SPECIAL TEACHING METHODS/PRACTICE

GOOD EVENING FOR EVERYONE :)) TODAY ALSO A NEW TOPIC FOR YOU THAT I WILL SHARE WITH YOU. AS YOU KNOW THIS TERM WE HAVE ''SPECIAL TEACHING METHODS'' CLASS AFTER THE VISAS OUR FIRST UNIT IS ''PRACTICE'' LET ME SHARE WITH YOU WHAT WE LEARNED...

1)ORAL PRACTICE:Drills are usually very controlled and therefore they have limited potential. Because they are fairly repetitive and not very creative they should not be used for too long or too frequently. However they do give students the opportunity for safe practice accuracy can be focused on as the students get a chance to rehearse language. In the following examples the first three concentrate on practicing question forms whilst the fourth looks at a way of making drills a bit more fun.  

a) four phase drills: four phase drills are so called because there are four phases or stages Q-A-Q-A. The reason why four is in brackets is of course because we can also have six or eight-phase-phase drills or any number for that matter although for seems to be the most usable. The students are encouraged to ask a question and on the basis of the answer follow it up with another question for eample;

A: Is john English
B: No he isn't.
A: Where is he from, then?
B: He is Australian.

b) mixed question and answer drills: the difference between mixed question and answer drills is that the former have more questions than the latter and they can be  asked in any order. In the following example the teacher works with the whole class who see the following wall picture.
Students are then put in pairs to work with similar pictures and they might use the answers to write short paragraphs for example Jean Paul is from Paris.

c)talking about frequency of activities: In this drill students work with a specially prepared set of flashcards. The cards show various activities taking place. Students are put in groups of four and set of flashcards is placed in front of them face downwards.

    THESE ARE THE WHAT WE LEARNED TODAY IN SPECIAL TEACHING METHODS CLASS MY POSTS WILL BE GO ON NEXT GOOD NIGHT FOR EVERYONE...