Creative Methodology for Teachers

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Slide 1

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 2

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 3

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 4

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 5

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 6

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 7

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 8

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 9

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 10

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 11

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 12

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 13

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 14

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 15

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 16

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 17

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 18

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 19

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 20

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 21

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 22

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 23

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 24

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 25

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 26

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 27

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 28

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 29

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 30

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.


Slide 31

Beneficiar: Alina-Antoanela Craciun-Stefaniu

13th-25th August 2012
IPC Exeter



To explore various techniques to appeal to different
learning styles;



To provide motivation and build confidence in
participants;



To meet teachers from different European countries
and establish links leading to participation in a
collaborative project

1.Learner autonomy and independent learning
2.Student – generated teaching

3. Motivation.

4.Teaching mixed ability classes

5.Adapting our teaching to different learning styles and learning needs

6.Criteria to select what to teach/prioritising content

7.Drama in the classroom.

8.Contemporary English

9.The Lexical approach.

teacher

student

Who chooses the topic?
Who prepares the materials?
Who writes the tests?
Who chooses the homework?
Who teaches?

motivation

learner
independence

self esteem

achievement



High self
esteem

“I was right.
I can do it!”

High
expectations

Good
performance

Start from the learners rather
than from the book!
Use the classroom walls
imaginatively!

Use “open” rather than
“closed” tasks

Allow “processing time”
Get learners to produce exercises,
tasks and tests themselves.
Provide choices!






Flexible
Open minded
Happy to have a go
Optimistic about
anything new
• Take action without
thinking

•Rational and objective
•Logical thinkers
•Disciplined approach
•Intolerant of anything
subjective or intuitive

•Careful
•Methodical
•Thoughtful
•Slow to make up their
minds and reach a
decision
•Tendency to hold back
from participation

activist

reflector

theorist

pragmatist
•Keen to test things in
practice
•Practical, realistic
•Tendency to reject
anything without
obvious application

The
Letter
I’d like
to…but
you can’t

The
Wink

Drama
techniques
Present
giving

Make a
jumbo jet

Frozen
pictures

The sun
and the
moon











Got time for a natter?
I’m hitting the sack.
What do you want in your sarnie?
He was a bit dodgy.
Don’t forget your brolly!
What a rip-off!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Fancy a quick half?

Put grammar in its proper place.

Teach language holistically
(Don’t separate grammar from
vocabulary)

Language examples should be
concrete, interesting, attractive.