Effective Communication in Education: Overcoming Barriers
Obstacles to Effective Communication in Education
A) Obstacles in the Message
- Verbal attacks
- Insufficient technical or educational skills (e.g., non-use of schemes, examples)
- Subjectivity in the presentation, influenced by prejudices
- Unawareness or ignorance of partners, ranging from ignoring feedback to contempt or disregard of their responsibilities
B) Obstacles in Reception
- Student fatigue
- Inappropriate language, especially for foreign students
- Inappropriate layout and behavior of subjects, contributing
Understanding Learning Styles, Motivation, and CLIL in Education
Learning Styles
Learning style is the way individuals approach the task of learning. It involves control, autonomy, and cognitive regulation of the learning process.
Styles are tendencies that change with age and in different situations.
Learning strategies are specific actions, behaviors, steps, or techniques students use, often consciously, to improve their progress in apprehending, internalizing, and using the foreign language.
- Metacognitive: Regulate their learning process.
- Affective: Learners’ emotional
Effective Teaching: Strategies for Instructors
COACH
Student-Teacher Relationship
It’s an important relationship because of the way knowledge is delivered to learners and how to address the knowledge held by the person who is teaching.
Attempting the Instructor
Make sure that the training participant knows more than they did before. This involves understanding something you did not know and developing a skill not possessed, making them think differently than previously thought.
Purpose of the Instructor
To ensure that their teachings are planned for
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Reading
Reading is an interactive process between the reader and the author. Its main feature is the reader’s prior knowledge. Strategies used in reading include attention, comprehension, observation, and analysis. Reading allows us to discover new symbols or identify symbols to join with those already known.
Types of Reading
- Evasion: Develops imagination, desires, and illusions.
- Literary: Analyzes the semantic sense, beauty, and style.
- Informative: Provides news and initial data for further study.
- Cognitive:
English Grammar Lesson Plans for High School Students
Grammar Lesson Plans
Lesson Plan 9: Verb to Be (Present Tense)
Target Grade Level:
9th Grade
Objectives:
- Understand and use the verb ‘to be’ in the present tense.
- Use ‘am,’ ‘is,’ and ‘are’ in sentences and questions.
Materials:
- Whiteboard and markers.
- Flashcards with sentences using ‘to be.’
- Worksheet for practice exercises.
Activities:
Stage | Activity | Interaction | Timing |
Warm-up | The teacher writes a few sentences on the board (e.g., ‘I am a student.’). Students identify the verb. | T-S | 5 min |
Presentation | The teacher explains |
Language Acquisition Theories and Classroom Strategies
Language Acquisition Theories
Piaget: Learning as action: children interact with the world around them and learn when they take action to solve problems. Knowledge is actively constructed. Early on children interact and solve problems with concrete objects; later on they progress towards mental interaction. Action is fundamental to cognitive development. Two ways of developing as a result of action: Assimilation, when an action takes place without causing any change in the child. Accommodation, when
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