Lesson Plan : Present Tense Continuous

Form: 6th Level: elementary Subject: Present Tense Continuous Teaching aim: - to present and give practice to the present continuous developing speaking ability - to provide practice so the students can understand when it is used this tense. Learning aim: - to use the new grammar to speak freely on a given topic Personal aim: to make clear my instructions Grammar: Present...

Language Teaching Came into its Own as a Profession in the Last Century

by Monique Barb - Language teaching came into its own as a profession in the last century. Central to this phenomenon was the emergence of the concept of "methods" of language teaching. The method concept in language teaching – the notion of a systematic set of teaching practices based on a particular theory of language and language learning - is a powerful one, and the quest for better...

Language Teaching : The Grammar Translation Method

by Monique Barb - Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching by Richards and Rogers (2002), classifies language teaching methods as the “dominant language of education, commerce, religion and government in the Western world”. Latin was once the most widely studied foreign language. Even after French, Italian and English took over its place. The study of classical Latin and an analysis of its...

Requirements For Teaching Young Learners

by Monique Barb - Teachers need to work with their pupils individually and in groups developing relationships. They need to plan a range of activities for a given time period, and flexible enough to move on to the next exercise when they see their pupils getting bored. Teachers should be able to choose an appropriate topic and derive from it a set of learning tasks which pursue subject...

Language Teaching : Class Management and Atmosphere

by Monique Barb - The major difficulty which most teachers face, consciously or not, is how to transform the classroom from a space which is inherently inimical to learning into one where learning can take place. Therefore the teacher can hang posters, calendars, pupil’s drawings on the walls and have all kind of interesting objects that can personalize the classroom. Also there has to be...

Teaching English To Young Learners is Both a Difficult and Enjoyable Experience

by Monique Barb - Teaching English to young learners is both a difficult and enjoyable experience. It is difficult for you as a teacher, because you always have to find new and interesting methods and approaches in order to stir the learners’ interest; but in the same time it is enjoyable because you are given the chance of becoming child again, of seeing the world through a child’s eyes, when...

The Role of Informal Interaction in Teaching English to Young Learners

by Monique Barb - By informal interaction is meant the exchange of ideas, using spoken English, between teacher and learners and among the learners themselves. BilIows (1961) was one of the first language teachers to stress the fact that a language has no life in itself. 'It must live,’ he wrote,’in the mouth of the teacher in relation to the activity and situation of the classroom. It is a...

Why Should We Encourage Informal Interaction in English?

by Monique Barb - There are four main arguments for encouraging informal interaction in English as part of the language teaching process: 1. Children learn languages best in situations where their attention is focused on meaning rather than on language. This argument is based on research into the way in which infants learn their mother tongue and the ways in which foreign language learning...

Language Teaching : Opportunities for Interaction

by Monique Barb - Children naturally use their mother tongue with any other person who knows it. When children find themselves in the company of others, particularly their peers, who speak other languages (or other dialects of their qwn language) then they will make an effort to understand and use the new language. In an ideal world, we would be able to arrange regular meetings between our...

Inclusive School - European Future's School

We must take these concerns seriously and dispel them by showing examples of positive experiences, which demonstrate that inclusive education can most certainly address quality issues in education. A decisive issue is that of how the individual pupil can be ensured optimal education in accordance with his/her capabilities and needs. Inclusive education means that the school can provide a...