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Making it personal means making it meaningful Liam Tyler Macmillan English IPT Russia
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Whats the difference?
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Why do we continue to…. give students boring, impersonal, irrelevant tasks? try to drill and train students? try to get students to store and retrieve impossible amounts of information?
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Lets make teaching more personal, more human!
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Personalising learning 1.What is personalised learning? 2.Why personalise learning? 3.What does personalising learning involve? 4.Examples of personalised activities and resources: vocabulary, grammar and speaking.
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1. What is personalised learning?
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Personalised learning is….. asking personal questions about learners: salary; age; relationships. taking into account learning styles and approaches. allowing learners complete control over what goes on in class. becoming our students best friends. finding out about learner opinions and interests. putting the learner at the centre of the learning process.
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Personalised learning….. takes into account prior learning and experience. involves finding out about learners. gives students choice and voice. is about localisation and humanisation. involves learner-centred activities and tasks.
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2. Why should we personalise learning?
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Why should we personalise learning? its more M E A N I N G F U L its more R E L E V A N T its more E N G A G I N G its more M O T I V A T I N G it s more R E S P O N S I V E its more C H A L L E N G I N G its more H U M A N!
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3. What does personalised learning involve?
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Personalised learning is more than a portfolio of effective teaching and learning strategies focused on the individual; it is primarily about an ethics and culture. UK National College for School Leadership
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Personalised learning permeates all aspects of the teaching process ….. Learner needs and interests Learner styles Lesson planning
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Class profile interests aims background s preferences styles
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4. Personalised activities and materials
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Many coursebooks have shortcomings in the areas of… Personalisation Localisation Humanisation
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Coursebooks should be designed to facilitate personalisation.
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Personalising vocabulary and grammar
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An off the cuff remark To buckle down As bright as a button To collar someone To tighten ones belt To wear ones heart on ones sleeve
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Personalising vocabulary Personalisation
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Student choice
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Personalisation and localisation
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Personalising speaking
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Rob Zurich 28.08.2012 BA 16
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You ask the questions! Who……? Where…….? When…….? What……..?
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www.insideout.net/new
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New Inside Out series A renewed commitment to meaningful presentation, meaningful practice and meaningful communication.
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Ten reasons why teachers like New Inside Out 1.Subjects that matter to students 2.Making it personal means making it meaningful 3.Teachable for teachers 4.Varies methods create vitality 5.Activities that get people talking 6.Practice makes perfect 7.Giving students skills to be self-sufficient 8.Building a better every day vocabulary 9.Real life grammar for real life English 10.Success is guaranteed
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The case for personalisation is strong! Personalising lessons: makes them more engaging, stimulating, relevant and human! Think about the learners ate all stages, including the planning process. Make a real effort to get to know your students: interests, learning styles, needs. Use New Inside Out for personalised, localised, and meaningful practice tasks.
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