Best Practices for Inspectors Online 2
Language(s):
Published: 2012
The Best Practices for Supervisors Course was designed for the professional development of Algerian middle school and high school English teacher supervisors. The course consisted of two 60-hour face-to-face trainings and an interim online phase. The first session of face-to-face trainings was delivered in October 2008. The second session, online, ran in winter 2009, and the final face-to-face session was held in spring 2009.
How to Prepare a Workshop
Language(s): English
Published: 2012
This resource, part of the Inspector Manual, provides two example workshops, a series of questions that compare and contrast the workshops, and an experimental learning cycle workshop template. Discussion topics focus on identifying workshop objectives and incorporating the experimental learning cycle.
Appendix C, Sample Unit Cycle
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
Appendix C of the Guide to the Algerian English Curriculum for Middle School Year 4 (MS4) describes a 10- to 11- day sample unit focusing on objectives for one year of language study. Included are the general language skills covered and the stages and general steps of the lessons.
Best Practices for Inspectors 2
Language(s):
Published: 2012
The Best Practices for Supervisors Course was designed for the professional development of Algerian middle school and high school English teacher supervisors. The course consisted of two 60-hour face-to-face trainings and an interim online phase. The first session of face-to-face trainings was delivered in October 2008., the second session was online in Winter 2009, and the final face-to-face session was held in Spring 2009.
Pre-During-Post Framework for Listening Texts
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This handout aims to help students contextualize what they are hearing, so they can improve their listening comprehension skills.
Speaking - Week 4
Language(s): English
Published: 2010
This document is a detailed lesson plan for a Moodle session on speaking - the elements of successful speech and how speech is used in the classroom. Included are activities/tasks, reading suggestions, objectives, expected outcomes and follow-up for the course's fourth session.
Speaking - Week 5
Language(s): English
Published: 2010
This document is a detailed lesson plan for a second Moodle session on speaking - the challenges of teaching speaking and the teacher's role in providing feedback and assessment. Included are activities/tasks, reading suggestions, objectives, expected outcomes, follow-up and handouts for the course's fifth session.
Principles of Instructed Second Language Acquisition
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This resource, used in the Best Practices for Inspectors Online 1 course, provides an overview of general principles for instructed language acquisition. Discussion topics focus on the design and nature of these principles and their relevance to teachers in a variety of settings.
Basic Principles and Practice in Vocabulary Instruction
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This resource, used in the Best Practices for Inspectors Online 1 course, provides some of the major ‘common sense’ principles of vocabulary instruction and learning. Included are discussions on general language teaching and vocabulary principles.
The Foundation of Contemporary Approaches to Experimental Learning (Part I)
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This resource, used in the Best Practices for Inspectors Online 1 course, provides an overview of experimental learning. Background on experimental learning is included, along with how it is integrated into traditional educational programs. Discussion topics focus on using experimental learning to link education, work and personal development.
The Process of Experimental Learning (Part II)
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This resource, used in the Best Practices for Inspectors Online 1 course, is part two of an overview of experimental learning. The focus is on integrating the technique into traditional educational programs and includes three models of the experimental learning process.
Textbook Adaption
Language(s): English
Published: 2012
This resource, part of the Inspector Manual, describes how to adapt material and textbooks and practical application for both teachers and inspectors. Discussion topics focus on the implementation of the ‘select, reject, supplement, and adapt materials’ (SARS) strategy to adapting textbooks for language learning.
Teacher Reflection
Language(s): English
Published: 2012
This resource, part of the Inspector Manual, provides definitions and descriptions of teacher reflection, with practical application for both teachers and inspectors. Discussion topics focus on guidelines to incorporating teacher reflection into the classroom, as well as resources that can help teachers implement the technique.
Rubric for Teacher Reflection
Language(s): English
Published: 2012
This resource, part of the Inspector Manual, provides a rubric for assessing post-teaching reflection. Included are definitions and examples of the 'describe', 'analyze' and 'plan for action' stages of assessing post-teaching reflection.
Observation Visit, The Final Report
Language(s): English
Published: 2012
This resource, part of the Inspector Manual, provides descriptions of observation reports and practical application for both teachers and inspectors. Discussion topics focus on guidelines to incorporating observational reports into the classroom and related resources for teachers.
Competency Based Assessment Plan, Part 3
Language(s): English
Published: 2012
This resource is part three of a competency based assessment plan, focusing on giving workshops. It describes how to design, plan, deliver and critique a training workshop. The workshop focus is on informal testing. It is used on the third day of the Best Practices for Inspectors 2 course. For more information, please see part 1, part 2, part 4, part 5, part 6, and part 7 of this resource.
Section VII, Pedagogy
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
Section VII of the Guide to the Algerian English Curriculum for Middle School Year 4 (MS4) outlines the pedagogy and corresponding guiding principles for MS4 students. Included are descriptions of the guiding principles, the pedagogy needed to enact the principles and classroom examples.
Appendix A and B, Introduction, Sample Themes, and Topics
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
Appendix sections A and B of the Guide to the Algerian English Curriculum for Middle School Year 4 (MS4) describe the sample themes and topics that span the seven years of the Algerian English curriculum.
How to Activate Vocabulary Handout
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This handout suggests ways that teachers can most effectively "activate" new vocabulary words in their learners. Included are exercises, questionnaires and creative activities.
Day Six: One Possible Paradigm for a Receptive Skills Lesson
Language(s): English
Published: 2008
This resource, used on the sixth day of the Best Practices for Supervisors course, presents a paradigm for receptive English language skills in a reading or listening lesson. This is described on a table, which is used to increase student interest in learning vocabulary related to the topic. The emphasis is on using cultural knowledge and integrating reading or listening text with a broader language framework.
Day Three: Lesson Plan Part II Grammar Worksheet
Language(s): English
Published: 2008
This resource, used on the third day of the Best Practices for Supervisors course, is a worksheet that complements the sample English grammar lesson plan given to participants. Included are exercises for teaching rules related to "used to”.
Methods of Teaching English -Week 2: Learner Characteristics
Language(s): English
Published: 2010
This presentation is to be used when giving the Methods of Teaching English course entitled Learner Characteristics (week 2). It offers a step-by-step outline and includes objectives, tasks and activities for that class.
Prediction within a Sentence Exercise
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This exercise helps students with their reading comprehension skills.