A
trivia game is an activity where the learners are asked questions about
interesting but unimportant facts in many subjects. By answering questions students
are learning and improving their cognitive skills. It is an excellent activity
to start a class or review certain topic worked. This is a Trivia about culture and countries
students can answer. Follow this link to access to it: https://view.genial.ly/5f1af4f51829700da368a326/game-country-trivia
Practicing Listening outside the classroom is for some students a challenge and as teachers it is necessary to help our learners. One amazing resource is this webpage, they can access through the computer or cellphone. Through music they can learn new vocabulary and daily expressions and the most catching aspect is that there is a huge variety of music genres.
Let’s explore the different levels and
activities we can use! Click here to access.
Planning
lessons is one of the activities in which teachers invest a lot of time but
they are fully prepared to teach new concepts and lead meaningful discussions –
instead of figuring things out as they go. Without a lesson plan, students can
quickly lose focus and teachers may be left scrambling, thinking of what to do
next. In the following page you will find a variety of lesson plans to help you
as well as many printable activities to practice the contents.
This
Ted Talk refers to a critic topic that is not discussed in many schools or
universities and is a key aspect that could help the teachers to keep improving.
Bill Gates suggests evidences that many teachers only got one word of feedback
a year: "satisfactory." Which is not enough and with no feedback, no
coaching, there's just no way to improve. He suggests that even great teachers
can get better with smart feedback -- and lays out a program from his
foundation to bring it to every classroom.
The
silent way is a methodology of teaching language created by Caleb Gattegno based
on the idea that teachers should remain as quiet as possible during a class and
students should be encouraged to speak as much as possible. Inside
a classroom, there are come strategies to use as well as some charts. To find
out more about the principles and characteristics behind the Silent Way follow
the link: https://view.genial.ly/62423b396017ef00117cc3f4/presentation-the-silent-way-method
Click on the following link: https://view.genial.ly/62d60227ff7670001243717e/presentation-sarm-model
Sometimes as teachers we tend to divide skills in two categories, comprehension and production skills. The aim of this workshop is to review basic aspects to work in each one of them and learn how to connect the input through listening with the output in speaking. This workshop is designed for teachers and could be part of the English Department activities.
Follow the link to access to it: https://view.genial.ly/61f0ab0e43b6a40025e3bb4d/presentation-listening-and-speaking-workshop
A trivia game is an activity where the learners are asked questions about interesting but unimportant facts in many subjects. By answering...
