Task 3
Look at these toolkits for effective teaching and learning and decide if you applied them
Memorising words and enhancing thinking
Card activity toolkit[1] for teachers’ planning
Teachers can do this activity alone, in pair or teams.
The cards can contain questions, for example,
- What is the purpose of the plan?
- What support do we need?
- What are we going to learn?
- What is the timescale of the plan
After completing the activity teachers will be able
- to explain the features of good planning
- understand the skills that are needed to manage tasks
- to become aware of the need to plan for problems
Flashcard toolkit[2]
Word family frame-book (WFF) toolkit[3]
It shows how words within the same family are placed at different levels and is aimed at teachers who can use it to plan courses, syllabi and lessons. The WFF is the product of an ELT research award and was designed by Richard West.
What is the Word Family Framework (WFF)?
The WFF is a searchable resource for teachers and learners of English that consists of over 22,000 vocabulary items arranged according to six levels aligned to the Common European Framework of Reference.
What can the WFF be used for?
The WFF can be used by institutions, teachers and learners to construct target vocabularies
for individual learning, syllabus and lesson planning, materials design and exam preparation.
Phonemic chart toolkit[4]
On this chart pure vowels are arranged on the same way according to mouth shape (left to right, lips wide/ round to bottom, jaw closed/open).
Diphthongs are groped in rows according tot their second sound.
[1] The details of this activity can be studies and done here:
http://tlp.excellencegateway.org.uk/tlp/pedagogy/assets/documents/successplanner_cards.pdf
[2] For ideas on using flashcards with young learners, have a look at this article: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/using-flash-cards-young-learners. On LearnEnglish Kids you can find packs of downloadable flashcards for different topics.