Day Five Lesson Plan: Reading in "Sahara Unit" MS4 File 5
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2008
This resource, used on the fifth day of the Best Practices for Supervisors course, provides a sample English reading lesson plan. The lesson provides practice on reading, speaking, writing and vocabulary skills, in a lesson on pre-historic life in the Sahara. It also reviews grammar lessons on the use of “used to…” and “didn’t use to...”. Included are: sample personal goals, objectives, assessment methods, rationale and interaction patterns, target Algerian English Framework competencies and required materials and/or resources.
Writing -Week 7
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This document is a detailed lesson plan for a second Moodle session on writing with feedback strategies and guidelines on correcting student writing assignments. Included are activities/tasks, reading suggestions, objectives, expected outcomes, follow-up and handouts for the course's seventh session.
Moodle Site and www.algeriatesol.org Orientation
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2011
This handout introduces teachers and trainers to the Moodle website. The website helps teachers find sample lessons, teacher competencies, the meaning of English language teaching terminology, and other useful teaching related material.
Section V, Algerian English Framework (AEF) Table for Grades 6-12
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2011
This resource consists of a series of tables that supplement Section V of the Guide to the Algerian English Curriculum for Middle School Year 4 (MS4). It outlines the expected level of attainment of each of the competencies by grade level and across grade level. It also includes a focus on oral interaction, interpretive listening and reading, productive writing and listening, and linguistic competency.
Questions When Considering Planning a Workshop Session
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2012
This resource, part of the Inspector Manual, provides a brief guide to planning a workshop session. Included are a series of guiding questions and corresponding answers for planning a session. Discussion topics focus on what is expected of the participants, what is needed of the instructor and how to assess what participants have gained from the workshop.
Changing Instructional Strategies and the Role of the Principal
Langue(s): Anglais, Arabe
Publié: 2010
This presentation describes teacher-centered learning, offers tips for teachers to adapt their current methods to ensure that students are more involved in their learning, and then outlines the characteristics of active learning. Also included is an explanation of the "checking for understanding" technique.
Day Five: Dear Becky
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2008
This resource, used on the fifth day of the Best Practices for Supervisors course, is a reading exercise that complements the sample English reading lesson plan on pre-historic life in the Sahara.
How to Do Informal Testing Handout
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2011
This handout explains the value and process of conducting informal testing in a classroom. Informal tests utilize methods like peer testing and concept questions in order to encourage students to track their progress and motivate themselves.
Teacher Self-Assessment Form
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2012
This resource, part of the Inspector Manual, provides a three-part teacher self-assessment exercise. The exercises aim to analyze individual strengths and areas for improvement and provide a plan to take action to develop competencies.
Developing Competency-Based Learner Assessments
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2012
Overview of Weekly Learning Events - Structure
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This document presents a structure for Moodle training sessions. It contains flow charts and diagrams that illustrate the steps trainers can follow when giving Moodle workshops.
Task-Based Learning Methods of Teaching English -Week 1
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This document is a detailed lesson plan for a Moodle session on task-based learning. Included are activities/tasks, reading suggestions, objectives, expected outcomes, follow-up and handouts for the course's first session.
Grammar -Week 9
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This document is a detailed lesson plan for a Moodle session on grammar - how to incorporate grammar teaching in communicative tasks and different approaches to using grammar in English teaching. Included are activities/tasks, reading suggestions, objectives, expected outcomes, follow-up and handouts for the course's ninth session.
Designing and Developing a Learner-Centered Course
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This manual guides trainees through the different steps of designing a learner-centered course. It is structured so that trainees can directly write in ideas and notes as they develop their class.
Day Four: Lesson Plan
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2008
This resource, used on the fourth day of the Best Practices for Supervisors course, is a lesson plan template for teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) teacher and teacher supervisor. It includes a table for teachers to record their personal goals, the lesson's focus, objectives, procedures, rationale and interaction patterns (teacher to student, student to student), competencies to target, methods for assessment, required materials and/or resources, and post-lesson teacher reflections.
Student-Centered Learning Principles Matrix
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This manual describes the principles of student-centered learning. It gives teachers ideas and examples about how to make their classroom a more communicative learning environment that fosters independent thought. Each section explains the principles, how to prepare, how to implement various activities and how to best follow-up.
Syllabus, Best Practices for Inspectors Online 2
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2012
This syllabus outlines the 12-week curriculum and educational goals of the Best Practices for Inspectors online course. Included are a table that labels each week’s lesson and a list of skill expectations from completion of the course.
Teacher Observation and Feedback Overview
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2012
This resource, part of the Inspector Manual, provides descriptions of observation visits and practical application for teachers and inspectors. Discussion topics focus on guidelines to implementing observation visits and incorporating observation visits into teaching.
Class/Lecture Skills: Questions and Suggested Actions
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2011
This handout provides a list of questions for teachers or trainers to ask themselves in the classroom. The questions focus on preparation and organization, delivery, and post-class activities and evaluations.
Canale and Swain’s Communicative Competence
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2011
This handout explains the model of communicative competence, including definitions of grammatical competence, discourse competence, sociolinguistic competence and strategic competence.
Day Four: Daily Schedule
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2008
This resource provides a plan for the fourth day of the Best Practices for Supervisors course, including the schedule, training objectives and activities. Sample activities include: identifying teachers’ anticipated strengths and challenges in implementing the Algerian English Framework competencies, participating in a sample training workshop on adapting textbooks and evaluating learning objectives.
Phase Two: Day Two Terminology
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2011
This list of definitions accompanies the lesson for the second day of the Phase Two training session for the Algeria Ministry of Higher Education Faculty Course.
Microskills of Listening Comprehension
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2011
This document lists skills that students need to develop in order to improve their listening comprehension capabilities.
One Framework for Planning a Teacher Training or Development Workshop
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2012
This resource, part of the Inspector Manual, provides guidelines to workshop development and successful workshop participation. Discussion topics focus on participants sharing, reflecting and analyzing common experience related to a target strategy.
Methods of Teaching English -Week 11: Integrating Skills
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This presentation is to be used when giving the Methods of Teaching English course entitled Integrating Skills (week 11). It offers a step-by-step outline and includes objectives, tasks and activities for that class.
Methods of Teaching English -Week 3: Assessment
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This presentation is to be used when giving the Methods of Teaching English course entitled Assessment (week 3). It offers a step-by-step outline and includes objectives, tasks and activities for that class.
The Algerian English Framework (AEF)
Langue(s): Anglais, Français
Publié: 2010
This framework provides details on the levels of English competency in the following categories: interaction, interpretive learning, interpretive reading, productive writing, productive speaking and linguistic competency.
Grammar -Week 10
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This document is the second lesson plan for a Moodle session on grammar. It builds off of the previous session and continues to explore questions related to grammar teaching. Included are activities/tasks, reading suggestions, objectives, expected outcomes, follow-up and handouts for the course's tenth session.
'Good' Teacher Excerpt
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2011
This handout defines the concept of what a 'good' teacher is. Ideas include fostering a comfortable environment in which there is two-way learning between teachers and students, and encouraging habits that will endure outside the classroom.
Pre-During-Post Framework for Listening Texts Questions
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 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.