Effective Teaching: Strategies, Lesson Planning, and Skills
What Makes a Good Teacher?
What makes a good teacher? What would a classroom with a positive environment look like? A good teacher is effective, doesn’t stigmatize students, and is open to learning from their environment. They facilitate knowledge, create opportunities, spaces, and relationships. A good teacher is empathetic, understanding, organized, dynamic, accessible, creative, and patient.
This type of teacher creates a positive classroom atmosphere, enabling students to work well. Dynamic and
Read MoreLanguage Acquisition, Multilingualism, and the European Portfolio
Language Acquisition vs. Learning
The difference between acquisition and learning is that acquisition generally refers to how infants naturally acquire their first language, developing the ability to perceive, understand, and produce language for communication, similar to how children learn their mother tongue. Learning, on the other hand, is the acquisition of knowledge through study, practice, or experience, especially the knowledge necessary to learn a subject.
Total Physical Response (TPR) Method
The
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Structure of the CEFRL
The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL) is divided into nine chapters and four annexes:
- Chapter 1: Aims and Objectives – According to the Council of Europe, the main objective is plurilingualism.
- Chapter 2: Approach – Communicative competences and the use of language.
- Chapter 3: Common Reference Levels
- Chapter 4: Use of Language and the Language User
- Chapter 5: User Competences
- Chapter 6: Teaching-Learning Process
- Chapter 7: Tasks and Roles Involved in the
Primary Education Stages and Development
Primary Education (EP)
Introduction
Primary Education (EP) is a structured educational journey spanning six years, from ages 6 to 12. It aims to provide a holistic education that fosters personal development, well-being, and the acquisition of fundamental skills. This includes cultural understanding and expression, literacy, numeracy, social skills, work habits, artistic appreciation, creativity, and emotional growth.
Objectives
- Instill values and norms, preparing students for active citizenship and
Foreign Language Acquisition in Schools: Factors and Stages
Key Factors in Foreign Language Learning
When teaching and learning a foreign language, several factors within the school context must be considered:
1. The Language
- Language Distance: Interference or language transference.
- Native Language Proficiency: The learner’s skill in their first language.
- Knowledge of the Second Language: Existing understanding of the target language.
- Dialect and Register: Variations in language use.
- Language Status: Relative prestige or cultural significance.
- Language Attitudes:
Syllabus Design and Materials in English for Specific Purposes
The Syllabus in English for Specific Purposes
A syllabus is a document that outlines what will (or at least what should) be learned in a course. The contents of a syllabus are partly determined by previous procedures and decisions, including the results of needs analysis, the chosen theory or theories of language, the linguistic levels and skills to be focused on, and the level of specificity of the course.
Different Layers of a Syllabus
- The Evaluation Syllabus
- The Organizational Syllabus
- The Materials