This document discusses strategies for effective classroom language use. It includes activities to help teachers and students get to know each other, identify common problems in teaching English, and understand classroom language. Worksheets are provided to have participants reflect on building a positive learning environment and overcoming challenges like students' lack of confidence in speaking English. The goal is to motivate students and teachers to communicate in English in class by creating an immersive language atmosphere and giving opportunities to practice.
This document discusses strategies for effective classroom language use. It includes activities to help teachers and students get to know each other, identify common problems in teaching English, and understand classroom language. Worksheets are provided to have participants reflect on building a positive learning environment and overcoming challenges like students' lack of confidence in speaking English. The goal is to motivate students and teachers to communicate in English in class by creating an immersive language atmosphere and giving opportunities to practice.
This document discusses strategies for effective classroom language use. It includes activities to help teachers and students get to know each other, identify common problems in teaching English, and understand classroom language. Worksheets are provided to have participants reflect on building a positive learning environment and overcoming challenges like students' lack of confidence in speaking English. The goal is to motivate students and teachers to communicate in English in class by creating an immersive language atmosphere and giving opportunities to practice.
Objectives : 1. Get the participants to know each other 2. Make all participants feel comfort 3. Create positive atmosphere
Activities : Finds someone who ... Give all participants an activity worksheet Ask them to get information from the other participants based on the questions given as many as they can
Alternative 1
Alternative 2
WORKSHEET 1-B
Ask questions to as many friends as you can to find who ...
1. Loves to teach ... 2. Like to go bed early... 3. Loves singing in the bathroom ... 4. Likes to climb a tree when you were a child ... 5. Have more than 2 mobile phones... WORKSHEET 1-A
Ask questions to as many friends as you can to find who ...
1. Had dream to be a teacher when you were a child ... 2. Ever came late to school ... 3. Loves singing in the bathroom ... 4. Ever won a quiz ... 5. Drinks eight glasses of water a day... 2. COMMON PROBLEMS IN TEACHING ENGLISH Objectives : To get all participants to realize some common problems in teaching English Activities : Reflection (Realizing)
Alternative 1 Gives all participants a blank worksheet about what handicaps that both of students and teachers face in English class
Make an agreement on what they have found based on the worksheet
WORKSHEET 2
Complete the list below. What handicaps that both of students and teachers face in English class
NO Teachers Students 1 Do not confident to speak English Do not listen to the teacher 2 Low voice Afraid to speak English 3 ... ... 4 ... ... 5 ... ... 6 ... ... 7 ... ... 8 ... ... 9 ... ... 10 ... ...
Alternative 2 Make reflection on conditions given on the worksheet
Discuss and get some key points due to lack of success in teaching and learning English at school
WORKSHEET 3
NO When you teach ... Yes No 1 Create English-speaking atmosphere in the class 2 Use English during the lesson 3 Get students attention with your speaking 4 Do not confident to speak English 5 Use enough voice 6 Use good and proper intonation when speaking 7 Give the opportunity the students to speak 8 Motivate the students to use English in the class 9 Use English in giving instruction 10 Use simple words in giving instruction 11 Make a proper gesture in giving instruction 12 Always correcting your students when they speak 13 Make your students to speak grammatically 14 The students do not listen to you 15 The students are afraid to use English
3. CLASSROOM LANGUAGE Objectives : 1. The participants know what classroom language is 2. To motivate participants that they can communicate in English in the class by maximizing classroom language Activities : Lead participants to discuss about what can they do to deal with common problems appeared in teaching Engish in the class
Share what classroom language is, so that the participants realize on how important of giving exposure to students, giving the opportunity to the students to use English that motivated students to use English in the class Lead the participants to list what they can do to surpass the problems they have found.
WORKSHEET 3
NO When you teach ... Yes No 1 Create English-speaking atmosphere in the class 2 Use English during the lesson 3 Get students attention with your speaking 4 Do not confident to speak English 5 Use enough voice 6 Use good and proper intonation when speaking 7 Give the opportunity the students to speak 8 Motivate the students to use English in the class 9 Use English in giving instruction 10 Use simple words in giving instruction 11 Make a proper gesture in giving instruction 12 Always correcting your students when they speak 13 Make your students to speak grammatically 14 The students do not listen to you 15 The students are afraid to use English
4. STARTING AND FINISHING A LESSON Objectives : 5. GIVING INSTRUCTIONS