Structural Element - University of Calgary

Structural Element |Content |Instructional Method |Media | |
|Introduction | |Explanation |Photos with teachers of different |
| |"He who dares to teach never ceases | |cultural backgrounds to illustrate |
| |to learn" | |various teaching strategies. |
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| |Teacher is also a learner. In this | |Link to Introduction to |
| |topic, you will have the opportunity | |Student-Centered Instruction in Basic|
| |to exchange and reflect your own | |Education from course 1 text (p. ii &|
| |teaching experience and the teaching | |iii) |
| |methods you used; you will also learn| | |
| |how to use student-centered | | |
| |instruction (SCI ) in your English | | |
| |classroom. | | |
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| |In this professional development | | |
| |topic, you will view some video clips| | |
| |of teaching activities and discuss | | |
| |the following 4 effective English | |Link to National Standard of English |
| |instructional strategies: | |Curriculum |
| |Total Physical Response | | |
| |Language Experience Approach | | |
| |Dialogue Techniques | | |
| |Story Retelling | | |
| |We choose the curriculum topic | | |
| |"school" for the lesson plans in this| | |
| |topic because school is the most | | |
| |familiar environment to our students | | |
| |with many familiar people and objects| | |
| |so that they may have a lot of common| | |
| |topics to share. The topic 'school' | | |
| |is one of the topics introduced at | | |
| |both Lever 2 and Level 5 of the | | |
| |National Standard of English | | |
| |Curriculum. | | | |Structural Element|Content |Instructional |Media |
| | |Method | |
| Initial Activity | Some students seem to be better |Pyramid |An icon with the features of Initial |
| |language learners than other |discussion |Activity is on top of this page. |
| |students. There are a number of | |(create an icon to be used in all 3 |
| |learner characteristics that have | |topics) |
| |been associated with good language | |Text |
| |learners. | | |
| |The purpose of this activity is to | | |
| |engage you in a discussion with your | | |
| |colleagues about different views on | | |
| |what makes a good language learner. | |Link to 'Characteristics of Good |
| |To begin this activity: | |Language Learners' document (attached|
| |Click here for a list of | |at end of production plan) |
| |characteristics of good language | | |
| |learners. | | |
| |Choose and rank five characteristics | | |
| |that you feel are the most important | | |
| |Join a colleague and in pairs take | | |
| |turns sharing the characteristics you| | |
| |chose and the reasons for choosing | | |
| |them | | |
| |Work with your partner to reach | | |
| |agreement on the same five | | |
| |characteristics | | |
| |Once you agree, join another pair of | | |
| |colleagues and present your 5 | | |
| |characteristics and reasons. Again, | | |
| |begin to negotiate with the other | | |
| |pair of colleagues to reach agreement| | |
| |on the same 5 characteristics. | | |
| |Now that you have reached a | | |
| |negotiated agreement, discuss your | | |
| |personal views about what makes a | | |
| |good language learner. Here are two | | |
| |questions to consider: | | |
| |Are the characteristics you chose | | |
| |similar or different from your own | | |
| |language learning characteristics? | | |
| |What kinds of support can a teacher | | |
| |provide that can help develop good | | |
| |language learning characteristics in | | |
| |their students? | | | |Structural Element|Content |Instructional |Media |
| | |Method | |
|Presentation |This topic will introduce you 4 |Explanation |An icon with the features of |
|(Page one) |instructional strategies suitable for| |Presentation is on top of this page. |
| |various English levels. Each strategy| | |
| |will answer three basic questions: | | |
| |What is this strategy? | |Text |
| |Why this instructional strategy is | | |
| |important? | | |
| |How to use this strategy? | | |
| |If you would like to study one of the|Interactive | |
| |strategies, please click one of the |graphic | |
| |questions listed. Click Return after |(table) |Des