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The focus in this module is on Integrating Skills. We usually talk about four primary language skills: receptive skills, listening and reading; and, productive skills, speaking and writing. There are also sub-skills, which are a necessary foundation for the four primary skills: grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and non-verbal skills. In this module, we will look at… Continue reading #73, Video: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Module 03, Integrating Skills

The focus in Module 1 was on the importance of contextualizing language. In Module 2, the focus is on the need to be aware of the specific language within that context. That is, the awareness, the attention, and the noticing of the particular features of language that add to learning. This means that it is… Continue reading #72, Video: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Module 02, Building Language Awareness

Classroom observation can take different forms. The two most common are: 1. Summative observation, in which another teacher or an administrator observes the class. The purpose for this is evaluative and may result a rating of some kind. 2. And, formative observation, in which two teachers, or “€œpeers,”€ do a “friendly”€ observation of each other’€™s… Continue reading #71, Video: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Module 13, Peer Observation in Teaching Practices

Here are three examples of how to incorporate games into your ESL and EFL classes.