- •Балаценко л.М.
- •Contents
- •Передмова
- •Theme: Learning and Teaching Styles
- •Text 1 managing your study time
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •Text 2 how I got my first-class degree
- •What does it take to graduate from university with a First?
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •Text 3 how to be a good learner (a gapped text)
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- •Vocabulary Practice
- •Text 4 my lessons in the classroom
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •If necessary, write down your answers to the questions.
- •Text 5 allowing for thinking styles
- •I'm Oligarchic, You're Oligarchic
- •Ibm Professor of Psychology and Education
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •Text 6 applying multiple intelligences theory (Abridged)
- •Implications of Ml theory for foreign language education
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •Text 7 a fresh look at the classroom
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •Text 9 a tale of two teachers
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •Insisting
- •Text 10 teaching with a magic touch
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •Introducing a listening activity
- •Introducing a reading activity
- •Introducing a writing activity
- •Introducing a true/false activity
- •Introducing a gap-filling activity
- •Introducing a discussion activity
- •І. Word Formation
- •My Child’s a Genius!
- •Improve Your Child’s Mind
- •І. Idioms
- •Expectation fortune pressure world undone strike useful force light realise
- •3. Expressions with do
- •І. Defining and Non-defining Relative Clauses
- •Іі. Stative Verbs
- •In each sentence, write the correct form of the verb. Explain the differences in meaning between the simple and continuous forms of the verbs.
- •Continuous Aspect
- •Іі. Modal Verbs
- •I. Fill in the blanks below using these phrases and a suitable form of the verbs in the brackets. The first one has been done as an example.
- •In order to learn to write a summary you should do all the activities.
- •I. In pairs or small groups, discuss the following questions.
- •II. Read the texts about reading skills and do the assignments that follow.
- •Informal letters
- •It's a student's life
- •In order to write a good article you should remember the following:
- •Vocabulary in use
- •How to Be a Successful Learner.
- •What Is the Cost of Genius?
- •The Brain and Intelligence
- •Reference literature
- •For Notes For Notes
- •Learning and Teaching Styles Навчаючи вчимося
- •40002, М. Суми, вул. Роменська, 87
Vocabulary Practice
Look at the list below of words and expressions from or based on the article. Put a tick next to those which you might use to talk about a lesson you enjoyed, and a cross next to those you might use to refer to a lesson you found difficult. Then compare your answers with a partner. Explain your choice.
concentrate pencil-grabbing
disruption bad behaviour
water-throwing hard-working
praise Well done!
interest favorable atmosphere
appropriate teaching methods labelling pupils
encouragement teacher’s pets
Text Comprehension
Complete the short summary of the article.
Some researchers initially (1) ………… how often teachers touched their pupils. They then (2) ………… the teachers to touch their pupils (3) …………. when they praised them. They found that in the classes in which teachers touched (4) ……………. they praised, the pupils’ (5) …………. increased dramatically and description in the class (6) …………… .
Talking points
Talk about one or two of the points below with your partner or partners.
What do you think about the results of this experiment?
Why, according to the article, does patting have such an effect?
Do you think patting would have the same effect with secondary age or adult students?
Do/Would you pat your students? Why/Why not?
The following useful language may come handy.
Asking about Regret
What would you have done differently if…?
Do you (ever) regret…?
Do you have any regrets about…?
Do you ever wish you hadn’t…?
Expressing Lack of Regret
I have no regrets about …
Looking back, I’m glad I …
If I hadn’t …, I wouldn’t have (been able to) …
I’ve never regretted (doing …)
I wouldn’t change a thing (about …).
… was the best thing I ever did.
Expressing of Regret
In retrospect, I wish …
With hindsight, I should / could / would …
I really should have known better.
If I could turn back the clock, I …
If I could go back in time, I …
If I knew then what I know now, I …
I’d like to have (done) …
I regret not (doing) …
I have to confess that I often wish I had (n’t) …
CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONS
Doing some activity in the classroom a teacher should be sure that his instructions are clear to his pupils. The classroom instructions given below may come handy for a young teacher. Study them attentively and practise introducing activities of your own.
Introducing a listening activity
Act as a teacher and introduce a listening activity with the following instructions. Read them and then fill in the blanks.
“OK, now this time we’re going to listen 1)…… the excerpt again but in greater detail. I want 2)…… to 3)………. .the summary of the excerpt as you listen. OK? That’s right, fill 4)…. the blanks in this passage.
Now, before you listen again, 5)………. you read the summary to make 6)……… you understand it and to know what you’re listening 7)……. ? If there are any words you don’t understand, just 8)……… me.”
Now introduce the same activity to a partner as if you were speaking to a class. Use your own words or those above.