How to teach: English skills
Skill Reading
Stage
Pre - Generic activities:
Motivation
- Activate previews
knowledge
- Present the topic with
brainstorm
While First part:
- Give the handouts and
instructions
- Give time to read
- Ask “What did you
understand from the
text?”
- Identify
words/vocabulary
- Participation with
students
- Explain the exercises by
chunks
- Tell the students if they
work alone, in pairs, or
groups.
Second part:
-Connect the contents:
Lexica, grammar and
phonetics with the
activities.
Post - Feedback: Check
understanding and sum
up the class
- Metacognition
questions: “What did you
learn today? Was it
difficult?”
- Reflection: Questions
based on OFT
- Extend the knowledge:
Give sources and
motivate them for the
next class.
Speaking Writing Listening
- Motivation - Motivation - Generic activity
- Activate previews - Activate previews - Present key words with
knowledge knowledge visual aids
- Present topic with - Present topic with - Prepare them to listen
brainstorm brainstorm quietly
- The students are asked - Write in the board the - Ensure students: don’t
to create a dialogue in keywords worry
pairs based on the topic -Make sure students know
presented at the - Present examples in the what they are listening to
beginning of the class board using the keywords before starting the
listening
- Write the examples on - Give questions to check
- While prompting the the board and read them students’ comprehension
students, the teacher - Do the listening (3 times)
must get involved in - Give instructions and - The students must look
helping them with a ask students to make for specific information
script, through repetition sentences or a paragraph - Teaching time: Check lexic
and memorization. by themselves and grammar structures
After listening
- Students can represent - It is important to not - Compare notes in small
a dialogue (roleplay) to look for perfect accuracy groups
check their output on writing in students - Write a summary of the
main points and compare
- Make a list of any new
vocabulary
- Students represent their - Students can read aloud -Feedback: Check
work for the teacher to their sentences or understanding and sum up
check errors paragraphs the class
- Reflection: Questions
- Feedback - Feedback: check errors based on OFT
- Metacognition - Metacognition - Metacognition
- Reflection - Reflection - Suggestions