Learn more about these effective instructional strategies.
Checking for comprehension in the classroom enables the teacher to receive real-time evidence of learning and is critical to keeping students moving towards the lesson’s objective.
Differentiated instruction is an approach that enables instructors to plan strategically to meet the needs of every learner. The approach encompasses planning and delivery of instruction, classroom management techniques, and expectations of learners’ performance that take into consideration the diversity and varied levels of readiness, interests, and learning profiles of learners.
Formative assessment is a range of formal and informal assessment procedures conducted by teachers during the learning process in order to modify teaching and learning activities to improve student attainment.
An inductive approach to teaching language starts with examples and asks learners to find rules.
The language experience approach (LEA) is a whole language approach that promotes reading and writing through the use of personal experiences and oral language. Click here for picture stories related to health literacy that lend themselves to LEA activities.
In the lesson structure known as PPP (Presentation, Practice, Production), the teacher presents the target language and then gives students the opportunity to practice it through very controlled activities. The final stage of the lesson gives the students the opportunity to practice the target language in freer activities which bring in other language elements. For further reading, we recommend The Practice of English Language Teaching (Pearson, 2015) by Jeremy Harmer.
Scaffolding is a teaching method that enables a student to solve a problem, carry out a task, or achieve a goal through a gradual shedding of outside assistance.
Student-centered learning is an approach to learning in which learners choose not only what to study but also how and why, with the emphasis on learner responsibility and activity. For further reading, we recommend Making Meaning Making Change (CAL, 1992) by Elsa Roberts Auerbach and Talking Shop (CAL, 1992) by Andrea Nash, Ann Cason, Madeline Rhum, Loren McGrail, & Rosario Gomez-Sanford.
Teacher talking time (TTT) refers to the amount of class time the teacher spends speaking to the class, either as part of a lecture or in discussions. Particularly in ESOL classes, more time needs to be given to students so they can speak more—language learners improve more rapidly when they’re able to practice what they’ve learned more often. Click here to read about some techniques to reduce TTT & increase STT.
Total Physical Response (TPR) is a teaching technique that enables students to acquire new English vocabulary by listening to and carrying out spoken commands.
The WIPPEA Model, an acronym that stands for Warm-up, Introduction, Presentation, Practice, Evaluation, Application, is a lesson plan model that represents a continuous teaching cycle in which each learning concept builds on the previous one, serving as an instructional roadmap for instructors. Click here for Lesson Plan Template.
Checking for comprehension in the classroom enables the teacher to receive real-time evidence of learning and is critical to keeping students moving towards the lesson’s objective.
Differentiated instruction is an approach that enables instructors to plan strategically to meet the needs of every learner. The approach encompasses planning and delivery of instruction, classroom management techniques, and expectations of learners’ performance that take into consideration the diversity and varied levels of readiness, interests, and learning profiles of learners.
Formative assessment is a range of formal and informal assessment procedures conducted by teachers during the learning process in order to modify teaching and learning activities to improve student attainment.
An inductive approach to teaching language starts with examples and asks learners to find rules.
The language experience approach (LEA) is a whole language approach that promotes reading and writing through the use of personal experiences and oral language. Click here for picture stories related to health literacy that lend themselves to LEA activities.
In the lesson structure known as PPP (Presentation, Practice, Production), the teacher presents the target language and then gives students the opportunity to practice it through very controlled activities. The final stage of the lesson gives the students the opportunity to practice the target language in freer activities which bring in other language elements. For further reading, we recommend The Practice of English Language Teaching (Pearson, 2015) by Jeremy Harmer.
Scaffolding is a teaching method that enables a student to solve a problem, carry out a task, or achieve a goal through a gradual shedding of outside assistance.
Student-centered learning is an approach to learning in which learners choose not only what to study but also how and why, with the emphasis on learner responsibility and activity. For further reading, we recommend Making Meaning Making Change (CAL, 1992) by Elsa Roberts Auerbach and Talking Shop (CAL, 1992) by Andrea Nash, Ann Cason, Madeline Rhum, Loren McGrail, & Rosario Gomez-Sanford.
Teacher talking time (TTT) refers to the amount of class time the teacher spends speaking to the class, either as part of a lecture or in discussions. Particularly in ESOL classes, more time needs to be given to students so they can speak more—language learners improve more rapidly when they’re able to practice what they’ve learned more often. Click here to read about some techniques to reduce TTT & increase STT.
Total Physical Response (TPR) is a teaching technique that enables students to acquire new English vocabulary by listening to and carrying out spoken commands.
The WIPPEA Model, an acronym that stands for Warm-up, Introduction, Presentation, Practice, Evaluation, Application, is a lesson plan model that represents a continuous teaching cycle in which each learning concept builds on the previous one, serving as an instructional roadmap for instructors. Click here for Lesson Plan Template.