Week 13

Principles and purposes of remedial and enrichment activities

Principle of remedial activities
Decrease length of tasks
Break one task into smaller parts to be completed at different times
Type of input- teacher made material which are short basic sentences,
clear pronunciation, small stock words
Use a lot of visual support in the form of pictures, gestures and facial
expressions
Build a lot of redundancy so pupils get the answer without too much
difficulty
Purpose for Remedial
To help learners overcome gaps & errors in their English, especially
fossilized errors
To make learners notice their mistakes or errors and discover for
themselves what is wrong and right.
To reactivate, consolidate and clarify previously presented language
items.
To monitor leaner's errors, mistakes or slips.
To distinguish between general problems and those of individual
learners.
Improve learning skill or rectify a problem area
Teach basic skills that are weakness that are the foundation for
learning a subject in greater detail so that students can develop a
detailed understanding.
Taught individually or in groups to overcome weaknesses that may
hinder learning.
Enrichment
Enrichment is a form of differentiation as is extension.
It gives students opportunities for accelerated progress and access to
new, more challenging concepts or content.
Principles of enrichment activities
1. Identify the level of target pupils.
2. External activities may not be tied into or followed up by classroom work
which would help embed and consolidate the extended learning
3. Adjust the language level to become more challenging . For example, omit
any pictures or diagrams included to help the students.
4. The suggested enrichment activities should challenge students critical and
creative thinking, enhance students achievement, and develop students
language skills .
5. The enrichment activities should be designed and presented in a
constructivist way that encourages the students to make new connections to
their prior experiences and construct their own understanding.
6. Activities within the suggested enrichment program should provide the high
proficiency students with opportunities to reinvent the mathematical ideas
through both exploration and the refining of earlier ideas.
7. provide opportunity for students to further enhance their understanding

8.enable students to learn in ways that differ from the methods normally used
in the lesson as normally enrichment activities are interactive and project
focused
-allow students to apply knowledge and skills