Better teaching through provocation

1. “Instead of traditional lecturing, the combined use of provocative questions and statements that force the class to respond to a particular issue may have more impact and personal meaning than formal approaches”. Share your understanding of the point. Do you agree to it?

Vocabulary Enrichment

acumen agenda aptitude assertion assumption beneficial challenging questions / statements cogent arguments controversial issue delivery (e. g. dramatic or droning lecture); to deliver provocation dubious effective pedagogy entrée to a formal lecture esoteric vocabulary e xtracurricular discussion fallacy fruitful topic golden mean insight perfunctory response philosophic discourse preconceived judgments prone to

provocative techniques pursuit of meaning rationale reinforced stereotype spontaneity stirring questions / statements subjective bias to apply arbitrarily to approach the problem head-on to augment to bestow to cultivate to dismiss to disseminate information to foster to incite to intimidate to maintain to meditate to pique students to think to profess rationale to respect the other’s safety zones to spark enthusiasm ubiquitous

2. Make sure you can explain the following terms:

aptitude, delivery, discourse, esoteric vocabulary, extracurricular, technique.

3. Match the following definitions with nouns:

1. A way of speaking………

2. A natural ability or talent………

3. The ability to perceive the true or hidden nature of things………

4. A supposition, hypothesis, guess………

5. Insight, intelligence, wisdom………

6. Erroneous belief………

7. Search, quest………

8. Statement, claim………

9. The right / permission to enter………

10. A fundamental reason: rational basis; justification………

11. An inclination or preference that interferes with impartial judgment: prejudice………

4. Use the proper derivatives:

1. He (dismiss) the remark without listening.

2. (Intimidate) is no good in this class.

3. You need to have a good (meditate) before a (challenge) class.

4. The (deliver) of information while lecturing is highly important.

5. The lecturer (challenge) the group with a (stir) question.

6. There’s hardly any other way of (apply) this rule.

7. This is a (controversy) issue.

8. The use of this exercise is highly (benefit).

9. Can you answer the question on the spot, (spontaneous)?

5. Match the words to make up word combinations and be ready to explain their meanings:

to arrive at to bestow to communicate to cultivate to dismiss to formulate to foster to incite to intimidate to meditate to promote to reexamine

a discussion anxiety arguments assumptions conclusions creativity curiosity information learning material students views