This resource, used in the Best Practices for Inspectors Online 1 course, focuses on how to improve listening skills for language learners. Included is a Q&A that summarizes what is known about the listening process as it relates to adult second language learners.
This presentation is to be used when giving the Methods of Teaching English course entitled Speaking - Part 2 (week 5). It offers a step-by-step outline and includes objectives, tasks and activities for that class.
This resource, used on the eighth day of the Best Practices for Supervisors course, is an overview of the components supervisors should look for while observing English language teachers. The document includes questions and a checklist on the teacher’s lesson objectives, activities and method of assessment.
This resource, used on the first day of the Best Practices for Supervisors course, is a diagram of the Experiential Learning Cycle process. The four steps in this process include: concrete experience, observations and reflection, formation of abstract concepts and generalizations, and testing implications of concepts in new situations.
This document, used in the Best Practices for Supervisors course, is a section from the Guide to the Algerian English Curriculum for Middle School 4 (MS4), a manual designed to support teachers in understanding and implementing the Algerian English Curriculum for the fourth year of middle school. The guide details the competencies for each year of English study and objectives for the final year of middle school. It also provides examples of pedagogy and assessment when using the curriculum, and contains sample themes and a sample unit.
This resource, part of the Inspector Manual, focuses on the principles of adult learning and importance for successful teaching. Discussion topics focus on the benefits of the actively involved learning process, the need to show respect and the importance of utilizing a variety of teaching techniques.
This resource, used on the tenth day of the Best Practices for Supervisors course, is an evaluation questionnaire to be completed by participants.
This resource is part two of a competency based assessment plan focusing on evaluating and writing rubrics. Included are the objectives, required materials, timing, rationale and procedure for completing the assessments. It is used on the second day of the Best Practices for Inspectors 2 course. For more information, please see part 1, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, and part 7 of this resource.
This presentation is to be used when giving the Methods of Teaching English course entitled Grammar - Part 1 (week 9). It offers a step-by-step outline of that class, including objectives, tasks and activities.
This exercise encourages teachers to ask other teachers questions about their backgrounds, their interest in the English language and their use of technology when teaching classes.