Planning and Delivering Workshops
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2012
This resource, part of the Inspector Manual, provides guidelines for inspectors to plan and deliver workshops for teachers. Discussion topics focus on the various inspector roles while delivering workshops, as well as the importance of getting feedback from teachers.
How to Prepare a Workshop
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 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
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 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.
Pre-During-Post Framework for Listening Texts
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2011
This handout aims to help students contextualize what they are hearing, so they can improve their listening comprehension skills.
Involving Parents and Communities
Langue(s): Anglais, Arabe
Publié: 2010
This presentation is about the importance of involving parents in their children's education and school activities. Included are advice on how to best communicate with parents and reflection questions for trainees to assess how involved parents are in their schools.
Speaking - Week 4
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 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
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 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.
Leading Change
Langue(s): Anglais, Arabe
Publié: 2010
This presentation offers insight into the role of principals as culture architects and culture change agents. It also explains the importance of assessing a school's culture and defining a school vision. Finally, it goes over the eight-stage process of change.
Principles of Instructed Second Language Acquisition
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 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
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 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)
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 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)
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 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.
Guidelines of Training for Trainers
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2011
This resource, used in the Best Practices for Inspectors Online 1 course, focuses on the process of training trainers. Included are a series of pointers and considerations to be used in any training of trainers exercise. Discussion topics focus on planning, preparation, good techniques, attitude and facilitator behavior.
Textbook Adaption
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 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
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 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
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 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
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 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
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 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
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 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
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 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
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2011
This handout suggests ways that teachers can most effectively "activate" new vocabulary words in their learners. Included are exercises, questionnaires and creative activities.
Civic Education Module: Human Rights
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2014
Day Six: One Possible Paradigm for a Receptive Skills Lesson
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 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
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 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
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 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
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2011
This exercise helps students with their reading comprehension skills.
Activity Format Analysis
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2012
This chart, part of the Inspector Manual, analyzes the use of different activity formats as assessment tools. Included are summaries of the pros and cons of various activity formats for reading and listening, writing, speaking and language use. Discussion topics focus on activity formats that range from short answer and multiple choice to dictation and oral presentation.
Day 4 Handout
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2012
This resource is a handout focusing on understanding the characteristics of competency based assessment. Included are writing exercises and questions about the qualities of competency based assessment, as well as a rubric for assessing the writing exercises. It is used on the fourth day of the Best Practices for Inspectors 2 course.