GSE ENGLISH METHODS WEEK 14

TODAY’S SCHEDULE 1.Feed back on last week’s presentations 2.The post methods era 3.Discovery learning activity/ KWL chart 4.Analysis 5.Reflection paper

NOTES FOR EVERYONE 1.Always have a purpose for watching a video, give students a few questions to considering while watching 2.Give instructions first, check their understanding, then give out materials 3.Monitor by walking around the classroom, check on your students 4.There are ways to incorporate a method/approach into all parts of the lesson Discuss: Did it feel natural to you to completely rely on only one method/approach for your teaching? What was easy about that? What was difficult?

THE POST-METHODS ERA o Approaches: CLT, CBLT, CBI, Cooperative Learning, Lexical Approaches, MI, Natural Approach, Neurolingistic Programming, TBLT, Whole Language o Methods: Audiolingualism, Community Language Learning, Situational Language Teaching, The Silent Way, Suggestiopedia, TPR o Discuss: Methods tend to have a shorter “shelf life” than approaches do Q: Why do you think this is so?

THE POST-METHODS ERA o Approaches: CLT, CBLT, CBI, Cooperative Learning, Lexical Approaches, MI, Natural Approach, Neurolingistic Programming, TBLT, Whole Language o Methods: Audiolingualism, Counseling Learning, Situational Language Teaching, The Silent Way, Suggestiopedia, TPR o Discuss: Despite what we just talked about, some teachers prefer methods over approaches. Q: Why do you think this is so?

THE ACCEPTANCE OF A METHOD DEPENDS ON ITS EASE OF USE AND DIFFICULTY OF INTRODUCING NEW CHANGES Questions to ask when considering a new method: o What advantages does the approach or method offer? o How compatible is it with teachers’ existing beliefs and attitudes, and organization of classroom and schools? o How easy or difficult is the new concept to understand? o Has it been tested in other classrooms? o Are the benefits clearly communicated? o How clear and practical is it? o Discuss: Let’s say your principal just learned about *insert method* and thinks it’s the best thing ever. Walk through the questions above with your partner. Will it be easy or difficult to introduce it to your school? Let’s role-play!

THE POST-METHODS ERA o Feel free to use approaches/methods and ideas freely & creatively o Teachers should feel free to adapt the method/approach to make it their own o Consider your own personal beliefs on.. o Your role in the classroom o The nature of teaching and learning o What problems learners encounter and how to address these issues o What a successful learning activity is o The structure of an effective lesson o Discuss: Consider the points above. Which methods/approaches fit your teaching style well? Which ones wouldn’t?

KWL CHARTS What Do you Know? What do you want to Know? What did you learn? o Discuss: Let’s say you were just introduced to KWL charts. Would you adopt it for your classroom? What kind of teacher would/wouldn’t like KWLs? o Consider your own personal beliefs on.. o Your role in the classroom o The nature of teaching and learning o What problems learners encounter and how to address these issues o What a successful learning activity is o The structure of an effective lesson

THE POST-METHODS ERA o Let’s look at some lesson plans created by HUFS students step-by-step o Q: Which method(s) or approach(es) do you think the teacher trainees were considering when they were making their lesson plans? Why? Be prepared to share with the class o In some cases each step of their lesson plan might be influenced by a different method, and in other cases one method stands out for the whole lesson.

BOOKSTORE SCAVENGER HUNT Part 1: Three English textbooks. o What’s the textbook name? Which company made it? o What’s its target age/level? o What methods/approaches do you think are being used in this textbook. Why? o Is the textbook effective for the targeted age/level? Why? Part 2: Other hunting questions o Were any of the books you found multicultural? (talked about/embraced many cultures?) o Did you see any differences between British/American/Korean textbooks? o Did any of your textbooks look like you could adapt for the multiple intelligences?

REFLECTION PAPER (FINAL) o After learning and presenting about several methods and approaches over the last semester, which one(s) do you think will influence your teaching the most? Why? o Additional questions: o Which concepts from those methods/approaches did you find appealing? o How do you imagine you’ll use that method/approach in your class? o How will you blend these several methods/approaches together in your class? o Please write a 1 page paper, single or double spaced, Word document o Turn in via by Saturday, June 14 th