Learning circle task (week4)
Developments in TESOL Methodology
Developments in TESOL Methodology
Member: Almazidi Abdulaziz; Shimokawara Hiroki; Dede Magdalini; Lin Pei-Ru
1-The article was written 20
years ago. To what extent does it appear "dated" or modern to you ?
After reading the article we all found that it seems
really modern. We can see some of its principles applied in our schools today.
However, in Taiwan and Kuwait the teacher is still the center of the class.
2-Look carefully at the "Implications for
teaching" section on P.89. Consider both your learning and teaching of
English and your experience, and reflect on the extent to which Maley's
predictions have 'come true' in your own learning/ teaching context
1-The teacher's role has changed and teachers have to
provide more activities. Those activities should reflect teaching not learning.
2-The students like doing activities and love doing pair
and group work but in some countries students don't want to change and become
the center of the class, they always want the answers from their teacher and in
Japan students don't want to learn using a CLT approach because they feel it
won't help them pass their exams.
3-Teachers should use a wide range of authentic materials
and grade the task as appropriate.
4-The activities that the teacher gives to the students
should be a mix between task-oriented and exercises.
5-The layout of the students in the classroom has
generally been changed from rows to a way to help communication between
students, group work and exchanging information.
3-To what extent do the advantages listed on P.90
outweigh the disadvantages ? Choose one of the following and justify it in
light of your own experience. 1- Advantages completely outweigh disadvantages
2- Advantages partly outweigh disadvantages 3-Neither outweigh the other 4- Disadvantages
completely outweigh advantages.
We all agreed that the advantages partly outweigh the
disadvantages, though James felt that they could possibly completely outweigh
the disadvantages . In our discussion, we found that a teacher should accept
that he/she must know when and how to intervene. Also the teacher should be
familiar with the background of the students. On the other hand, the teacher
will have a lot of responsibility and
have to be in full control of the students. Therefore, the teacher should be trained
to a high level. What could help to make the teacher’s job easier is that they
should try to explain the method that they are going to use. This will help to
give the students an idea of what to expect from their teachers.
4-Maley list six problems P.91-92 in the light of your teaching
experience, can you rank these problems from 1(most serious) to 6(least
serious).
After our discussion we found that we couldn’t really
rank the problems because they appear to overlap each other quite a lot.
5-Look at Maley's list of 14 'Principled Decisions' on
P.92-94 choose three which you think are the most important and rank them 1,2
and 3
1-Peggy: We should really use the language in the
classroom and emphasise the structure and function. 11,6,3
2-James: We should try to mirror authentic language
communication as much as possible and expose students to this ‘real’ language
use whenever feasible. 6.8.13
3-Hiroki: Japanese students need more critical thinking
because they think that they only need to receive information.
4-Aziz: We should motivate our students and let them look
at language learning from top down and look at it as a complete unit not as a
sentence level structure.
years ago. To what extent does it appear "dated" or modern to you ?
After reading the article we all found that it seems
really modern. We can see some of its principles applied in our schools today.
However, in Taiwan and Kuwait the teacher is still the center of the class.
2-Look carefully at the "Implications for
teaching" section on P.89. Consider both your learning and teaching of
English and your experience, and reflect on the extent to which Maley's
predictions have 'come true' in your own learning/ teaching context
1-The teacher's role has changed and teachers have to
provide more activities. Those activities should reflect teaching not learning.
2-The students like doing activities and love doing pair
and group work but in some countries students don't want to change and become
the center of the class, they always want the answers from their teacher and in
Japan students don't want to learn using a CLT approach because they feel it
won't help them pass their exams.
3-Teachers should use a wide range of authentic materials
and grade the task as appropriate.
4-The activities that the teacher gives to the students
should be a mix between task-oriented and exercises.
5-The layout of the students in the classroom has
generally been changed from rows to a way to help communication between
students, group work and exchanging information.
3-To what extent do the advantages listed on P.90
outweigh the disadvantages ? Choose one of the following and justify it in
light of your own experience. 1- Advantages completely outweigh disadvantages
2- Advantages partly outweigh disadvantages 3-Neither outweigh the other 4- Disadvantages
completely outweigh advantages.
We all agreed that the advantages partly outweigh the
disadvantages, though James felt that they could possibly completely outweigh
the disadvantages . In our discussion, we found that a teacher should accept
that he/she must know when and how to intervene. Also the teacher should be
familiar with the background of the students. On the other hand, the teacher
will have a lot of responsibility and
have to be in full control of the students. Therefore, the teacher should be trained
to a high level. What could help to make the teacher’s job easier is that they
should try to explain the method that they are going to use. This will help to
give the students an idea of what to expect from their teachers.
4-Maley list six problems P.91-92 in the light of your teaching
experience, can you rank these problems from 1(most serious) to 6(least
serious).
After our discussion we found that we couldn’t really
rank the problems because they appear to overlap each other quite a lot.
5-Look at Maley's list of 14 'Principled Decisions' on
P.92-94 choose three which you think are the most important and rank them 1,2
and 3
1-Peggy: We should really use the language in the
classroom and emphasise the structure and function. 11,6,3
2-James: We should try to mirror authentic language
communication as much as possible and expose students to this ‘real’ language
use whenever feasible. 6.8.13
3-Hiroki: Japanese students need more critical thinking
because they think that they only need to receive information.
4-Aziz: We should motivate our students and let them look
at language learning from top down and look at it as a complete unit not as a
sentence level structure.
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