he interviewed him on the topic of motivation and in the interview the student said he uses the British Council Podcasts to keep up his English.
Olfa said the TKT course she is doing at the British Council has helped her with ideas in creating listening resources which will be useful with her teaching in Turkey.
On the topic of developing teachers' English Sonia has found that attending teacher training sessions is beneficial for her teacher skills as well as the aspect of developing her English.
Remember the British Council Teaching English web site is useful for developing teachers' English:
check out the section on publications,written by teaching experts,
and the CPD (Continuing Professional Development ).
click http://www.radiotunisienne.tn/rtci/sounds/anglais/anglais14062013.mp3 to listen to the programme!
Well,it's goodbye until Series 3 in October! Enjoy your holidays!
Well,it's goodbye until Series 3 in October! Enjoy your holidays!
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