Pre-During-Post Framework for Listening Texts Questions
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This handout accompanies "Pre-During-Post Framework for Listening Texts." It provides a list of questions for teachers to ask when administering the activity.
Guiding Principles for Teaching English in Algeria
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This document explains teaching principles and corresponding competencies necessary for teaching English to Second Language Acquisition (SLA) students.
Day Four Trainer Plan
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This curriculum outlines objectives and activities for the fourth day of the Phase two training session for the Algeria Ministry of Higher Education Faculty Course. It focuses on developing lecture/speaking skills.
Sample Lesson Plan: Speaking
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This lesson plan suggests a series of exercises designed to encourage students to speak about every day activities and expand their vocabularies.
Listening Problems ELL Students Have Studying in English University
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This is a list of problems that English Language Learners tend to have when learning how to speak and listen in English.
Trainer Plan Day One
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This curriculum outlines objectives and activities for the first day of the Phase One training session for the Algeria Ministry of Higher Education Faculty Course. Included are a list of objectives, orientation activities and instruction to develop and teach language competence.
Language Analysis Grid
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This handout is helpful for English students to map out and understand the form, meaning and use of specific words in the English language.
Trainer Plan Day Four
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This curriculum outlines objectives and activities for the fourth day of the Phase One training session for the Algeria Ministry of Higher Education Faculty Course. The focus of this curriculum is linguistics.
Clarifying Meaning Worksheet
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This worksheet lists lexical items in one column and ways of clarifying the meaning of those items in another. Teachers and students are asked to clarify each of the items using the method listed next to it.
Find Someone Who Handout
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
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.
Experimental Language Cycle (ELC) Diagram
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This diagram lists the steps for a successful Experimental Learning Cycle (ELC) lesson. The steps include: providing a sample English Language Learner (ELL) lesson, a description of the lesson, analysis of the lesson and a plan for action.
Day Three Trainer Plan
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This curriculum for the third day of the Algerian Ministry of Education Faculty Course focuses on teaching listening skills to English students.
Reading Strategies Exercise
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This exercise asks teachers to identify reading strategies and determine if they should be utilized in the pre-reading phase, during-reading phase or post-reading phase.
Sample Lesson Plan: Grammar
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This sample lesson plan focuses on teaching grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary.
Circles Handout
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This diagram helps to explain the relationship between the teacher educator, the English teacher and the student.
Day Two Trainer Plan
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This curriculum outlines objectives and activities for the second day of the Phase two training session for the Algeria Ministry of Higher Education Faculty Course. It focuses on teaching reading strategies.
Phase Two: Day One Trainer Plans
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This curriculum outlines objectives and activities for the first day of the Phase Two training session for the Algeria Ministry of Higher Education Faculty Course. It also gives recommendations for "getting to know you" activities.
Checking Understanding Questions
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This exercise accompanies the "Checking Understanding" exercise. It encourages teachers to pay close attention to the level of understanding of their students.
Graphic Organizers
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This handout contains visual aids that help students to organize their thoughts and improve their reading comprehension skills.
Reading Strategies
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This handout examines techniques for teaching language learning strategies. There is a particular focus on the active role students should play in strategic reading.
Trainer Plan Day Five
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This curriculum outlines objectives and activities for the fifth day of the Phase One training session for the Algeria Ministry of Higher Education Faculty Course. Topics in this curriculum include lesson planning formats and formative assessment. Also included is a synthesis of Week One of the training session.
SLA Hot Topics
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This exercise asks teachers to indicate how much they agree or disagree with statements related to perceptions about teaching Second Language Acquisition (SLA) students.
Principles of Adult Learning and Best Practices for Teaching Adults
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This handout discusses principles of adult learning and is useful for trainers to reference when working with teachers.
The Teacher Competency Framework
Language(s): English, French
Published: 2010
This resource lists guiding principles for teaching English in Algeria and describes teaching competencies, such as viewing English as a tool to make connections with the world and the aim of communicative competence.
Alternative Medicine
Language(s): Arabic, French
Published: 2010
This presentation presents complementary approaches to surgery and chemotherapy in order to reduce stress and fatigue, such as meditation, music and aromatherapy.