TEACHING PRACTICE

T E A C H I N G P R A C T I C E

YOU ARE         Efficient language users         Autonomous learners    YOU HAVE         Information about the English language         Skills and strategies         Knowledge about the learning – teaching process         Teaching experience

WHY?         Put what you know about teaching into practice in a supportive atmosphere. FOCUS ON         Sensitivity to identify learners’ needs, styles and strategies         Classroom management skills         Teaching techniques AIM to provide opportunities to:         Approach real teaching situation under sympathetic supervision         Try out teaching techniques         Have your teaching evaluated and constructively criticized         Get used to being observed         Increase your autonomy (self-awareness; self-assessment)         Develop your sense of responsibility for your own students         To develop your own teaching style         To develop teaching skills HOW?         Support from peers, tutors and supervisors         Self-awareness, sensitivity         Feedback from observers         Feedback from students

YOU WANT TO BE         More aware of the language you are teaching         More aware of the factors that aid and impede learning in the classroom         In control of basic classroom management skills         Able to plan lessons which are relevant to what Ss need to learn         Able to present, practice and revise language         Able to select and use activities and materials that develop language skills         Able to help Ss develop their autonomy         Able to think critically and creatively about your lessons         Resourceful