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圣才电子书 十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台 Chapter 5 Strategies of English Teaching in Schools
Section 1
1. How should we arrange the seats in the classroom? How should we give instructions to our students? What interaction patterns should we employ in class? What should we do if there are discipline problems? After reading this chapter, do you know what strategy they belong to? What kind of management strategy did your teachers use? What are the similarities and differences among their management strategies? Why do you think they used them? Can you summarize your own ideas on effective management strategies?
Key: 1) The seats of the classroom should be arranged according to the size of the class. The arrangement should meet different kinds of classroom activities. Meanwhile, it should help the teacher to monitor the class and students to see the teacher’s presentation.
2) Different interaction patterns may be adopted based on the needs. It can be the interaction between teacher and the whole class and can also be the interaction between one student and another student, one student and several other students or a group of students and another group of students.
3) If discipline problems arise, teachers should be calm enough to evaluate the situation and be flexible enough to make judgments as to whether some changes should be made.
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www.100xuexi.com 圣才电子书 十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台 4) They belong to the teacher-strategy since they are concerned with how the teacher manages and leads the class.
5) For classroom management, my teachers invariably adopt the orderly rows, since the class is very big and much of the time is spent on listening to the teacher. Not many movements are involved. As for instruction strategy, my teachers demonstrate after giving out clear instructions and always check whether we have understood their meaning. And for activity-selection strategy, they combine the participation-oriented strategy and the goal-oriented strategy.
6) They all want to ensure the discipline of the class and make sure the class goes on as expected. The difference is that some teachers are too focused on one single strategy and are at a loss when something goes wrong.
7) They use the strategies partly because they are effective and best for the existent circumstances, partly because they are the most common strategies know to the teaching circle.
8) Effective management strategies are important in that they are part of the teaching. Whether management strategies are effective or not will decide the quality of teaching and learning. Without proper management strategies, all the preparation work might become futile.
2. Do you still remember the way that your teachers gave instructions? Use the principles mentioned in this section to evaluate if they were effective.
Key: When my teachers were giving instructions, they would first clearly state the
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www.100xuexi.com 圣才电子书 十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台 instructions and then they will demonstrate how to do the tasks. Finally, they will ask “Do you understand?” to check our understanding. If the questions are too easy to understand, they will not spend too much time explaining. They are effective because most often we can complete the tasks effectively.
3. What types of activity have you experienced in your English learning experience? Key: There are many kinds of activities, such as: the whole class work, pair work, group work, presentation, role-play and so-on. They are effective in that they can successfully fulfill the purposes of teaching and invites students’ participation as well.
Section 2
How many types of questions are mentioned in this section? What are they? What are their respective features?
Key: 1) Seven questions are mentioned in this section.
2) They are knowledge questions, comprehension questions, application questions, inference questions, analysis questions, synthesis questions and evaluation questions.
3) Knowledge questions are used to elicit factual answers; comprehension questions are used for interpretation and elaboration; application questions are used to supply information to new situations; inference questions are used to infer extra information from the materials; analysis questions are used to break
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www.100xuexi.com 圣才电子书 十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台 down one question into several parts; synthesis questions are used to combine elements into a new pattern; evaluation questions are used to elicit judgments.
Section 3
How many presentation strategies are mentioned in this section? What are they? What are their respective features?
Key: Fifteen strategies are mentioned. They are:1) Use previous knowledge to introduce new knowledge: it’s easier for students to accept the new knowledge; 2) Use realia or pictures: it is vivid and interesting; 3) Use performance: it can arouse students’ interest; 4) Use daily communication: it is common and east to understand; 5) Do it step by step: it’s gradual and can facilitate understanding; 6) Use translation: it can attract students’ attention to the new content; 7) Use circular presentation and practice: students can become familiar with the content taught ; 8) Use the new language items in advance: it can arouse curiosity; 9) Ask our students to solve problems: it can push students to find the answer by themselves; 10) Use questions: it can push students to think; 11) Use explanation: it can clarify points; 12) Use inductive learning: it can help students understand the general; 13) Use deductive learning: it can develop students’ analytic ability; 14) Use inquiry learning: it invites students to be active learners; 15) Use exemplification and imitation: it is vivid and lifelike.
Section 4
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www.100xuexi.com 圣才电子书 十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台 After studying this section, have you deepened your knowledge of classroom assessment strategies? Think about the purpose of classroom assessment and specific strategies.
Key: The purpose of classroom assessment is to check the quality of teachers’ teaching and students’ learning. The strategies include self-assessment, peer assessment and teacher assessment, which can be conducted with the help of questionnaires, quantitative surveys, question and answer and verbal discussions.
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鲁子问《英语教学论(英文版)》章节题库-Strategies of English Teaching
