- •Методическая записка
- •Contents
- •Visit its webpage1, then work out a similar word map for the words “method” and “principle”.
- •After Babel, a new common tongue. It turns out to be Engiish
- •Translate and Render 1.1 Применение Lingvo 9.0
- •Speak about the most promising ones. Comment on your choice.
- •Read and Discuss 1.2.
- •Global Issues in Higher Education
- •Exercises 1.2.
- •Listen and Discuss 1.2.
- •1) What University is putting pressure on other schools to expand financial aid for students?
- •2) What is “college endowment”?
- •3) Do you think that high educational fees are always fair?
- •Read and Write 1.2.
- •Burrhus Frederic Skinner
- •Edward Lee Thorndike
- •John Broadus Watson *
- •Integrated approach
- •Students forced to sign 'I'll try harder' contracts
- •Exercises 1.3.
- •Translate and Render 1.3. Британские университеты могут "сдать мировые позиции"
- •Listen and Discuss 1.3.
- •Discuss and Write1.3.
- •What do you know about the Bologna process?
- •What are implications of those agreements and compacts that laid the foundation of single European educational space?
- •The Russian system of higher education in view of the Bologna process
- •Exercises 1.4.
- •Translate and Render 1.4 Фундаментальная методика
- •Классический подход к изучению иностранного языка
- •Listen and Discuss 1.4.
- •1) What are the changes that can be observed in teaching efl at universities?
- •2) Listen to the voa educational report “Teachers of English in Russia Feeling Winds of Change in Their Profession” and see whether you were right.
- •3) Answer the following questions.
- •Discuss and Write1.4.
- •Find and present information 1.4.
- •Suggestopedia
- •In Practice
- •Exercises 1.5.
- •Translate and Render 1.5. Интенсивная методика
- •Эмоционально-смысловой метод
- •Listen and Discuss 1.5. College, University or Institute?
- •Discuss and Write1.5.
- •To promote one of the fringe methods of teaching
- •To criticize fringe methods in favour of traditional ones.
- •1) What do the letters call stand for? What do you know about this system of learning?
- •2) What are obvious advantages of call?
- •3) Study the information provided in the right columns and find the heading to it in the left one.
- •Read and Discuss 1.6.
- •Exercises 1.6.
- •Translate and Render 1.6. Технологии дистанционного обучения в России
- •Listen and Discuss 1.6.
- •What is e-learning?
- •What can be advantages and disadvantages of e-learning?
- •Listen, fill the gaps and check your answers.
- •Discuss and Write1.6.
- •Do you know what the notion Threshold level implies? If not, read and find out.
- •Do you know any other ways to denote the level of language competence?
- •Read and Discuss 2.1.
- •For students different levels of language proficiency (Elementary, Pre-intermediate, Intermediate, Upper-Intermediate, Advanced);
- •For young learners and adult learners;
- •For professionals to communicate in academic communities, for those who need language for private communication (with friends, guests etc.) Syllabuses in elt
- •Exercises 2.1.
- •Translate and Render 2.1. Разработка Образовательной программы школы
- •Listen and Discuss 2.1.
- •What country is going to introduce a national curriculum? Why?
- •Who are the participants to the discussion. What points do they make in the report?
- •Discuss and Write 2.1.
- •A comparison of traditional and holistic approaches*
- •Unit 2.2. How to Design a Syllabus? Terminology to Study 2.2.
- •Lead-in 2.2.
- •Read and Discuss 2.2.
- •For students having different levels of language proficiency (Elementary, Pre-intermediate, Intermediate, Upper-Intermediate, Advanced);
- •For young learners and adult learners;
- •For professionals to communicate in academic communities, for those who need language for private communication (with friends, guests etc.)
- •Translate and Render 2.2. Целеполагание при проектировании урока
- •Listen and Discuss 2.2.
- •Ideas for Constructing an esl Syllabus
- •1. Decide what you need to teach.
- •2. Decide what you can teach.
- •3. Decide how to organize the syllabus.
- •4. Teacher Expectations
- •5. Helpful information (if you are giving your students a copy of the syllabus, which is advised):
- •Read and Discuss 2.3.
- •For students different levels of language proficiency (Elementary, Pre-intermediate, Intermediate,Upper -Intermediate, Advanced);
- •For young learners and adult learners;
- •For professionals to communicate in academic communities, for those who need language for private communication (with friends, guests etc.)
- •Translate and Render 2.3.
- •Listen and Discuss 2.3.
- •What do all the missing words and word combinations from Part 1 have in common? What are the possible teaching objectives of the task?
- •Now consider the teaching objectives in Part 2 of this listening task. When and how can these ideas be integrated into the teaching process?
- •Lead-in 2.4.
- •Read and Discuss 2.4.
- •Translate and Render 2.4. О программах изучения английского языка
- •Listen and Discuss 2.4.
- •Adult beginners
- •Bachelors of Arts
- •Migrants to the usa
- •Intermediate Level Syllabus Outline
- •Course Structure
- •30 Hours practical application and self-instruction
- •Read and Discuss 2.5.
- •Problems with synthetic syllabi
- •Translate and Render 2.5. О типологии образовательных программ
- •Listen and Discuss 2.5.
- •Cardinal Pell wades into Victorian education debate
- •Discuss and Write 2.5.
- •Books recommended for home studies
- •Printed Journals
- •Online journals
- •Find and Present the information 1.2.:
- •Listening 1.3
- •Find and Present the information 1.3.:
- •Module 2. Unit 2.1. Listening 2.1.
- •Unit 2.2. Listening 2.2.
- •Unit 2.3. Listening 2.3.
- •Unit 2.4. Listening 2.4.
- •Unit 2.5. Listening 2.5.
- •References
Unit 2.2. How to Design a Syllabus? Terminology to Study 2.2.
Choose 2- 3 terms and work out Word Map in Visual Thesaurus Style. For reference you might resort to A Handbook of English-Russian Terminology for Language Teaching
Needs analysis
Aims
Objectives
Performance objectives/behavioral objectives/Instructional objectives
Graded objectives
Process/Product oriented objectives
Content
Ordering/sequencing
Grading
Lead-in 2.2.
What is needs analysis? How is it to be conducted? Why is it important?
In simplest terms, a needs analysis includes all the activities used to collect information about your students' learning needs, wants, wishes, desires, etc… The process also sometimes involves looking at the expectations and requirements of other interested parties such as the teacher/teacher's aid/ tutor (you), administrators, financial supporters, and other people who may be impacted by the program (such as students' family members or employers). A needs analysis can be very formal, extensive and time consuming, or it can be informal, narrowly focused and quick. Some of resources for conducting a needs analysis may include surveys and questionnaires, test scores, and interviews.
The information gleaned from a needs analysis can be used to help you define program goals. These goals can then be stated as specific teaching objectives, which in turn will function as the foundation on which to develop lesson plans, materials, tests, assignments and activities. Basically, a needs analysis will help you to clarify the purposes of your language program.
How a needs analysis is completed will depend on the situation, who is doing it, why it is being done, etc… For example, in the first class I ever taught as a student teacher, my team-teacher and I really wanted to customize our instruction. We wanted our students to feel like we valued their input and opinions. We wanted them to see that we would implement suggestions that they gave us so that they would feel that this was really their class.
We put together a survey and a questionnaire to give our students on the first day as a sort of informal needs analysis that we could then use to help develop our lessons. We handed them out, and immediately panicked when we realized our students couldn't understand a lick of what we had just given them and that half of our first day's lesson was shot.
We ended up quickly sketching a mouth, an ear, a pencil, and an open book. By using our simple drawings and gestures we were able to get our students to raise their hands for the skill that was most important to them. After most of our students raised their hands for the mouth (speaking) and the ear (listening) we recognized that our detailed questionnaire and probing survey that focused primarily on reading and writing was not the right tool for needs analysis for that class.
We learned from that initial needs analyses, and as we continued to implement needs analysis through informal assessment over the semester to tweak our lesson planning, we became more flexible and better at figuring out our students needs and how best to meet them.
Complete a needs analysis for your volunteer situation: Figure out the demographics of your students and what they need to get out of the class. Describe this in detail as well as how you obtained your information (Don't underestimate the value of talking with other teachers-or others who currently are or have been in your same situation!). /.../
Find out how the needs of the students in your classroom were assessed. Describe why you think it was completed the way it was. Do you think the needs analysis was sufficient? Why or why not?
DISCOVERY
What do you believe to be the most pressing need of your students? How did you determine this? Why do you think it is important? Is this need being proportionately addressed in your lesson plans? How? If it is not, how will you modify your objectives and lessons to attend to that need?
What do you really know about your students' needs? Before or after class or during a break, ask a student in your class why he or she needs to learn English. Describe what he or she tells you and then write a brief reaction (1-2 paragraphs) about it.
VISION
Think about the situation in which you are currently volunteering. What student needs is the language program meeting? What are some of the needs your students have that are not being met? How do you think the program administrators, teachers, etc. chose which needs to address? If you could determine the content of the language program, how would you go about doing so?
Have you ever taken a class that has made you wonder, "Why am I here?" How do you think students can help convey to their teachers what their needs are? When you are in a class, do you think about what you need to get out of it? What things do you do to either make your needs known or meet those needs on your own?